Archive for October 20, 2013

Workers haul bricks at a construction site in Bangalore, India. ?w=200&h=150

By Adelaide Mena

Modern slave trade has 'many faces,' human rights expert says

Modern day slavery is prevalent throughout the world even though it goes by different names, a human rights activist has... Read more

Olympic medalist Jason Gardner in St. Peter's Square Oct. 20. ?w=200&h=150

Olympic gold medalist credits nuns for inspiration

At a Vatican athletic event promoting the connection between faith and sports, British Olympic gold medalist runner Jason Gardener credited... Read more

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains at 1284 S Abilene St. in Aurora, Colorado. ?w=200&h=150

Suit claims Colorado taxes illegally fund Planned Parenthood

The state of Colorado is illegally providing $14 million to Planned Parenthood in violation of the state constitution, a lawsuit... Read more

Pope Francis greets pilgrims druing his general audience Sept. 25, 2013. ?w=200&h=150

Pope: Prayer helps 'overcome evil with good'

Pope Francis in his Sunday Angelus greeting taught that prayer is a ‘weapon’ in the struggle against evil.  Read more

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Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN

Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial appeal moves forward

The image of the Black Nazarene moves through dense crowds during the 30-hour procession in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: CBCP News

Manila’s feast of the Black Nazarene draws 9.6 million devotees

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Homeland Security Department says rule will address religious worker visa backlog

Bishop Andrew Cozzens, seen here in 2024, spoke this week in Minnesota on how to heal and to bring grief before God. | Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa

Bishop Cozzens after Annunciation shooting: ‘God’s answer to evil is the cross’

Shrine of Christ the King of Peace on Cubilete Hill. | Credit: El Tabor Mexicano-National Votive Shrine of Christ the King

Over 45,000 youths to make pilgrimage to Christ the King monument in Mexico

Pope Leo XIV gives the first general audience of 2026 in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV urges making time ‘to speak with God’

The HDMS Niels Juel (F363) warship, an Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate of the Royal Danish Navy, is moored in Nuuk, Greenland, on June 15, 2025. | Credit: Ludovic MARIN/AFP via Getty Images

Greenland Catholics ‘do not wish to become Americans’ amid U.S. efforts at acquisition

The Christendom College Women’s Basketball team, with Mary Pennefather, third from left, voices opinions on women’s sports at the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13, 2026. | Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA

Supreme Court reviews transgender athlete bans

Martha Patricia Molina, a Nicaraguan lawyer and Catholic researcher, urges the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to “return your eyes to Nicaragua” at a Jan. 13, 2026, hearing. | Credit: Photo courtesy of United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

Nicaraguan researcher urges religious freedom commission to refocus attention on abuses

Bishop Raimo Goyarrola with a family in Helsinki | Credit: Courtesy of Bishop Raimo Goyarrola

First Catholic school in Finland: The dream of Helsinki’s only Catholic bishop

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