Archive for October 30, 2023

Iran’s minister of foreign affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican, Iranian foreign ministers discuss Israel-Hamas war amid risk of wider conflict

Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher spoke by phone with his counterpart in Iran on Monday morning regarding the Israel-Hamas... Read more

Workers prepare to distribute medical aid and medicines to Nasser Medical Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, which recently arrived through the Rafah crossing on Oct. 29, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

UN refugee director: Needs in Gaza ‘immense,’ aid ‘meager and inconsistent’

The U.N. said Sunday that “thousands of desperate people” had “stormed U.N.-operated warehouses” and other aid distribution centers in the... Read more

Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

The first Synod on Synodality assembly is over. What comes next?

Much remains unclear about what concretely will take place in the year leading up to the second and final Synod... Read more

Pope Francis visits the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square following vespers on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Christmas 2023 at the Vatican: Nativity to recall St. Francis’ first-ever manger scene

The Christmas 2023 Nativity scene at the Vatican will evoke the first-ever live manger, the Vatican said Monday. Read more

Friars walking along the Via Dolorosa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. After two weeks, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land returned to pray the Way of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.?w=200&h=150

By Marinella Bandini

Franciscan friar’s ‘Way of the Cross’ resumes on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem

The Franciscans returned to pray along on the Via Dolorosa after holding the Way of the Cross in the church... Read more

Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Synod on Synodality 2023: A look at the key discussions and decisions

Now that the Synod on Synodality has drawn to a close, all eyes are on the synthesis report emanating from... Read more

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, delivers his homily at a Mass in celebration of the feast day of Our Lady, Queen of Palestine and the Holy Land at the shrine dedicated to her at Deir Rafat on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Marinella Bandini

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem reconsecrates Holy Land to Our Lady, Queen of Palestine

“Today, we consecrate once again our Church, our diocese, our land to Our Lady, Queen of Palestine,” Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa... Read more

Pope Francis meets with a group of women who escaped criminal organizations in Italy on Oct. 30, 2023, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

‘You are not alone’: Pope Francis meets women who escaped the Mafia

Pope Francis on Monday encouraged a group of women who escaped criminal organizations in Italy to keep fighting despite fear... Read more

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By Joe Bukuras

‘This is dangerous stuff’: UK university offers course on ‘occult science’

A university in the United Kingdom will be offering a graduate degree in occultism and magic, reportedly the nation’s first... Read more

Sts. Peter and Paul Church in North Beach, California.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Assault at San Francisco Catholic church leads to police pursuit, reported pipe bomb

The incident began after an individual received Communion but did not consume the host. Read more

A billboard in Ohio paid for by Catholics for Choice in October 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Catholic pro-abortion group funds ‘billboard blitz’ ahead of Ohio Issue 1 vote

Issue 1 would amend the state constitution to add a new right to “reproductive freedom,” which includes “abortion” and “contraception,”... Read more

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Construction projects are underway in Rome as the city prepares for the 2025 Jubilee Year.

Here’s how the city of Rome is preparing for the 2025 Jubilee Year

A map of the Juan Diego Route which goes through Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, ending in Indiana.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage: Don’t miss these stops on the St. Juan Diego Route

Pope Francis meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Vatican, Oct. 4, 2021.

Orthodox patriarch anticipates Pope Francis visit to Turkey for Council of Nicaea anniversary

Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln credits the support of friends, family, medical professionals, and his golden retriever, Stella, with his recovery from mental illness.

Nebraska bishop shares mental illness story, offers message of hope 

Larry Hogan, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland, greets supporters before casting his ballot in the state primary election at Davidsonville Elementary School on May 14, 2024, in Davidsonville, Maryland.

Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan backs codifying Roe

California Gov. Gavin Newsom attends an event with fellow governors in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

California governor: Pope Francis told me he was ‘proud’ of state’s death penalty moratorium

School children read about the life of Blessed Carlo Acutis at the celebration of his new shrine at St. Dominic Parish in Brick, New Jersey. Oct, 1, 2023.

Movie on Blessed Carlo Acutis and his love for the Eucharist opens this weekend

The National Eucharistic Revival recleased a detailed map of the upcoming pilgrimage routes ahead of the National Eucharistic Congress.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage: When is it passing through your town?

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions.

Fernández: Vatican’s new apparitions guidelines stress ‘caution’ in discernment process

Representatives from the pro-life movement and their supporters gather to demonstrate in Parliament Square on May 15, 2024, in London.

Pro-lifers rally in London amid consideration of abortion amendments

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