Archive for December 11, 2015

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Catholics in Spain respond to sacrilegious exhibit with prayer, reparation

A group of Catholics has launched a worldwide prayer chain to make reparation for a sacrilegious art display in Pamplona,... Read more

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Changes in Irish equality law could threaten identity of religious schools

A measure passed by the Irish legislature in the name of equality actually threatens the ability of religious institutions to... Read more

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By Elise Harris

How Pope Francis is fulfilling a legacy of Vatican II

Attention to the poor was one of the greatest of the bishops' contributions during the Second Vatican Council – and... Read more

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Vatican takes on tense question of salvation for the Jewish people

Though it “is and remains an unfathomable divine mystery,” Jews can participate in salvation without confessing Christ explicitly, a Vatican... Read more

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European human rights court upholds church autonomy

A religious freedom legal group has praised a decision by the European Court on Human Rights, saying it protects churches... Read more

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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. | Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

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Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood

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Multistate lawsuit challenges ‘gender conditions’ tied to HHS funding

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House Republican budget plan would permanently defund Planned Parenthood

Veteran EWTN executive Edwin Lopez is the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Commission on Social Communications. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Edwin Lopez

Veteran EWTN executive appointed to Communications Commission post with Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN

Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial appeal moves forward

The image of the Black Nazarene moves through dense crowds during the 30-hour procession in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: CBCP News

Manila’s feast of the Black Nazarene draws 9.6 million devotees

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Bishop Andrew Cozzens, seen here in 2024, spoke this week in Minnesota on how to heal and to bring grief before God. | Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa

Bishop Cozzens after Annunciation shooting: ‘God’s answer to evil is the cross’

Shrine of Christ the King of Peace on Cubilete Hill. | Credit: El Tabor Mexicano-National Votive Shrine of Christ the King

Over 45,000 youths to make pilgrimage to Christ the King monument in Mexico

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