Archive for December 10, 2019

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Mexico's nuncio offers his email address for abuse reports

The apostolic nuncio in Mexico, Archbishop Franco Coppola, has said that anyone who wants to report sexual abuse by the... Read more

Uighurs learn gardening at reeducation camp (vocational skills training center) in Moyu County, Hotan Prefecture in Xinjiang. ?w=200&h=150

China punishes families of those who speak out in America, Congress hears

A Uighur-American whose mother has been held captive in a Chinese detention camp was one of several witnesses to testify... Read more

Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster speaks at the party's general election manifesto launch in Belfast, Nov. 28, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

As general election nears, bishops across UK stress right to life

Every voter and politician must resist attacks on the right to life, and Catholic politicians must do so as both... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

DC basilica attack leaves 'Mary's Shrine' shaken, and at prayer

A violent attack at “Mary’s Shrine” in Washington D.C. on Tuesday shook the community and prompted prayer and solidarity among... Read more

Cardinal Luis Tagle visits a refugee camp in Bangladesh, December 2018. ?w=200&h=150

Evangelization begins with listening, Cardinal Tagle says

Listening is the first step in evangelization, the newly-appointed prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples said Tuesday... Read more

Raffaele Mincione (C) and Carla Maria Orsi Carbone (R) attend the launch of M Industry London and the Art Bag at 51 Berkeley Square on Oct. 3, 2017 in London, England. ?w=200&h=150

By Ed Condon

Vatican’s investment manager backed company that ‘misled investors’

The Italian businessman responsible for investing millions of Vatican funds owned a stake in an online options trading company fined... Read more

Father Dave Pivonka and Archbishop Bashar Warda pray together at Franciscan University, Dec. 6, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Perry West

Franciscan University forms partnership with Iraqi Catholic university

A Catholic university in the U.S. has partnered with an Iraqi Catholic college to promote opportunities for scholarship, collaboration, and... Read more

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Peoria bishop announces novena for Venerable Sheen's sainthood cause

Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria is inviting the faithful to pray a novena beginning Dec. 12 to "petition God unceasingly"... Read more

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Raleigh pro-life pregnancy center to move next door to abortion clinic

A pregnancy resource center in Raleigh, North Carolina will be allowed to move into a house next door to an... Read more

Police gather at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, DC, Dec. 10, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro,Christine Rousselle

Two guards injured in attack at Washington basilica

Police in Washington, DC, are in a stand off with a suspect after an attack at the Basilica of the... Read more

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Pro-life group: Curtailed study on abortion pill reversal is misleading

A small case study on the safety of the abortion pill reversal procedure that was cut short due to safety... Read more

Cardinal John Henry Newman by Sir John Everett Millais (1881).?w=200&h=150

St. John Henry Newman’s meditations on the Litany of Loreto

Morning Star. Mystical Rose. Tower of Ivory. House of Gold. For centuries, Catholics have recited these titles of Mary in... Read more