Archive for October 25, 2021

St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, mother church of the Archdiocese of Bangalore.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Indian Catholic archbishop criticizes Christian missionary survey plan

‘There is no good that will come out of it,’ said Archbishop Peter Machado. Read more

Economist Jeffrey Sachs.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis names Jeffrey Sachs to pontifical academy

Sachs has been a frequent visitor to the Vatican in recent years. Read more

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, in St. Peter’s Square, Oct. 10, 2019.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican cardinal visits Syria in 10th year of civil war

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri will spend eight days in the country. Read more

Blessed Sandra Sabattini.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Meet Sandra Sabattini, the first bride-to-be beatified in the Catholic Church

The 22-year-old died when she was struck by a passing car in 1984. Read more

Protests in Granada, Nicaragua, April 29, 2018.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Church asks people to vote their conscience in Nicaraguan general election

The Nicaraguan bishops’ conference called Thursday on citizens to act freely and to vote according to their conscience as the... Read more

Pope Francis meets with Patrick E. Kelly, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Oct. 25, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis meets Knights of Columbus leader at Vatican

Patrick E. Kelly took office on March 1. Read more

A mobile health clinic in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 25, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Mobile heart clinic provides free visits to poor in St. Peter’s Square

The rate of heart attacks tripled in Italy in 2020 compared to the previous year. Read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, chair of the USCCB religious liberty committee?w=200&h=150

By Christine Rousselle

US bishops warn against ‘extreme’ abortion provisions in budget bills

Spending bills introduced last week in the U.S. Senate would force employers and insurers to cover and pay for abortion,... Read more

Angela Wu Howard, a legal scholar with Becket, a nonprofit organization that focuses on religious liberty issues.?w=200&h=150

By Autumn Jones

Abortion is failing women: An interview with Angela Wu Howard

Legal scholar Angela Wu Howard is one of the signers of an amicus brief in the Dobbs abortion case that... Read more

The beatification Mass of Fr. Juan Elías Medina and 126 companions in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba in Córdoba, Spain, Oct. 16, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By Blanca Ruiz

Beatification of 127 Spanish Civil War martyrs in Córdoba shows 'profound spiritual wealth'

Fr. Juan Elías Medina and 126 companions, who were martyred during the Spanish Civil War, were beatified this month in... Read more

Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury preaches at St. Columba's Church in Chester, Feb. 15, 2014. Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Shrewsbury.?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Pro-life advocates mustn't lose hope and joy amid struggles, English bishop says

There will be many pro-life battles this century, but foes of abortion, assisted suicide, and other crimes against human life... Read more

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

New palliative care hospital brings ‘sweetness of Mary’ to poorest in Peru

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.

First Arab Christian woman to lead Israel’s University of Haifa

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

From the Washington Post to the Maronite convent: Meet Mother Marla Marie

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.

Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jesuit priest for work with youth

Martyred by the Nazis, Dutch St. Titus Brandsma was a journalist who gave his life so that the truths of the faith would not be silenced.

The prayer of a holy journalist before dying for the freedom of the Catholic press

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Chicago priest blesses same-sex ‘spouses,’ says Fiducia Supplicans allows it

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa gives the homily at a Mass in which he took possession of his titular church, St. Onuphrius, in Rome on May 1, 2024.

Cardinal Pizzaballa: Peace in Holy Land built on dialogue, action

The spiritual shepherd of the Church in Singapore is Cardinal William Goh, archbishop since early 2013 and a cardinal since 2022.

Cardinal Goh of Singapore: ‘Deep encounter with Jesus’ is key to passing on the faith

Oviedo Archbishop Jesús Sanz Montes accused the government of focusing "in a biased and manipulative way on the problem of pedophilia as something attributable only to the Catholic Church."

Spanish archbishop slams government’s obsession with the Catholic Church

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