Archive for October 30, 2019

Dia de los Muertos in Santa Clara Cemetery, Oxnard, Ca. ?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Dia de los Muertos about more than the 'bread of the dead,' bishop says

Dia de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” is a primarily Mexican way of celebrating the feast of All... Read more

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square March 14, 2018. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis prays for stability in Iraq amid deadly protests

Pope Francis prayed Wednesday for Iraq, where 18 more people were killed and hundreds wounded Oct. 29 during political protests... Read more

Pontifical Lateran University, at which the Pontifical John Paul II Institute is located. ?w=200&h=150

Marengo, 'Humanae vitae' scholar, appointed JPII Institute VP

The theologian who chaired a 2017 Vatican study group on Humanae vitae has been appointed the vice president of Rome’s... Read more

Vice president of USA Joe Biden during his visit to Kiev and meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

After communion denial, what does Joe Biden think about abortion?

Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s denial of reception of Holy Communion in South Carolina on Sunday has renewed scrutiny of his... Read more

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By Christine Rousselle

Meet Jan Benton - leading the charge for inclusion of Catholics with disabilities

When Janice Benton was attending college in Michigan, she answered an ad in her parish bulletin that was seeking someone... Read more

A mourner at a cemetery on the eighth anniversary of the March 11, 2011 tsunami in Japan. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis to meet victims of Japan's 2011 'triple disaster'

Pope Francis’ three-day visit to Japan in November will include a meeting with people affected by the country’s “triple disaster,”... Read more

Armenian orphans being deported from Turkey, 1920. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

House votes to recognize Armenian genocide

The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass a resolution recognizing the genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire.  Read more

Bishop Richard Lennon. CNA file photo.?w=200&h=150

Cleveland Bishop Lennon dies at 72, remembered for love of Church

Bishop Richard Gerard Lennon died at the age of 72 on Tuesday, Oct. 29 after receiving the sacraments. His colleagues... Read more

Bishop Paul Mason of the UK Armed Forces (L) and Bishop Santiago Olivera of the Argentine Armed Forces hold statues of Our Lady of Lujan in St. Peter's Square, Oct 30, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

British military bishop returns Marian statue taken during Falklands War

In a conciliatory gesture 37 years after the Falklands War, military bishops from Great Britain and Argentina exchanged statues of... Read more

Then-Archbishop Angelo Becciu, as substitute at the Secretariat of State, with Vatican Gendarme Captain Giani Domenico in 2012. ?w=200&h=150

By Ed Condon

Becciu says $200 million London property deal was ‘accepted practice’

Cardinal Angelo Becciu has denied any impropriety in a real estate investment made with Vatican funds and insisted that he... Read more

Bishop Robert Barron at the Library of Congress. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

Bishop Barron goes to Washington

Lawmakers must rediscover their call by God to pursue justice, Bishop Robert Barron told members of Congress and staff on... Read more

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Church supports conscientious objection for medical professionals in Nuevo Leon

Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López of Monterrey said Sunday he supports the reform of the Healthcare Law in Mexico's Nuevo Leon... Read more

Presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden makes a speech at a campaign stop at the River Center in Des Moines, Iowa. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro,JD Flynn

Biden communion denial was required by diocesan policy

A policy in the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina requires priests to withhold the Eucharist from politicians and political candidates... Read more

Fr. Arinze Madu, Vice Rector at Nigeria’s Queen of Apostles SSeminary, Enugu, kidnapped outside the seminary gate and released October 30, 2019 ?w=200&h=150

Nigerian priest abducted and released, officials increase security measures

The vice-rector of a seminary in Nigeria was kidnapped earlier this week and released two days later, the latest in... Read more

Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas, Texas. Via Shutterstock?w=200&h=150

By Mary Farrow

Judge orders police to return some files to Diocese of Dallas taken in May raid 

A Dallas county district judge has ordered Dallas police to return certain documents to the Catholic Diocese of Dallas that... Read more