Archive for November 21, 2024

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By Kate Quiñones

Wyoming governor pledges to appeal after judge blocks state pro-life laws

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Read more

“We think of these stories of saints that have withstood all this persecution as belonging to the Middle Ages,” said Bill McGurn, godfather of Jimmy Lai. “It’s going on right now, and we can see it.”?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

Jimmy Lai, 76, was first arrested in August 2020 under China’s newly instituted Hong Kong national security law. Read more

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.?w=200&h=150

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

Professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz says rather than fighting gender ideology, the mission of the Church is “to seek to make... Read more

Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

In a Nov. 21 letter to cardinals, prefects, and managers in the Roman Curia, the pope underlined the gravity of... Read more

Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work, was beatified Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Freiburg, Germany.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Church beatifies German priest who was executed by Nazis in 1944

Father Max Josef Metzger, executed by Nazis in 1944 for promoting peace and Christian unity, was beatified Sunday in Freiburg,... Read more

Despite an online petition posted to change.org in mid-October that garnered over 53,000 signatures in protest of the evergreen to be used for the Vatican Christmas tree being chopped down, the tree arrived as scheduled in St. Peter’s Square at 7 a.m. on Nov. 21, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican Christmas tree wreathed in controversy over environmental objections

An online petition posted to change.org in mid-October garnered over 53,000 signatures in protest of the evergreen being chopped down. Read more

St. John’s Cathedral in the Netherlands is lit up for Red Wednesday on Nov. 23, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Churches around the world lit up red in honor of persecuted Christians

Organized by the Christian aid group Aid to the Church in Need International, “Red Week” has been taking place every... Read more

From left: John Hinshaw, Jonathan Darnel, Lauren Handy, Joan Bell, and Jean Marshall are among the pro-life activists who are still in prison or awaiting prison sentences on federal charges brought by President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice for protests at abortion clinics — but President-elect Donald Trump has signaled he will likely grant them presidential pardons.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Meet the pro-life prisoners whom Trump is expected to pardon

During President Joe Biden’s tenure as president, the DOJ has brought FACE Act charges against more than 30 people who... Read more

Pope Francis meets with the Dicastery for Culture and Education at the Vatican on Nov. 21, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis: Desire and Christian hope can overcome ‘dangerous plague’ of nihilism

Describing nihilism as “perhaps the most dangerous plague of today’s culture,” the pope told dicastery members their institution should work... Read more

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By Jonah McKeown

No, ‘AI Jesus’ isn’t actually hearing confessions: fact check

Numerous news reports have said that a new artificially intelligent “Jesus” has begun taking people’s confessions at a Catholic church... Read more

Pope Francis signs two bottles of bourbon presented to him by Father Jim Sichko at the Vatican on May 1, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Bottles of bourbon signed by Pope Francis expected to fetch up to $20,000 for charity

Father Jim Sichko told CNA that the charity auction came about from Sichko’s habit of bringing Kentucky bourbon to the... Read more

Indian Christians pay their respects to the remains of St. Francis Xavier during the 17th exposition of the saint's body at the Se Cathedral in Goa on Nov. 22, 2014.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

St. Francis Xavier’s relics draw 12,000 in Goa, India, for decennial exposition

As many as 8 million people are expected to visit the relics during the 45-day period. The last exposition, in... Read more

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 20, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Francis calls for study of Church history free from ideologies

Pope Francis has published a letter addressed especially to priests in formation to promote the renewal of the study of... Read more

Georgetown University President John DeGioia attends a ceremony at which an honorary degree was bestowed on AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Sept. 3, 2009, in Washington, D.C.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Georgetown president John DeGioia to step down after 23 years

DeGioia, who served as the 48th president of the Jesuit university in Washington, D.C., said stepping down was “the most... Read more