Archive for December 6, 2022

Winter in Kyiv, Ukraine (2018)?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican holds thermal shirt drive for Ukraine

The Vatican’s charity office is holding a drive to collect thermal shirts for people in Ukraine as they face an... Read more

Pope Francis speaking at the general audience on St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Nov. 30, 2022?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Pope Francis decrees better control of Vatican funds and foundations

Pope Francis issued a decree on Tuesday aimed at improving the financial accountability of funds, foundations, and other legal entities... Read more

Livia Tossici-Bolt says she was urged by council officers to “move on” after praying in public near an abortion center in Bournemouth, England.?w=200&h=150

By Madeleine Teahan

UK Supreme Court to rule on ‘censorship zone’ outside abortion facilities

Pro-life and free-speech campaigners in the United Kingdom are awaiting a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

U.S. Catholic population shows growth, trends southward

With nearly 62 million people, Catholics make up the largest religious body in 36 U.S. states. Read more

Father Fidelis Moscinski (far left, in gray robe), a well-known pro-life activist and priest of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFR) is seen during a tense standoff between pro-life and pro-abortion demonstrators in Lower Manhattan on July 2, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

Charges dropped against ‘Red Rose Rescue’ priest who counsels women against abortion

Father Fidelis Moscinski, CFR, and three other pro-life advocates faced charges of trespassing at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Trenton. Read more

The co-initiators of the Neocatechumenal Way, Kiko Argüello and Carmen Hernández.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

An ‘unbearable’ saint? Neocatechumenal Way’s Hernández remembered for virtues, vices

Kiko Argüello, who co-founded the Neocatechumenal Way with Hernandez, shared some candid remarks about the difficulties of their relationship. Read more

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Hundreds of fans of soccer legend Pelé pray in front of hospital for his recovery

On Dec. 4, fans formed a circle, lit candles, held hands, and prayed an Our Father and a Hail Mary,... Read more

A view of Baltimore's Basilica nestled amid the city's famed row houses?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Baltimore seals documents related to clerical sexual abuse report

A judge in Baltimore this week ordered everything related to the release of a major attorney general’s report on clerical... Read more