Archive for April 17, 2022

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Square for Easter 2022?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Square for Easter 2022

An estimated 50,000 people were in St. Peter's Square for the pope's Easter Sunday Mass. Read more

Pope Francis gives the Urbi et Orbi blessing for Easter 2022?w=200&h=150

By Pope Francis

Full text of Pope Francis' Urbi et Orbi blessing 2022

The full text of Pope Francis' Urbi et Orbi benediction for Easter 2022 Read more

Pope Francis gives the Urbi et Orbi blessing for Easter 2022?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis laments ‘Easter of War’ in Urbi et Orbi blessing 2022

“Brothers and sisters, let us allow the peace of Christ to enter our lives, our homes, our countries,” Pope Francis... Read more

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Students participating in the CEDE workshop for St. John's College High School gather for a group photo at the basilica at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in November 2022.

Catholic entrepreneur launches business startup program for teenagers

Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas.

Vatican: Nuns who feuded with Texas bishop will be governed by monastery association

Bishop Robert D. Gruss. CNA file photo.

Michigan bishop apologizes for calling President Biden ‘stupid’

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz speaks during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

Biden DOJ report: ‘No malicious intent’ behind leaked FBI memo targeting traditional Catholics

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, was tabbed as the next chair of the Committee for Religious Liberty on Nov. 16, 2022, in Baltimore.

U.S. bishops on new federal rule: Employers should not be forced to facilitate abortions

Groups of migrants wait outside the Migrant Resource Center to receive food from San Antonio Catholic Charities on Sept. 19, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas.

Catholic Charities denies its purchase of airfare for migrants was misuse of federal funds

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Biden administration redefines sex discrimination in Title IX to include ‘gender identity’

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Catechist kidnapped and murdered in Burkina Faso, West Africa

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FBI investigating threats against ‘multiple faith communities’ in Pennsylvania

Worcester, Massachusetts, is home to Clark University, Assumption University, and Worcester State University.

Secular university’s head of Holocaust studies finds ‘warmer welcome’ at Catholic university

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