Archive for February 9, 2016

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By Joan Frawley Desmond

Young, white Americans are addicted to this (and what Catholics should do about it)

When recent headlines marked a spike in drug overdoses for white, middle-class Americans, the news saddened but did not surprise... Read more

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By Elise Harris

High-ranking American in Vatican 'humbled' by appointment as nuncio

On Tuesday it was announced that Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Peter Bryan Wells, the highest ranking American in the... Read more

Pope Francis listens to confessions on July 26, 2013 during World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ?w=200&h=150

How to be a great confessor – Pope Francis' advice for priests

Priests who are good confessors must recognize their own sins in order to forgive and comfort penitents, Pope Francis said... Read more

Extraordinary Assembly of Synod of the Bishops on the Family, Oct. 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Cardinal council wraps up prep work on new Vatican departments

As Pope Francis' ongoing process of reform continues to move forward, his council of advisers have finished their proposals for... Read more

Pope Francis meets with the Missionaries of Mercy at Sala Regia on Feb. 9, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Cover sinners with the blanket of mercy, Pope Francis tells priests

Pope Francis met with 650 of the 1,000 priests who've been chosen as Missionaries of Mercy, telling them to show... Read more

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By Mary Farrow

A tale of Satanists and political maneuvering in Arizona

Even though the Satanists lost, they won.  Read more

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FBI investigating threats against ‘multiple faith communities’ in Pennsylvania

Worcester, Massachusetts, is home to Clark University, Assumption University, and Worcester State University.

Secular university’s head of Holocaust studies finds ‘warmer welcome’ at Catholic university

Pope Francis addresses the faithful at his Wednesday general audience on March 27, 2024.

Pope Francis issues motu proprio on Vatican judiciary retirement age and benefits

Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski of Krakow announced on April 14, 2024, the decision to begin the process of beatification and canonization of Helena Agnieszka Kmiec, a young lay missionary murdered in Bolivia in 2017.

Cause for canonization opened for young Polish lay missionary killed in Bolivia

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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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