Archive for August 4, 2014
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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