Archive for July 15, 2015

Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, emeritus Archbishop of Bologna, who died July 11, 2015. Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Bologna.?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Catholics in Bologna mourn Cardinal Biffi, a humorous, plain-spoken preacher

Humour, realism and culture characterized the life of Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, who died July 11 at the age of 87.... Read more

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Franciscan priest abducted in Syria set free by captors

The organization of Franciscan missionaries serving in the Holy Land announced that Father Dhiya Aziz, who had been kidnapped early... Read more

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By Ann Schneible

Slavery and climate – there's more in common than you think, Vatican says

The link between climate change and human slavery is the topic of an international conference to be hosted by the... Read more

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'It's hard to think there was no complicity' – Mexican bishop on 'El Chapo' escape

Three Mexican bishops have spoken out in recent days about public sector corruption in their nation, highlighting the escape of... Read more

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Scotland pauses sex-change and puberty-blocker drugs for children

Father Marko Rupnik.

Ex-Jesuit, alleged abuser Rupnik listed as consultant in 2024 Pontifical Yearbook

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Planned Parenthood reports record number of abortions in latest annual report

Cardinal Wilton Gregory speaks at an interview in Rome on April 11, 2024.

Cardinal Gregory recalls time when Black Catholics could not study in U.S. seminaries

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks during the signing of the ELVIS Act to Protect Voice & Likeness in Age of AI event at Robert’s Western World on March 21, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tennessee names first English-language Bible translation in U.S. as official state book

A member of New South Wales Forensic Police is seen at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the Sydney suburb of Wakeley, Australia, on April 16, 2024. Hundreds clashed with police in western Sydney on April 15 after Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed at the altar. New South Wales police have declared the attack a terror event. Police apprehended a 16-year-old in connection with the attack.

‘I forgive whoever has done this’: Australian bishop who survived stabbing speaks out

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Michigan priest resigns amid dispute over school appearance by ‘openly gay’ author 

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House Republicans call for NCAA ban on biological men in women’s sports

A bishop and a priest exchange the sign of peace during Mass.

Rite of peace is not just a greeting or friendly gesture, nun explains

Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako presides over the dedication ceremony of the altar of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Mosul, Iraq. April 5, 2024.

As new altar is consecrated at destroyed Iraq church, former parishioner recalls ‘wonderful days’

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