Archive for April 15, 2017

Cross of the Martyrs. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

Study finds religious persecution spread to more countries in 2015

Global religious persecution spiked from 2014 to 2015, the Pew Research Center noted in a new report released this week.  Read more

First Lady Melania Trump and Sister Carolin Tahhan Fachakh of Syria. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Syrian nun awarded by US will back any leader who brings peace

As the conflict in Syria rages on, a Salesian nun honored by the White House as a “Woman of Courage”... Read more

Pope Francis lighting the Easter candle before the entrance procession of the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on April 4, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Christ renews a weary humanity, Pope Francis says at Easter Vigil

During Easter Vigil at the Vatican Pope Francis noted that many people today mirror the sadness and grief of the... Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

Former Maronite priest still presenting himself as a cleric, Denver Archdiocese warns

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

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1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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