Archive for September 7, 2024

Sabeen Rahil and Elias Johny Al Arja in Bethlehem. In the background behind them is the bell tower of the Church of the Nativity, which stands on the site where Jesus was born.?w=200&h=150

By Marinella Bandini

Staying in Bethlehem: Christian couple opts to marry and put down roots despite hardships

Two young Christians from Bethlehem have decided to marry and settle down in their hometown despite the ongoing war and... Read more

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By Francesca Pollio Fenton

New Catholic dating site hopes to ‘rewire the way we think about dating’

Candid Dating, launched in January, is a virtual speed-dating site for single Catholics. Read more

The new Maori Queen Kuini Nga wai hono i te po — who is Catholic — leaves the waka (canoe) following her father, Maori king Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, on Sept. 5, 2024, in Hamilton, New Zealand.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

New Maori Queen in New Zealand is Catholic

The Maori people, the Indigenous population of mainland New Zealand, have crowned a new queen after the death of their... Read more

Pope Francis visits the Caritas Technical Secondary School in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 7, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis asks Papua New Guinea Catholics to spread the Gospel to ‘peripheries’

Pope Francis called on Catholics in Papua New Guinea to continue to bring the Gospel to the most marginalized and... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 8, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis’ Mass in Papua New Guinea: ‘Open yourselves to the joy of the Gospel’

Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Papua New Guinea on Sunday, urging openness to God and others while praying for peace... Read more

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French Catholic priest Abbe Pierre takes part in a demonstration on May 6, 1994.

French bishops release files on Abbé Pierre 58 years early amid sex abuse claims

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Nebraska Supreme Court approves competing abortion initiatives for November ballot

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla speaks at the International Eucharistic Congress taking place in Quito, Ecuador, Sept. 8–15, 2024.

Bishop Munilla in Quito: Without Jesus Christ, we don’t know how to love

A picture taken on March 27, 2019, shows a scaffold during the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, in Paris.

Pope Francis will not go to Paris for Notre Dame cathedral reopening

Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard the papal plane during an in-flight press conference on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, on his return from his nearly two-week tour of Southeast Asia.

Pope Francis: U.S. presidential election a choice between ‘the lesser evil’

Pope Francis addresses elderly and sick people on his final day in Singapore on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, marking the conclusion of his 12-day, four-country apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania — the longest trip of his pontificate to date.

Pope Francis concludes apostolic journey with elderly and youth of Singapore

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about Florida’s new six-week abortion ban on May 1, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida. Harris has made abortion policy a central issue of her presidential campaign.

Kamala Harris backers launch $15 million pro-abortion ad campaign in swing states

Deacon Bob Young, representing Knights of Columbus Council 694, accepts the First Liberty Institute's Philip B. Onderdonk Jr. Religious Liberty Award award at the American Legion’s National Convention in New Orleans on Aug. 28, 2024.

Virginia Knights receive religious freedom award after spat with federal government

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Ryan Anderson: The pro-life movement needs to shift to promoting chastity and marriage

Archbishop Mark O’Toole was installed as the eighth archbishop of Cardiff in St. David’s Cathedral, Cardiff, Wales, in June 2022.

Pope Francis creates new archdiocese in Wales, appoints its first bishop

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