Archive for December 20, 2024

Exiled Bishop Rolando Álvarez speaks at a Mass in Seville, Spain, on Dec. 19, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Bishop Álvarez celebrates public Mass for Nicaragua

In his first public Mass, celebrated in Seville province, Spain, Bishop Rolando Álvarez prayed for his “beloved Nicaragua.” Read more

Vandalism at a Heartbeat of Miami pregnancy center in Hialeah, Florida, July 3, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Florida woman convicted in conspiracy targeting pro-life pregnancy resource centers

A Florida woman was convicted on Thursday for conspiracy targeting pro-life pregnancy resource centers, the U.S. Department of Justice announced... Read more

French artist Claire Tabouret poses following a press conference after winning with The Atelier Simon-Marq, the selection to create new stained-glass windows in six chapels of the south aisle of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris on Dec. 18, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Stained-glass windows at Notre Dame to be replaced, new modern design revealed

The windows in six chapels on the southern side of the cathedral will be replaced with new windows designed by... Read more

Police and ambulances stand next to a Christmas market where a car crashed into a crowd injuring between 60 and 80 people, according to a spokesman for the local rescue service, on Dec. 20, 2024, in Magdeburg, eastern Germany.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

UPDATE: Casualties at German Christmas market after car rams crowd

A car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market Friday evening in the central German city of Magdeburg, killing... Read more

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 20,2024 that he has chosen CatholicVote president, Brian Burch, to be his ambassador to the Holy See.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Trump picks CatholicVote president Brian Burch as ambassador to Vatican

CatholicVote is a political advocacy group that endorsed Trump in January and ran advertisements in support of the president-elect during... Read more

Pope Francis with Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago on Sept. 2, 2015.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis appoints 5 new auxiliary bishops for Chicago Archdiocese

“These fine archdiocesan priests reflect the people of this particular Church and the many talents of our local presbyterate,” Cardinal... Read more

Archpriest of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral Monsignor Olivier Ribadeau Dumas blesses a Nativity scene in the recently reopened cathedral on Dec. 20, 2024, in Paris.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Rector of Notre Dame Cathedral blesses creche ahead of Christmas celebrations

“My greatest joy is to see people happy because they have a cathedral again,” said Notre Dame Rector Monsignor Olivier... Read more

Christmas lights line a street in Rome, Italy, Dec. 17, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

PHOTOS: Christmas in Rome as first Jubilee pilgrims arrive in Eternal City

Pope Francis will open five jubilee Holy Doors in the Christmas season between Dec. 24 and Jan. 6. Read more

Bishop Gregory Kelly.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Pope Francis appoints Bishop Gregory Kelly as new bishop of Tyler, Texas

Pope Francis relieved Bishop Joseph Strickland from the Tyler bishopric last November after an apostolic visitation concluded it was “not... Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

Study: Many women ‘unprepared’ by health workers for severe pain from chemical abortions

“Many felt unprepared for the level of pain they experienced,” the study notes, adding that in many cases, there is... Read more

Nigerian Christian mother of five Rhoda Jatau was acquitted of blasphemy charges after a two-and-a-half-year legal battle.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Major religious freedom win for Nigeria: Christian mother acquitted of blasphemy charges 

Rhoda Jatau was arrested by Nigerian authorities on May 20, 2022, after forwarding a video of a Muslim denouncing the... Read more

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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. | Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Cardinal Pizzaballa: There is a longing for justice and human dignity in Iran

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Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood

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Multistate lawsuit challenges ‘gender conditions’ tied to HHS funding

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House Republican budget plan would permanently defund Planned Parenthood

Veteran EWTN executive Edwin Lopez is the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Commission on Social Communications. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Edwin Lopez

Veteran EWTN executive appointed to Communications Commission post with Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN

Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial appeal moves forward

The image of the Black Nazarene moves through dense crowds during the 30-hour procession in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: CBCP News

Manila’s feast of the Black Nazarene draws 9.6 million devotees

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UPDATE: Homeland Security Department says rule will address religious worker visa backlog

Bishop Andrew Cozzens, seen here in 2024, spoke this week in Minnesota on how to heal and to bring grief before God. | Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa

Bishop Cozzens after Annunciation shooting: ‘God’s answer to evil is the cross’

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