Archive for January 15, 2016

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These three Catholic inmates in Milan are making Eucharistic Hosts

The penitential path for three convicted murderers in Italy includes a unique role at Mass: they make the Eucharistic hosts... Read more

Pope Francis makes a surprise visit to the retirement home Bruno Buozzi on Jan. 15, 2016 in Rome, Italy. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis kicks off monthly works of mercy with surprise visits

True to form, the pope of the surprise papal visit dropped by two different nursing homes in Rome unannounced on... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

Undercover investigators dismiss Planned Parenthood lawsuit as 'frivolous'

Planned Parenthood is suing the pro-life group that released a series of undercover videos exposing its role in offering fetal... Read more

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'How good it is for brothers to be together' – a papal history in synagogues

On Sunday Pope Francis will become the third pontiff to cross the threshold of the Major Temple in Rome, the... Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

The number of Christian martyrs has tripled in two years.

In 2013, there were some 2,100 Christians killed for faith-related reasons across the globe. Last year, that number rose to... Read more

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Father Leo Riley, age 68, continued to serve as a priest for years after a 2020 sexual abuse lawsuit was filed against him and the Diocese of Venice in Florida.

Florida priest continued in active ministry for three years after sex abuse lawsuit filed

Pope Francis meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her 6-year-old daughter on Jan. 10, 2023.

Pope Francis to attend G7 summit to speak on artificial intelligence

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.”

Pier Giorgio Frassati could be canonized during 2025 Jubilee, cardinal says

Gia Chacón (right), founder of March for the Martyrs, said the plight of the tens of thousands of Christian Armenians pushed out of their homes in the disputed Artsakh or Nagorno-Karabakh region hash been "completely overlooked by the mainstream media.”

March for the Martyrs raises awareness of persecuted Armenian Christians and more

The members of the general board of directors of the Regnum Christi Federation, before its first general convention from April 29 to May 4, 2024, in Rome.

Regnum Christi: ‘It would have been easy to run and hide,’ but the Church is ‘purifiying’ us

Facade of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia.

Analysis: Jesuit sex abuse scandal in Bolivia could be used politically to repress Church

A view of the modern area of the Catholic cemetery located on the southern hillside of Mount Zion in April 2024. In the background are the buildings of the Arabic neighborhood of Abu Tor.

Franciscans file petition to stop cable cars from passing over Holy Land Catholic cemetery

Every Tuesday evening at 10 p.m., between 800 and 900 students converge on the historic St. Joseph’s Chapel at Lille Catholic University for a candlelight Mass.

‘Little miracle of Lille’: How a candlelight Mass gathers hundreds of young people every week in France

Attendees lay flowers at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan to mark the 109th anniversary of World War I-era mass killings on April 24, 2024.

109 years after genocide, Armenia faces another existential threat

Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, chapel and statue.

Franciscan University rejects Biden administration’s transgender policies in Title IX

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