Archive for October 25, 2020

Portrait of Father Michael J. McGivney by John Tierney. ?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Named for Father Michael McGivney, Catholic high school eager to celebrate beatification

The upcoming beatification of American priest Father Michael McGivney is a time for celebration and reflection for southern Illinois’ Father... Read more

Pope Francis pictured at his window overlooking St. Peter’s Square during an Angelus address. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis to create 13 new cardinals, including Washington Archbishop Gregory

Pope Francis said Sunday that he will create 13 new cardinals, including Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory, at a consistory on... Read more

Pope Francis waves from his window overlooking St. Peter’s Square during an Angelus address. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis prays for peace and justice in Nigeria

Pope Francis appealed for an end to violence in Nigeria after reciting the Angelus Sunday.  Read more

Pope Benedict XVI, pictured on Aug. 28, 2010. ?w=200&h=150

Benedict XVI distances himself from embattled Catholic community

Benedict XVI has distanced himself from a Catholic community with which he had maintained close ties for decades.   Read more

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, at the Vatican on Oct. 12, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Polish archbishop speaks out as protesters disrupt Masses after abortion ruling

The president of Poland’s bishops’ conference has urged critics of a landmark abortion ruling to express their opposition “in a... Read more

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Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, chapel and statue.

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There are now more than 100 priests in the four dioceses of Sierra Leone.

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Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023.

Four German bishops resist push to install permanent ‘Synodal Council’

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Families, donors, and others gather with Bishop Erik Pohlmeier for the dedication of the “Precious Ones Baby Mausoleum” at the San Lorenzo Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida, on April 23, 2024.

Florida diocese opens ‘Precious Ones’ mausoleum to support couples who lose children

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened up to veteran EWTN News anchorman Raymond Arroyo about his family’s strong faith growing up, how his faith helped him overcome drug addiction and how it impacts him in his day-to-day life in the travails of U.S. presidential politics.

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Students, faculty, monks, and staff at Belmont Abbey College took part in their first “Cover to Cover” Bible Marathon Reading Event from April 8–12, 2024..

Belmont Abbey College hosts Bible marathon reading event

An aerial view of Washington Square in San Francisco on May 22, 2020.

Catholic parishioner stabbed outside Mass celebrated by San Francisco archbishop

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