Archive for August 28, 2015

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Is this what Saint Rose of Lima looked like?

The face of the first saint of the New World may be better known than ever, thanks to a team... Read more

Bishop James Conley of Lincoln prepares to administer Confirmation to prisoners during a Mass said at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, March 31, 2015. Photo courtesy of the Southern Nebraska Register.?w=200&h=150

It's not over yet: Nebraska bishops, Catholics continue to fight death penalty

Nebraska’s three Catholic bishops have asked all people of goodwill to continue to fight the death penalty, after it won... Read more

Józef Wesolowski, former apostolic nuncio to the Dominican Republic. ?w=200&h=150

Former nuncio Wesolowski, facing sex abuse trial, dies

Jozef Wesolowski, the laicized, former apostolic nuncio to the Dominican Republic who faced criminal charges in Vatican City of possession... Read more

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By Andrea Gagliarducci

Vatican: Pope did not endorse 'gay penguin' book

The Vatican has rejected claims in the media that Pope Francis is supporting a book on gay adoption, saying a... Read more

Archbishop Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, which sponsored seminars where scholars suggested admitting the divorced-and-remarried to Communion. ?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Seminar speakers advocate change on Communion for the divorced-and-remarried

Earlier this year the Pontifical Council for the Family organized three seminars which gathered scholars to discuss marriage and family... Read more