Archive for October 9, 2022

Banner of St. Artemide Zatti at his canonization Mass on Oct. 9, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis canonizes two new saints: St. Artemide Zatti and St. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini

Scalabrini is known for founding a missionary order that ministered to immigrants, while Zatti was himself an immigrant, leaving Italy... Read more

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims outside the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto on March 25, 2019.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis adds feast of Our Lady of Loreto to Roman Calendar

In 2019 Pope Francis decreed that the feast of Our Lady of Loreto be included in the Roman Calendar as... Read more

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By Daniel Ibañez

The holy rosary, a spiritual weapon that lights hearts on fire

For centuries, the rosary has been considered a weapon of protection against evil and a powerful tool of intercession.  Read more

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Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

U.S. bishops stress need for immediate ceasefire after deadly attack on Gaza parish

The funeral of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win (left), who was martyred in Myanmar on Feb. 14, 2025.

9 people sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder of Myanmar priest

Human embryos.

California couple with 21 kids from surrogate mothers charged with neglect, endangerment

Fort Worth, Texas, skyline.

Catholic Charities Fort Worth to continue refugee efforts

Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, and Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV receives call from Netanyahu after Gaza church attack

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, leave the church after a visit to Holy Family Parish in Gaza on July 18, 2025.

Pizzaballa, Patriarch Theophilos III visit Holy Family Church in Gaza after Israeli attack

A view of the damage to Holy Family Church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church killed three and injured several people on July 17, including the parish priest, as well as causing damage to the building.

Israel says Holy Family Church in Gaza was ‘mistakenly’ hit, ‘regrets’ damage

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Federal court blocks Washington law that would force priests to violate seal of confession

Pope Leo XIV called Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa on Friday, July 18, 2025, just before the cardinal entered Gaza following the July 17 attack on Holy Family Parish in Gaza.

Pope to Cardinal Pizzaballa after Gaza church attack: ‘It is time to stop this slaughter’

Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City.

Mexico City government projects pro-abortion images on cathedral’s façade

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