Archive for August 4, 2014

Offical graphic from the 2008 episcopal consecration of Bishop Peter Nguyen Van Kham, who was recently appointed Bishop of My Tho. Photo courtesy of Bishop Nguyen.?w=200&h=150

By Carl Bunderson

Vietnamese bishop joyful to lead, evangelize new flock

The newly appointed Bishop of My Tho, Peter Nguyen Van Kham, has voiced enthusiasm for evangelizing and forming the faithful... Read more

Pope Francis greets pilgrims during the Wednesday General Audience on April 23, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis calls Spanish convent for the second time

Calling a Carmelite convent in Lucena, Spain for the second time since December, Pope Francis contacted the nuns asking them... Read more

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By Adelaide Mena

European pro-life effort petitions court to be considered for vote

A European Union citizens’ initiative to ban human embryo-destroying research has filed a court petition after being denied a legislative... Read more

Cardinal Edward Clancy, a former Archbishop of Sydney, died Aug. 3, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

Australia mourns Cardinal Clancy, former Sydney archbishop

The Church in Australia is mourning the loss of Cardinal Edward Clancy, the Archbishop of Sydney from 1983 to 2001,... Read more

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Tulsa bishop urges prayer, fasting in response to black mass

A novena of prayer and fasting leading up to the Feast of the Assumption has been planned to combat the... Read more

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Child migrant surge originates in traffickers' lies, bishop says

A Central American bishop has said the recent wave of migrants to the U.S., which has included many unaccompanied minors,... Read more

A priest from the Shalom Community celebrates Mass at a Shalom Evangelization Center in Fatima, Brazil in this undated file photo. ?w=200&h=150

Brazil Catholic community leads surging charismatic renewal

As a steadily growing movement in the Catholic Church, the Charismatic Renewal includes an estimated 160 million of the world's... Read more

Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the sixty-third session of the UN General Assembly, at a press conference Nov. 11, 2008. ?w=200&h=150

Suspension of Nicaraguan Maryknoll priest lifted

Pope Francis has revoked the 'suspension a divinis' of Fr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, who was in 1984 barred from exercising... Read more