Archive for December 11, 2021

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By CNA Staff

How the blind can 'see' Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico

Just inside the entrance to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City is a small area with... Read more

Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary. Credit: PersiGianluigi (public domain).).?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

As Christmas approaches, priests should emphasize that confession can heal, cardinal says

Sacramental confession has healing abilities that priests should especially emphasize to help bring God’s love and consolation to a world... Read more

Archbishop Michel Aupetit, pictured in 2019.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Archbishop Aupetit at Paris farewell Mass: ‘I lost my life for the love of Christ’

He directly addressed a media report claiming that he had “lost himself for love.” Read more

Pope Francis meets participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Dec. 11, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis: Look out for ‘self-referential’ founders who put themselves ‘above the Church’

He was speaking to members of the Vatican department overseeing consecrated life. Read more

Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrates his first public Mass Dec. 11 since his hospitalization with COVID-19.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Olivera

Cardinal Burke thanks God for COVID-19 recovery during first public Mass

Cardinal Raymond Burke thanked God and Our Lady of Guadalupe for his recovery from COVID-19, during his first public Mass... Read more

Emergency workers search through what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on December 11, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Olivera

Kentucky bishop asks for prayers, financial support following fatal tornadoes

A bishop in Kentucky is asking for prayers following a series of fatal storms and tornadoes Dec. 11 that killed... Read more

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Edward Burne-Jones, “St. George Kills the Dragon,” 1866

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Ana Estrada, 47, suffered from polymyositis, an incurable disease that left her confined to a wheelchair. Since 2019, she had been been petitioning Peruvian courts to recognize a right to euthanasia.

For first time, incurably ill patient undergoes euthanasia in Peru

Argentine pro-life Dr. Leandro Rodríguez Lastra.

Argentine doctor completes prison sentence for preventing a chemical abortion in process

Pope Francis greets an elderly couple at a general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Pope Francis to meet with thousands of grandparents and their grandchildren at the Vatican

Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin of the Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat in Ethiopia, which covers the Tigray region.

‘I’m a witness to unspeakable suffering’: Ethiopia bishop wants peace pact implemented

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Reporter Catherine Hadro speaks with Sister Mary Gianna of the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ and Frank DeAngelis on “EWTN News In Depth” on April 19, 2024. Sister Mary Gianna, also known as Jenica Thornby, was a sophomore at Columbine High School and DeAngelis was principal on April 20, 1999, when two gunmen killed 12 students and one teacher before turning their guns on themselves.

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Pro-lifers participate in the Illinois March for Life in Springfield, April 17, 2024.

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