Archive for November 20, 2016

Pope Francis meets with former prostitutes assisted by the Pope John XXIII Community in Rome Aug. 12, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

How an ex-prostitute's horrific suffering moved Pope Francis

Pope Francis still remembers meeting with a former prostitute during the Jubilee of Mercu, and hearing how she suffered untold... Read more

Pope Francis closes the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica Nov. 20, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

At close of Jubilee, Pope Francis says it’s a reminder of what’s essential

On Sunday Pope Francis closed the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, officially marking the end of the Jubilee of... Read more

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The pope closed the large bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2025, when the Jubilee of Hope concluded. | Credit: Vatican Media

St. Peter’s Holy Door to be sealed Jan. 16

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Republican senators urge more regulations on abortion pill in Senate hearing

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2025. | Credit: Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. is working with Catholic Church to get post-hurricane aid to Cuba, Rubio says

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with states and international organizations of the Holy See. | Credit: Santosh Digal

Archbishop Gallagher: Surrogacy is a ‘new form of colonialism’

Pope Leo XIV next to the new mosaic of him that will be added to St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica in Rome. | Credit: Vatican Media

Mosaic bearing Pope Leo XIV’s portrait readied for St. Paul Outside the Walls

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UPDATE: Ohio moves to close nursing home amid ‘widespread care failures’ after purchase from Catholic nuns

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. | Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Cardinal Pizzaballa: There is a longing for justice and human dignity in Iran

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services headquarters building in Washington, D.C. | Credit: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood

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Multistate lawsuit challenges ‘gender conditions’ tied to HHS funding

Republicans say they are crafting a bill to permanently defund Planned Parenthood Jan. 13, 2026. | Credit: usarmyband, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

House Republican budget plan would permanently defund Planned Parenthood

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