Archive for December 4, 2022

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By Katie Yoder

The hidden message in ancient ‘O Antiphons’ of Advent

An emeritus Texas bishop is highlighting an Advent message hidden in the O Antiphons — prayers that are said in... Read more

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By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis: It’s never too late to begin again

“Let us not let this Advent go by like days on the calendar, because this is a moment of grace,”... Read more

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By Joe Bukuras

Catholic student center in Nebraska receives shooting threat, signed ‘Jane’s Revenge’

A Catholic campus ministry center at the University of Nebraska received a death threat Saturday morning in a note signed... Read more

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Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for Mass on the solemnity of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Pope calls potential U.S. deportation plans ‘a disgrace’

During his Angelus address on Jan. 19, 2025, at the Vatican, Pope Francis thanked those who mediated the latest ceasefire in Gaza and expressed his hope that all hostages “may finally return home and embrace their loved ones” and for the opening of humanitarian corridors into Gaza.

Pope Francis thanks mediators for brokering latest ceasefire deal in Gaza

On Feb. 3, 2025, at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Father John Yongli Chen will celebrate an evening Mass in Mandarin, his native language, in recognition of the Chinese New Year. Chen is pastor of St. Ann Parish in Ortonville, Michigan.

Michigan parish celebrates Chinese New Year with Mass in Mandarin

Catholics attend Mass via the Apostleship of the Sea Ministry in Honolulu, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.

Hawaii’s seafarer ministry brings pastoral relief to island’s ‘invisible’ fishing industry

The newly ordained Bishop Frederik Hansen is presented to the congregation at St. Olav’s Cathedral in Oslo, Norway, on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2024.

Cardinal Parolin ordains new bishop of Oslo, highlighting Holy Spirit’s guidance

Pope Francis greets new Swiss Guards as they prepare to be sworn in on May 6, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope highlights Swiss Guard’s jubilee year service to pilgrims

Abbé Pierre, born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès in 1912, was a prominent French Catholic priest. He died in 2007. Allegations of sexual abuse were first publicly reported in 2024.

French bishops request criminal probe into abuse claims against Abbé Pierre

Members of the Episcopal Conference of Benin.

Catholic bishops appeal for calm ahead of Benin’s 2026 elections

The Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center.

Catholic leaders welcome Gaza ceasefire and renewed Holy Land pilgrimages

U.S. Supreme Court.

Supreme Court will decide on parental right to shield children from gender ideology in school

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