Archive for January 13, 2020

Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter's Square Sept. 21, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican: Pope Francis not in favor of optional priestly celibacy

A Vatican spokesman said Monday that Pope Francis’ position on priestly celibacy is “known,” quoting the pontiff’s remarks in a... Read more

Cardinal George Pell arrives at Melbourne County Court on Feb. 27, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

Cardinal Pell transferred to new maximum-security prison

Cardinal George Pell has reportedly been transferred out of the Melbourne prison in which he has been incarcerated for more... Read more

Archbishop Carlos Castillo of Lima. ?w=200&h=150

Lima archbishop offers 'clarification' on controversial Eucharist remarks

After controversial remarks last week, the Archbishop of Lima said Thursday that he did not intend to undermine the importance... Read more

Good Shepherd Seminary in Kaduna, Nigeria, whence four seminarians were abducted Jan. 8, 2020. ?w=200&h=150

Four seminarians abducted in Nigeria

Four seminarians, between the ages of 18 and 23, were abducted Wednesday night from their seminary in Kaduna, in northwestern... Read more

Pope Francis greets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Dec. 21, 2018. ?w=200&h=150

By Ed Condon

Analysis: On celibacy, what Benedict cannot say and Francis mustn't hear

What the two reactions to a new book from Benedict point to is a fault-line, not for or against Pope... Read more

The Texas capitol. ?w=200&h=150

Texas bishops urge governor to reconsider refugee resettlement

Texas' 16 Catholic bishops on Friday responded to Governor Greg Abbott’s announcement that the state will not participate in the... Read more

Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, home of the Northern Ireland Assembly. ?w=200&h=150

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Northern Ireland

Same-sex marriage is now legal in Northern Ireland, after a deadline set by the UK Parliament Westminster in July 2019... Read more

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Cardinal Sarah: Claim that Benedict did not co-author book on celibacy is 'defamation' of 'exceptional gravity'

The publisher of a new book on priestly celibacy, written by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect... Read more

Fire and rescue personnel before a bushfire next to a major road and homes near Bilpin, New South Wales, Dec. 19, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

Sydney archbishop encourages relief donations amid Australia fires

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney urged Mass attendees Sunday to pray for an end to the Australia fires, which have... Read more

Kansas Capitol. ?w=200&h=150

After 'grotesque' court ruling, Kansas pro-lifers continue push for ballot measure

Pro-life legislators and advocacy groups in Kansas, joined by the state’s Catholic bishops, are working to send a constitutional amendment... Read more

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Pope Francis greets the crowd gathered at St. Peter's Square on May 5, 2024.

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Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of Angola’s Archdiocese of Luanda.

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A patient at the new Misky María Palliative Care Hospital located on the outskirts of Lima, Perú.

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Professor Mouna Maroun is the first Arab to be elected as the rector of an Israeli university, the University of Haifa. Maroun belongs to the Arab minority in Israel, the Christian minority among Arabs, and the Maronite minority among Christians. She says she is proud of her religious affiliation and wears a golden crucifix around her neck. "My election is an important message that everything is possible in the Israeli academia," she told CNA.

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Mother Marla Marie stands on the front porch of the sisters’ Mother of the Light convent in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

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Father Roger Landry, Catholic chaplain at Columbia University, discusses the protests at Columbia University in New York City on EWTN’s “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” on May 2, 2024.

Columbia’s Catholic chaplain: Campus protests were pushed by ‘explicitly communist’ outsiders

President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jesuit Father Greg Boyle on May 3, 2024.

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