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When asked what Christians can do outside the Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa responded: “Pray and support. Support the Christian community as much as they can.”

Jerusalem cardinal: Two-state solution to end Israel-Hamas war is now ‘unrealistic’

Oct 21, 2024

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa indicated that for now a two-state solution to end the war between Israel and Hamas in the Holy Land is “not realistic.”

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance listens as Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.

JD Vance at Wisconsin faith rally says Catholics ‘feel abandoned’ by Biden, Harris

Oct 21, 2024

“Kamala Harris is the candidate of anti-Christian and anti-Catholic bigotry,” JD Vance said. “She brags about it. That’s her policy record.

Pro-life protestors hold signs outside the Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 10, 2024, advocating against Amendment 3, which would dramatically expand abortion access in Missouri if passed in November.

3 states pick up abortion pill lawsuit against Food and Drug Administration

Oct 21, 2024

The states of Missouri, Kansas, and Idaho argue in the new lawsuit that “women should have the in-person care of a doctor when taking high-risk drugs.” 

“Don’t mess with my children,” reads a sign carried by a participant in one of some 30 marches on Oct. 19, 2024, in Colombia to protest the country’s health department memorandom that sanctions sex changes for minors.

Thousands of Colombians protest government’s embrace of gender ideology

Oct 21, 2024

Thousands of Colombians took to the streets over the weekend to demand the repeal of a government health policy that sanctions sex changes for minors.

Interior of the parish church in the Cuxtitali sector of the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Mexican priest shot dead after celebrating Mass

Oct 21, 2024

Father Marcelo Pérez of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas in Mexicao was shot dead after he had finished celebrating Mass.

Cardinal Joseph Zen arrives at a court for his trial in Hong Kong on Sept. 26, 2022.

Persecution of 10 Catholic bishops in China intensified after Vatican-China deal, report says

Oct 21, 2024

A new report by religious freedom advocate Nina Shea for the Hudson Institute sheds light on the repression faced by 10 Catholic bishops in China.

“Rushing to ask for the ordination of deaconesses is not today the most important response to promote women,” Cardinal Víctor Fernández, the head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, said Oct. 21, 2024.

Fernández: Diaconate ‘is not today’ the answer for promoting women in Church leadership

Oct 21, 2024

Cardinal Víctor Fernández at a speech at the general congregation on Oct. 21 recalled that for the Holy Father the question of the female diaconate “is not ripe.”

An aerial view of flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on Oct. 3, 2024, in Asheville, North Carolina.

Diocese of Charlotte launches ‘sister parish’ program to aid recovery after hurricane

Oct 21, 2024

Bishop Michael Martin noted that parishes need to be ready to help each other and the community even if they themselves did not suffer serious damage.

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French archbishop consecrates city to Sacred Heart of Jesus ahead of ‘Gate of Darkness’ event

Oct 21, 2024

Archbishop Guy de Kerimel’s decision to consecrate the city and archdiocese comes ahead of the operatic city-funded production “The Gate of Darkness.”

‘Novena to the Mother of God for the Nation’ to begin Oct. 27 as election draws near

Oct 21, 2024

Beginning on Sunday, Oct. 27, the Eternal World Television Network (EWTN) will launch a nine-day novena in anticipation of the U.S. election on Nov. 5.

Catholic leader promotes interfaith unity through charity work in Yemen

Oct 21, 2024

Bishop Paolo Martinelli, who serves as the apostolic vicar for Southern Arabia, emphasized the special importance of interfaith dialogue in Yemen.

Atlanta Catholics plan prayer and reparation amid planned ‘Satanic black mass’

Oct 21, 2024

The Satanic Temple is a political activist group known for protesting religious symbolism in public spaces and mocking Christianity.

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