Archive for January 3, 2016

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By Mary Farrow

The new celibacy: How porn may be destroying the impetus for sex

One of music artist John Mayer's most signature songs is “Daughters,” a sweet and simple tribute to the importance of... Read more

Pope Francis speaks to the crowd gathered in St. Peter's square on June 15, 2015 before the Angelus. ?w=200&h=150

Pope prays first Angelus of 2016 calling for vigilance against evil

Pope Francis lead the first Marian prayer of the new year with swarms of pilgrims gathered at the Vatican Sunday,... Read more

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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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U.S. birth and fertility rates drop to record lows, according to CDC report

There are now more than 100 priests in the four dioceses of Sierra Leone.

Most priests in Sierra Leone are sons of Muslims, bishop says

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