Archive for September 21, 2020

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By Courtney Mares

Vatican calls for 'peaceful and just resolution' of Belarus crisis

After President Alexander Lukashenko announced that he was putting troops on high alert and closing Belarus’ borders, a Vatican diplomat... Read more

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Everyone is beautiful in God’s eyes, Pope Francis tells children with autism spectrum disorder

Pope Francis told children with autism spectrum disorder Monday that everyone is beautiful in God’s eyes.   Read more

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Trump to announce Supreme Court nominee by Saturday

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he expects to name his nominee for the Supreme Court by the end... Read more

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By Courtney Mares

Judge killed by mafia 30 years ago is a candidate for sainthood

Thirty years ago Judge Rosario Livatino was brutally killed by the mafia on his commute to work at a courthouse... Read more

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Proclaim 'universality of salvation', Archbishop Gomez says at immigrant Mass

The US needs to hear the proclamation of the unity of nations and the universality of salvation, Archbishop José Gomez... Read more

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Vatican’s doctrinal office critiques German theologians’ intercommunion call

The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has criticized an appeal by German theologians for intercommunion between... Read more

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Supreme Court: Full docket of religious liberty cases during nomination fight

As the Trump Administration looks to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court, the coming judicial session features a... Read more

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun departs the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Ed Condon

Cardinal Zen: Church is losing ‘credibility’ to evangelize China

The former Bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, has warned that the Church’s efforts to negotiate an extension... Read more

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Catholic judge Barbara Lagoa on the shortlist of Supreme Court nominees

President Donald Trump’s shortlist of potential nominees to the Supreme Court includes Justice Barbara Lagoa, a Catholic who has spoken... Read more

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Will Catholics return to Mass after the pandemic? Many want to go more often

The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the way many Catholics think about their faith, a new study has found, and just... Read more

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Knights of Columbus donates to vandalized Brooklyn parish

The Knights of Columbus has contributed thousands of dollars to a Brooklyn parish following an act of vandalism earlier this... Read more

Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, April 17, 2014. Public domain?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Recalling the unlikely Ginsburg-Scalia friendship

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week at age 87, is remembered as a hero of the... Read more

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Survey finds correlation between Catholic Mass attendance, political views 

A recent survey has found a correlation between the religious practices of Catholic likely voters, their party affiliation, and the... Read more

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Black Catholic leader says Black Lives Matter organization 'ill-equipped to lead'

A Black Catholic leader said Friday that the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is the wrong organization to lead... Read more