Archive for July 11, 2016

Pope Francis meets with Greg Burke and Paloma García Ovejero, July 11, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Ann Schneible

Pope names American as new Vatican spokesperson

Greg Burke, the former American journalist and communications adviser for the Vatican, has been named the new director of the... Read more

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Wichita seminarian missing after rescuing woman in Arkansas River

The Diocese of Wichita is offering prayers for a seminarian who is missing after rescuing a woman in the Arkansas... Read more

Fr. Federico Lombardi, Holy See press officer, speaks at a Nov. 19, 2015 press conference. ?w=200&h=150

Vatican spokesman wades into ad orientem debate

The outgoing Holy See press officer has clarified that there are no directives forthcoming from the Vatican directing that priests... Read more

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Venezuelan government blasted for blocking Church aid

A top Venezuelan prelate slammed president Nicolás Maduro's lack of “moral authority” in calling for peace while preventing the Church... Read more

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By Mary Farrow

Pokemon Go: Getting people to Church since...Thursday

“I caught one!”  Read more

The United States capitol building. ?w=200&h=150

US bishops call for legal protection of doctors who won't perform abortions

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Archbishop William Lori are once again calling on the House of Representatives to enact the Conscience... Read more

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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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