Archive for December 24, 2016

Pope Francis celebrates Epiphany Mass at St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 6, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis: Want to see God this Christmas? Be humble

On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis noted how the coming of Jesus as an infant is paradoxical to the images of... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Knights of Malta rebuff Vatican probe into dismissal of leader

Two days after the announcement that Pope Francis has established a group to look into the circumstances regarding the recent... Read more

Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter's square for the general audience Sept. 21, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis' reform plan can be boiled down to this one thing

If there's anything Pope Francis' recent 12-point plan for the reform of the Roman Curia shows, it's that while his... Read more

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Watch the new Christmas music video released by the Dominican friars

If you're itching to welcome in the yuletide with Christmas carols, a new album released by the friars of the... Read more

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Ohio government seeks to shut down Catholic-run nursing home amid ‘widespread care failures’

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

Veteran EWTN executive Edwin Lopez is the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Commission on Social Communications. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Edwin Lopez

Veteran EWTN executive appointed to Communications Commission post with Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN

Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial appeal moves forward

The image of the Black Nazarene moves through dense crowds during the 30-hour procession in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: CBCP News

Manila’s feast of the Black Nazarene draws 9.6 million devotees

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UPDATE: Homeland Security Department says rule will address religious worker visa backlog

Bishop Andrew Cozzens, seen here in 2024, spoke this week in Minnesota on how to heal and to bring grief before God. | Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa

Bishop Cozzens after Annunciation shooting: ‘God’s answer to evil is the cross’

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