Archive for December 7, 2019

A Catholic church in Rantepao, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. ?w=200&h=150

Amid terrorism fears in Indonesia, heavy security planned for Christmas

Authorities in Indonesia are expected to deploy 160,000 security personnel to ensure Christmas and New Year’s celebrations safe, according to... Read more

Brother James Miller. Courtesy: La Salle Christian Brothers?w=200&h=150

Martyred religious brother from Wisconsin farm family to be beatified in Guatemala 

The son of Wisconsin farmers, Brother James Miller, FSC, will be beatified in Guatemala this Saturday, 36 years after he... Read more

Bishop Robert Baker of Birmingham at St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Dec. 6, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Bishop Baker: Ad limina inspires 'hopeful spirit' for renewal of Church in US

Birmingham’s Bishop Robert Baker said Friday there is a hopeful spirit about the renewal of the Church in the United... Read more

Valletta, Malta, where Gamma Capital and the Centurion Global Fund share an office.?w=200&h=150

By Ed Condon

Vatican investments linked to global money laundering investigations

A fund in which the Vatican’s Secretariat of State has invested tens of millions of euros has links to two... Read more

Fulton Sheen. Public domain?w=200&h=150

Sheen beatification delay an act of 'sabotage,' Peoria official writes

After the Diocese of Rochester last week confirmed it had requested that the beatification of Venerable Fulton Sheen be delayed,... Read more

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In wake of euthanasia case in Peru, physician-priest makes case for palliative care

Pro-life advocates demonstrate prior to an Arizona House of Representatives session at the Arizona State Capitol on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix.

Arizona House votes to repeal law protecting life from moment of conception

Pro-life and pro-abortion activists at a demonstration outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments in the Moyle v. United States case, in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 2024. The case deals with whether an Idaho abortion law conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).

Divided Supreme Court hears emergency room abortion case: DOJ vs. Idaho’s pro-life law

A Coptic Orthodox church in Old Cairo, a historic area of the Egyptian capital.

Arsonists burn down homes of Egypt’s beleaguered Christians

Anti-death penalty activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to prevent the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip on Sept. 29, 2015, in Washington, D.C.

Oklahoma attorney general asks Supreme Court to halt execution of condemned convict

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End-of-life resources help Catholics ‘finish life faithfully’

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Catholic Charities in Ohio found partially negligent in 5-year-old’s 2017 death

Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of the multinational digital communications conglomerate Cisco, signs the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a document by the Pontifical Academy for Life, on April 24, 2024, at the Vatican.

Cisco CEO meets Pope Francis, signs AI ethics pledge at Vatican

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his Wednesday general audience on April 24, 2024.

Pope Francis: Theological virtues are the ‘fundamental attributes’ of a Christian life

U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says he is “very blessed” that doctors caught his cancer early enough and that the treatments worked.

God ‘answered a lot of prayers’: Scalise discusses faith, cancer recovery 

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