Archive for October 17, 2020

Rakhine people in Bangladesh protest violence against their community in Burma's Rakhine state by the Tatmadaw, Oct. 11, 2020. ?w=200&h=150

Two minors killed during fighting between Burmese military, Arakan Army

United Nations officials in Burma said Wednesday that earlier this month, two boys were killed amid crossfire between the Tatmadaw,... Read more

Turkish soldiers. ?w=200&h=150

By Christine Rousselle

New calls for US sanctions on Turkey for Christian persecution

Christian human rights leaders have called on the Trump administration to issue sanctions on Turkey in response to its actions... Read more

Bishop Edward Janiak. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Polish bishop under investigation

Pope Francis accepted Saturday the resignation of the Bishop of Kalisz in central Poland, Edward Janiak, who is under investigation... Read more

A view of St. Peter's Cupola from Casa Santa Marta. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican: Coronavirus case in Pope Francis' residence

The Holy See press office said Saturday a resident of the Vatican hotel where Pope Francis also lives has tested... Read more

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Katie Chihoski, a student at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, eats with her baby, Lucia, on her lap in the company of fellow students. Chihoski is among the first students to benefit from a new initiative at the Catholic college called the Saint Teresa of Calcutta Community for Mothers, which provides free babysitting and other material support for young mothers on campus.

University of Mary student to graduate with toddler, supported by campus program for moms

Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas.

Defiant Texas nuns seek restraining order against bishop, Carmelite association

President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at Hillsborough Community College’s Dale Mabry campus on April 23, 2024, in Tampa, Florida.

Biden targets Trump in Florida speech on abortion

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey walks across the campus of St. John's Prep in Danvers, Massachusetts, on April 9, 2024.

Pro-lifers dismayed at Massachusetts pro-abortion governor’s appearances at Catholic school events

The Vatican ambassador to Colombo, Archbishop Brian Udaigwe (third from left) and Sri Lanka's Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith (fourth from left) take part in a remembrance service during the fifth anniversary of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks at St. Anthony Church in Colombo on April 21, 2024.

More than 50,000 sign petition to recognize 171 killed in Sri Lanka attack as martyrs

Archbishop Luis Argüello and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

Bishops: Catholic Church in Spain unjustly singled out in plan to address sexual abuse

Over a year after the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey in February 2023, restoration of Aleppo's Church of St. George has been completed.

A year after earthquake, Aleppo’s St. George Church rises again

The Augustine Institute's new facilities in Florissant, Missouri.

‘An unprecedented opportunity’: Augustine Institute announces move to St. Louis 

Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan leads a Eucharistic procession inside a packed Louis Armstrong Stadium in Brooklyn, New York, on April 20, 2024.

PHOTOS From the subway to the sacred: Brooklyn’s breathtaking Eucharistic Revival

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges ‘massive subsidized day care’ plan to reduce abortion

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