Archive for February 24, 2016

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk speaks to CNA at the Vatican, Oct. 9, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

What Archbishop Shevchuk saw in the meeting of the Pope and Patriarch Kirill

What’s next for ecumenism? After the recent meeting between Pope Francis and the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, the head of... Read more

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By Adelaide Mena

The painful, resilient history of America's black Catholics

For Fr. Stephen Thorne, Black History Month is not only a chance to remember the struggles faced by the African-American... Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

Why this diocese is holding a 24 hour confess-a-thon

Priests will be available for confession throughout a special 24-hour period in the Diocese of Bismarck to help celebrate the... Read more

Pope Francis gives a rosary to a disabled child during his general audience Feb. 24, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope: wealth and power are good, but only when used to serve

On Wednesday Pope Francis cautioned that unless wealth and power are put at the service of society, especially the poor,... Read more

Pope Francis speaks with journalists on the papal plane on the return flight to Rome from Africa, Nov. 30, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Paul VI, nuns and contraception: did Pope Francis get it right?

If Vatican watcher Sandro Magister is right, Pope Francis cited an urban legend about Blessed Paul VI’s alleged approval of... Read more

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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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Michigan priest resigns amid dispute over school appearance by ‘openly gay’ author 

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House Republicans call for NCAA ban on biological men in women’s sports

A bishop and a priest exchange the sign of peace during Mass.

Rite of peace is not just a greeting or friendly gesture, nun explains

Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako presides over the dedication ceremony of the altar of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Mosul, Iraq. April 5, 2024.

As new altar is consecrated at destroyed Iraq church, former parishioner recalls ‘wonderful days’

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