Archive for July 24, 2019

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Eritreans suffering from seizure of Catholic health clinics, aid group says

The Eritrean government’s recent closure of all Catholic-run health clinics in the country will have devastating effects for the people... Read more

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What did the Vatican just Google? A satirist speaks

Last fall, amid swirling headlines about synods and still-emerging sex abuse scandals, an odd account popped up in the newsfeeds... Read more

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China continues to rebut Western claims about repression of Uighurs

An article published Wednesday in a state-run paper from mainland China repeated government talking points regarding the situations of the... Read more

A man rides a motorcycle in the old city of Mosul, northern Iraq on April 21, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

In Northern Iraq, Christians face obstacles on the road to rebuilding

As some Christian genocide victims rebuild their homes in Northern Iraq, a tenuous security situation still threatens their future in... Read more

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By Courtney Mares

On prevention of child abuse, Pope Francis points to St. John Bosco's example 

In an unscripted video message that appears to have been recorded on a cell phone, Pope Francis spoke of the... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

Amid global Christian persecution, this Coptic archbishop urges unity

A leading Coptic archbishop said that Christians must “walk in the shoes” of those facing global Christian persecution, while overcoming... Read more

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First permit issued under Australian state's assisted suicide, euthanasia law

The first permit for medically assisted death in Victoria was issued in recent weeks, within a month of the going... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

Nominee grilled over Knights of Columbus membership confirmed as federal judge

The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Brian Buescher, a judicial nominee grilled by two senators last year over his... Read more

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Mexican bishops: Government devalues migrants' dignity

The Mexican bishops reaffirmed Tuesday its concern over the lack of a humanitarian reception for migrants, whose dignity has been... Read more

Cardinal George Alencherry of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church at Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Oct. 12, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

Priests protest Indian cardinal returned to diocese

Catholic priests are reportedly protesting Pope Francis’ reinstatement of a cardinal who is facing allegations of financial mismanagement, and has... Read more

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Judge blocks Arkansas abortion regulations

A federal judge in Arkansas on Tuesday temporarily blocked several new regulations on abortion clinics, which otherwise might have led... Read more

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New York law bans revenge porn

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill criminalizing revenge pornography - the distribution of sexual or nude images... Read more

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Pope Leo XIV addresses Catholic faithful on the scoreboard at Rate Field, home to the Chicago White Sox, during a celebration and Mass to honor his selection as Pope on June 14, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.

Pope Leo XIV encourages young people to be 'beacons of hope' at Chicago event

A Brooklyn Park police officer looks on while guarding the entrance to a neighborhood on June 14, 2025 in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.

'Senseless violence': Minnesota Catholic leaders respond to shooting, murder of lawmakers

The front door of 212 E. 141st Place, the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois.

Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Chicago could go for more than $1 million

Deacons gather in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome in February. The number of deacons in the U.S. has declined year over year, according to a recent report, June 13, 2025.

Annual report finds there are ‘not enough’ deacons being ordained in the U.S.

Fernando Moscardó (center) and his friend Patricia (far left) meet with Pope Leo XIV and Bishop Mikel Garciandía of Palencia (right) after the Holy Father’s general audience on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Young people present to Pope Leo XIV their spiritual renewal project for Europe

The McCoppin family (from left): Alyssa, Courteney, James, Rhys, and Kelly, poses for a photo after entering the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil on April 8, 2023, at Sacred Heart Church in Manassas.

Virginia teen’s Catholic school journey inspires whole family’s conversion

Volunteers and staff with Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley assist Latin American and Haitian migrants at a migrant shelter in McAllen, Texas.

House launches probe of Catholic nongovernmental organizations’ role aiding migrants

Mother Carmen Rendiles and Dr. José Gregorio Hernández are scheduled to be proclaimed Venezuela’s first saints on Oct. 19, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV to canonize 7 saints on Oct. 19

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.”

Here is the miracle that makes possible Pier Giorgio Frassati’s canonization

Pope Leo XIV presides over the first ordinary public consistory of cardinals of his pontificate on June 13, 2025, at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV: ‘The gravest form of poverty is not to know God’

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