Archive for August 27, 2015

Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1964 via The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.?w=200&h=150

By Adelaide Mena

Pop Artist. Provocateur. Catholic. Who was Andy Warhol?

Chances are you've heard of the phrase “15 minutes of fame.” And you've probably seen the neon-colored canvases of Campbell... Read more

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By Andrea Gagliarducci

The modern world's biggest challenge, according to Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI considers the quest for God to be contemporary society's foremost challenge, according to one of the emeritus Pope's... Read more

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Catholics in Colombia assist thousands of their brethren forced out of Venezuela

With thousands of Colombian residents of Venezuela being driven from their homes amid a border crisis and martial law, the... Read more

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Ahead of papal visit, Cuba's Women in White fear government crackdown

The leader of a human rights group is concerned that the Cuban government will repeat its 2012 crackdown on opposition... Read more

Flooding after Hurricane Katrina. ?w=200&h=150

By Kate Veik

Even Hurricane Katrina couldn't keep this nun out of New Orleans

For Sister Greta Jupiter, SSF, it was an odd sensation driving through New Orleans East in the months after Hurricane... Read more

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Catholic groups say this US bill could fight modern day slave labor

A proposed federal bill to combat human trafficking and forced labor in the corporate supply chain is an opportunity for... Read more

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FBI investigating threats against ‘multiple faith communities’ in Pennsylvania

Worcester, Massachusetts, is home to Clark University, Assumption University, and Worcester State University.

Secular university’s head of Holocaust studies finds ‘warmer welcome’ at Catholic university

Pope Francis addresses the faithful at his Wednesday general audience on March 27, 2024.

Pope Francis issues motu proprio on Vatican judiciary retirement age and benefits

Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski of Krakow announced on April 14, 2024, the decision to begin the process of beatification and canonization of Helena Agnieszka Kmiec, a young lay missionary murdered in Bolivia in 2017.

Cause for canonization opened for young Polish lay missionary killed in Bolivia

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Scotland pauses sex-change and puberty-blocker drugs for children

Father Marko Rupnik.

Ex-Jesuit, alleged abuser Rupnik listed as consultant in 2024 Pontifical Yearbook

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Planned Parenthood reports record number of abortions in latest annual report

Cardinal Wilton Gregory speaks at an interview in Rome on April 11, 2024.

Cardinal Gregory recalls time when Black Catholics could not study in U.S. seminaries

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks during the signing of the ELVIS Act to Protect Voice & Likeness in Age of AI event at Robert’s Western World on March 21, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tennessee names first English-language Bible translation in U.S. as official state book

A member of New South Wales Forensic Police is seen at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the Sydney suburb of Wakeley, Australia, on April 16, 2024. Hundreds clashed with police in western Sydney on April 15 after Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed at the altar. New South Wales police have declared the attack a terror event. Police apprehended a 16-year-old in connection with the attack.

‘I forgive whoever has done this’: Australian bishop who survived stabbing speaks out

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