Archive for January 8, 2012

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Church honors French-Canadian foundress St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Jan. 12

On Jan. 12, Roman Catholics remember Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, who not only founded a religious congregation, but was also instrumental... Read more

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Knights of Columbus coat drive helps over 500 kids in Utah

At least 225 people started lining up at 7:30 a.m. for the second-annual Coats-4-Kids for a noon distribution at the... Read more

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By Michelle La Rosa

Archbishop Chaput calls for renewed zeal to address local challenges

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia encouraged the people of his archdiocese to allow their hearts to burn with love... Read more

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Pope Benedict: Renew your joy as a child of God

Pope Benedict XVI used his Sunday Angelus address to remind Christians of the joy of being “children of God,” courtesy... Read more

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Pope baptizes 16 babies in Sistine Chapel

Pope Benedict XVI baptized 16 newborn babies during Sunday Mass within the historic surroundings of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on... Read more

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Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of Angola’s Archdiocese of Luanda.

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A patient at the new Misky María Palliative Care Hospital located on the outskirts of Lima, Perú.

New palliative care hospital brings ‘sweetness of Mary’ to poorest in Peru

Professor Mouna Maroun is the first Arab to be elected as the rector of an Israeli university, the University of Haifa. Maroun belongs to the Arab minority in Israel, the Christian minority among Arabs, and the Maronite minority among Christians. She says she is proud of her religious affiliation and wears a golden crucifix around her neck. "My election is an important message that everything is possible in the Israeli academia," she told CNA.

First Arab Christian woman to lead Israel’s University of Haifa

Mother Marla Marie stands on the front porch of the sisters’ Mother of the Light convent in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

From the Washington Post to the Maronite convent: Meet Mother Marla Marie

Father Roger Landry, Catholic chaplain at Columbia University, discusses the protests at Columbia University in New York City on EWTN’s “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” on May 2, 2024.

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President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jesuit Father Greg Boyle on May 3, 2024.

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Martyred by the Nazis, Dutch St. Titus Brandsma was a journalist who gave his life so that the truths of the faith would not be silenced.

The prayer of a holy journalist before dying for the freedom of the Catholic press

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