Archive for June 27, 2015

The remains of St. Mary's Syrian Orthodox parish in Homs, Syria. ?w=200&h=150

'The unthinkable is real,' author warns about persecutions of Middle East Christians

Growing unrest in the Middle East is causing great concern for the Christian community around the world, and author George... Read more

Religious liberty supporters outside the Supreme Court building in Washington D.C., June 26, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Adelaide Mena,Matt Hadro

Marriage has had its day at Court, but religious freedom could soon follow

Friday’s Supreme Court ruling against the traditional understanding of marriage may pose huge obstacles to the free exercise of religion... Read more

Blesseds Louis and Zelie Martin, who will be canonized Oct. 18, 2015.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope officially paves the way for Saint Therese's parents to be canonized

Pope Francis formally approved on Saturday the decrees necessary for Blesseds Louis and Zelie Martin – known for being the... Read more

St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican flag. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis creates new secretariat overseeing all Vatican communications

The Vatican’s nine communications offices will soon be consolidated under the authority of the newly-established Secretariat for Communications, per a... Read more

Pope Francis addresses delegates of Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, at the Private Library of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, June 27, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Catholics and Orthodox should meet, cooperate more often, Pope exhorts

Greeting a delegation of the leader of Eastern Orthodoxy on Saturday, Pope Francis voiced hope that Catholics and Eastern Orthodox... Read more

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Over a year after the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey in February 2023, restoration of Aleppo's Church of St. George has been completed.

A year after earthquake, Aleppo’s St. George Church rises again

The Augustine Institute's new facilities in Florissant, Missouri.

‘An unprecedented opportunity’: Augustine Institute announces move to St. Louis 

Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan leads a Eucharistic procession inside a packed Louis Armstrong Stadium in Brooklyn, New York, on April 20, 2024.

PHOTOS From the subway to the sacred: Brooklyn’s breathtaking Eucharistic Revival

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges ‘massive subsidized day care’ plan to reduce abortion

Orvich said he wanted to share his experience with same sex attraction “so that the Lord might touch hearts and that people repent and try returning to a chaste life."

Redeemed from sexual libertinism, prostitution, and occult, Fran Orvich tells his story

People join together during a “Rally to Stop the Six-Week Abortion Ban” held at Lake Eola Park on April 13, 2024, in Orlando, Florida.

Could Florida become the first state to defeat an abortion amendment?

Edward Burne-Jones, “St. George Kills the Dragon,” 1866

Did St. George really slay a dragon?

Ana Estrada, 47, suffered from polymyositis, an incurable disease that left her confined to a wheelchair. Since 2019, she had been been petitioning Peruvian courts to recognize a right to euthanasia.

For first time, incurably ill patient undergoes euthanasia in Peru

Argentine pro-life Dr. Leandro Rodríguez Lastra.

Argentine doctor completes prison sentence for preventing a chemical abortion in process

Pope Francis greets an elderly couple at a general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Pope Francis to meet with thousands of grandparents and their grandchildren at the Vatican

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