Archive for April 21, 2015

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By Alan Holdren

After vision of Christ, Nigerian bishop says rosary will bring down Boko Haram

A Nigerian bishop says that he has seen Christ in a vision and now knows that the rosary is the... Read more

Ceiling of St. Thomas Aquinas Church at the Newman Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. ?w=200&h=150

By Kate Veik

Beauty in Nebraska: College’s transformed church hopes to help students be saints

On a Friday night in spring of 2010, nearly 150 Catholic students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln gathered at their... Read more

Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph.?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Bishop Robert W. Finn

Nearly two and a half years after being the first U.S. bishop convicted of a misdemeanor in failing to report... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Pope Francis and his growing litany of modern-day martyrs

Amid a torrent of recent news reports on persecuted Christians, Pope Francis reflected on those killed for their faith and... Read more

Refugee children at a refugee camp in Duhok, Iraq on March 28, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Fighting ISIS with a school – Iraqi bishop says education is needed for change

Bishop Bashar Matti Warda is the bishop of Erbil, Iraq, one of the dioceses most attacked by ISIS, and where... Read more

Elio Toaff on Feb. 12, 2007. ?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Rabbi Toaff: Nazi-fighter, inter-religious giant, and one of the few people remembered in JPII's will

Rabbi Elio Toaff, the first rabbi to welcome a Pope to a Roman synagogue, died Sunday at the age of... Read more

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An aerial view of Washington Square in San Francisco on May 22, 2020.

Catholic school parent stabbed outside Mass celebrated by San Francisco archbishop

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on April 24, 2024.

Pope Francis to Vladimir Putin: A negotiated peace is better than an endless war

The pro-life flag from the Pro-Life Flag Project (www.prolifeflag.com).

Audience erupts in anger as trustees oppose flying pro-life flag at Toronto Catholic schools

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Louisiana police obtain new search warrant in New Orleans Archdiocese abuse investigation

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UK Catholic bishops discourage medical and social gender transition in pastoral statement

Pope Francis speaks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Sept. 25, 2015.

Pope Francis may visit United States in September after UN invitation

One of the priests on “The Sacristy of the Vendée”show sparked a firestorm after quipping in February that he prayed that Pope Francis would “go to heaven as soon as possible.”

Priests’ talk show that sparked controversy over Pope Francis remarks now back on YouTube

St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy.

Historic St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy, will host Pope Francis this weekend

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In wake of euthanasia case in Peru, physician-priest makes case for palliative care

Pro-life advocates demonstrate prior to an Arizona House of Representatives session at the Arizona State Capitol on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix.

Arizona House votes to repeal law protecting life from moment of conception

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