Archive for February 22, 2020

Flagpole and the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in Mexico City, Mexico. ?w=200&h=150

Mexican bishops back repeal of statute of limitations for sexual abuse cases

The Church in Mexico has expressed its support for several bills to eliminate the statute of limitations in cases of... Read more

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By Courtney Mares

Computer programming teen Carlo Acutis to be beatified 

The Vatican announced Saturday the approval of a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager... Read more

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Dominicans open hospital in Peru to serve the poor

A Dominican province in Peru has converted its formation house for aspirants in Lima into a hospital.  Read more

Jean Vanier at a Templeton Prize press conference in London March 11, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

L’Arche reports sexual misconduct by founder Jean Vanier 

L’Arche International published the results Saturday of an independent investigation detailing sexual misconduct by its founder Jean Vanier with six... Read more

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By Perry West

Fr. Emil Kapaun's path to sainthood to face Vatican milestone in March

A Kansas priest recalls the holy deeds of Servant of God Emil Kapaun, a POW and chaplain during the Korean... Read more

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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. | Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Cardinal Pizzaballa: there is a longing for justice and human dignity in Iran

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services headquarters building in Washington, D.C. | Credit: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood

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Multistate lawsuit challenges ‘gender conditions’ tied to HHS funding

Republicans say they are crafting a bill to permanently defund Planned Parenthood Jan. 13, 2026. | Credit: usarmyband, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

House Republican budget plan would permanently defund Planned Parenthood

Veteran EWTN executive Edwin Lopez is the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Commission on Social Communications. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Edwin Lopez

Veteran EWTN executive appointed to Communications Commission post with Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN

Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial appeal moves forward

The image of the Black Nazarene moves through dense crowds during the 30-hour procession in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: CBCP News

Manila’s feast of the Black Nazarene draws 9.6 million devotees

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UPDATE: Homeland Security Department says rule will address religious worker visa backlog

Bishop Andrew Cozzens, seen here in 2024, spoke this week in Minnesota on how to heal and to bring grief before God. | Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa

Bishop Cozzens after Annunciation shooting: ‘God’s answer to evil is the cross’

Shrine of Christ the King of Peace on Cubilete Hill. | Credit: El Tabor Mexicano-National Votive Shrine of Christ the King

Over 45,000 youths to make pilgrimage to Christ the King monument in Mexico

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