Archive for April 25, 2021

Pope Francis kisses the hands of a newly ordained priest in St. Peter’s Basilica, April 25, 2021.?w=200&h=150

‘You will be shepherds like him’: Pope Francis ordains nine new priests in St. Peter’s Basilica

The pope urged the ordinands to seek “closeness” to God, their bishop, their fellow priests, and the People of God. Read more

Pope Francis delivers a Regina Coeli address in the library of the Apostolic Palace.?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis at the Regina Coeli: Mediterranean migrant deaths are ‘moment of shame’

Migrants reportedly died despite SOS calls being issued when their inflatable boat sank off the Libyan coast. Read more

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Pro-life supporters march in this year's March for Life in Ottawa, Canada, May 9, 2024.

Thousands pack Ottawa’s Parliament Hill for 27th annual March for Life

Vatican Dicastery for Communications prefect Paolo Ruffini and Vatican Secretary-General Sister Raffaella Petrini inaugurate the photographic exhibition titled “Changes” on May 7, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Vatican opens photographic exhibition on effects of climate change

Bishop James Ruggieri prays during his ordination Mass in Portland, Maine on May 7, 2024.

New bishop ordained in Portland, Maine: A Franciscan shepherd for the people

The South Carolina State House passed a bill banning transgender procedures on minors on May 19, 2024.

South Carolina to ban sex-change treatments on minors

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Nigeria diocese orders immediate closure of Catholic school after attack

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupy an encampment on the campus of UCLA on April 25, 2024, in Los Angeles.

House antisemitism bill raises concerns over use of Bible verses, free speech

St. James Cathedral in Seattle.

Washington state asks court to force Seattle Archdiocese to comply with abuse inquiry

Archbishop Luc Terlinden attends a hearing session of the special commission investigating abuse in Church and other situations of power at the Flemish Parliament on Jan. 26, 2024, in Brussels.

Brussels archbishop apologizes amid priest election scandal

Pope Francis greets a young girl at a conference on Friday, May 10, 2024, on the state of birth rates in Italy and the wider West at the Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome.

Pope Francis on record-low fertility rate: ‘Human life is not a problem, it is a gift’

Painting of Father Damien De Veuster and images with lepers and his first church on Molokai Island, Hawaii, from Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church.

The miracle that led to the canonization of St. Damien De Veuster

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