Feb 18, 2021 - 08:00 pm .- A Lenten campaign launched by Caritas Venezuela is raising money to help poor and vulnerable people in the country buy lifesaving medication.
Feb 18, 2021 - 07:20 pm .- In a video message to the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Pope Francis said Thursday the suffering caused by the coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to change and to have greater solidarity with others.
Feb 18, 2021 - 06:01 pm .- Australia‘s Catholic bishops marked the 200th anniversary of Catholic education in the country this week, calling for continued renewal of Catholic education in the country and the primacy of Catholic identity, while also stressing the importance of adequate funding.
Feb 18, 2021 - 05:28 pm .- Speakers at a virtual Theology on Tap event last week encouraged Catholics to embrace their faith - even in a hostile culture - and avoid lukewarm Catholicism.
Feb 18, 2021 - 04:00 pm .- The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is warning its parishes to remain alert after a man was arrested for stealing from a series of local churches.
Feb 18, 2021 - 03:19 pm .- George Weigel this month released a book collecting remembrances of a range of historical figures, with the goal of exploring “what it means to live a worthy life.”
Feb 18, 2021 - 02:00 pm .- Only two South Carolina House Democrats voted to ban on most abortions in the state on Wednesday, and one of them explained that his “consistent” view on the right to life helped him overcome reservations about the legislation.
Feb 18, 2021 - 01:07 pm .- Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville announced Thursday via Twitter that he is granting a dispensation from abstinence from meat for tomorrow, the Friday after Ash Wednesday.
Feb 18, 2021 - 01:00 pm .- Enzo Bianchi has defied a Vatican order to leave the ecumenical monastery he founded in 1965.
Feb 18, 2021 - 12:10 pm .- The Bishop of Portland is calling Maine's new restrictions on religious services “unacceptable.”
Feb 18, 2021 - 12:00 pm .- A Franciscan friar was ordained archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan this week and commissioned to “offer the light of the Gospel” in Iran.
Feb 18, 2021 - 11:16 am .- A Catholic president pushing pro-abortion policies should be seen as both a challenge and as an opportunity for the pro-life movement and the Church, pro-life leaders said.
Feb 18, 2021 - 08:30 am .- In a decree issued earlier this month, the cardinal who heads the Vatican City State said that employees who refuse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when deemed necessary for their work could face penalties up to termination of employment.
Feb 18, 2021 - 07:00 am .- Poland’s Catholic Church on Friday will observe a day of prayer for abuse survivors.
Feb 18, 2021 - 04:00 am .- The pro-life group 40 Days for Life began its 2021 Lenten prayer campaign on Wednesday, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the unprecedented suspension of its public vigils last year.
Feb 18, 2021 - 12:26 am .- Amid a winter storm that brought freezing temperatures and widespread power outages to much of Texas, Catholics are stepping up to help their neighbors even while dealing with their own shortages of electricity and water.
