Archive for October 28, 2014

Martin Baani: "I want to stay. I don’t want to run away from the problem." ?w=200&h=150

Martin Baani: the Iraqi seminarian who will not leave his people

Bombs are falling and the sound of the explosion is sending shock and fear into the hearts of the people.... Read more

Icon of St. John Paul II in Santa Maria Church (Sant'Egidio community) in Rome. ?w=200&h=150

By Adelaide Mena

John Paul II 'taught me how to be a person,' secretary recounts

Saint John Paul II’s deep love for the world and for God continues to inspire people today to draw near... Read more

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Asia Bibi to Pope Francis: Pray for me, your daughter

A Catholic woman condemned to death in Pakistan for allegedly violating the country's blasphemy law has asked Pope Francis for... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates the opening Mass of the 2014 Extraordinary Synod on the Family in St. Peter's Basilica, Oct. 5, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Are you Catholic? Then stay in the Church, Pope says

Pope Francis said that those waiting at the threshold of the Church without going inside are not true members of... Read more

St. Joseph Catholic Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia closed after eight staff members died of Ebola. Photo courtesy of Caritas Internationalis.?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Ebola orphans and other woes: What the Church in West Africa faces

A health adviser for a top global Catholic relief agency stressed the Church's key efforts on the Ebola front in... Read more

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych, at the Vatican Oct. 13, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

Ukrainian dignity and determination, as a nation votes for change

Travelling to Ukraine as the country prepared to go to the polls Oct. 26, Neville Kyrke-Smith of Aid to the... Read more

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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa gives the homily at a Mass in which he took possession of his titular church, St. Onuphrius, in Rome on May 1, 2024.

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem takes possession of Rome titular church after delays due to war

Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore pack the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen during a concluding listening session on the archdiocese's major parish restructuring plan on April 30, 2024.

Archdiocese of Baltimore concludes traumatic ‘listening sessions’ around restructuring plan

The St. Louis Cathedral, the oldest Catholic cathedral in continual use in the United States, on April 9, 2020, in New Orleans.

Archdiocese of New Orleans suspected of child sex trafficking, warrant shows

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Sandra Miley emcees the Hispanic Eucharistic Convention on April 27, 2024, at the Gaylord of the Rockies Convention Center in Denver.

Hispanic Eucharistic Convention leads thousands to renewed faith in the Real Presence

A family of religious Jews walks at the beginning of Armenian Quarter Street, the entry point to the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem in April 2024. Behind them stands the complex of the Tower of David Museum.

Orthodox rabbis in Jerusalem call on Jews to stand against spitting at Christians

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Supreme Court turns down porn group’s plea to block Texas age-verification law

Pope Francis delivers a message during his general audience on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: We need to ‘welcome God into our daily lives’ and pray for ‘real peace’

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