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German Synodal Way: The devil will not defeat the Resurrection, Spanish cardinal says
Nov 30, 2022 / 16:00 pmSpanish Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela criticized the controversial Synodal Way of the German Catholic Church in a university course on canon law.
Spanish government wants to undo the concept of family and redefine it, critics charge
Nov 30, 2022 / 08:00 amPro-family associations in Spain are mobilizing against a new family law.
Dictatorship in Nicaragua prohibits Immaculate Conception procession
Nov 29, 2022 / 13:39 pmThe decision forces San José de Tipitapa parish in the Archdiocese of Managua to hold their celebrations in the parish church.
Russian troops capture two Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests and accuse them of ‘subversion’
Nov 28, 2022 / 13:30 pmThe Donetsk Exarchate denied the accusations, calling the detention “unfounded and illegal,” and demanded the prompt release of the clerics.
Detroit bishop calls for penitential Advent after passage of abortion initiative
Nov 26, 2022 / 11:00 am“Abortion is now legal in Michigan at an unprecedented level, and millions of lives are at stake. We must pray and ask God for his mercy upon us for allowing this evil to happen in our state,” Archbishop Allen Vigneron wrote.
‘Keep Christ in Christmas’ initiative comes to Buenos Aires
Nov 25, 2022 / 13:00 pmAt the initiative of the Vicariate Center of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, this Christmas the “balconeras” are arriving in Argentina.
He was in a coma for 50 days due to COVID and was just ordained a priest
Nov 23, 2022 / 14:00 pmNathanael Alberione was ordained a priest Nov. 21, after he became so sick with COVID that he didn't think he would survive, let alone become a priest.
Dominican theologian to German Bishop Bätzing: Support for gay agenda is ‘modernist heresy’
Nov 23, 2022 / 04:00 amFather Nelson Medina Medina, a native of Colombia, is an influencer in the Spanish-speaking world with a presence on Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok.
The Worldwide Women’s Rosary is coming to the United Arab Emirates
Nov 22, 2022 / 12:00 pmWomen from all over the world will join together Dec. 8 for the public recitation of a rosary to Our Lady.
Nun who won The Voice of Italy singing competition leaves consecrated life
Nov 21, 2022 / 08:47 amSister Cristina Scuccia, the religious sister who won the 2014 edition of The Voice of Italy, has left the consecrated life after 15 years.
Nicaraguan bishops express concern for thousands who are leaving the country
Nov 18, 2022 / 18:30 pmIn an Advent message issued Nov. 16, the bishops acknowledged “ the concerns we have about the social, political, and economic events of our homeland.”
Mexican archdiocese shares first photo ever taken of image of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Nov 17, 2022 / 15:15 pm“On the afternoon of May 18, 1923, photographer Manuel Ramos had the honor of being the first to photograph the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe.”
The Church in Cuba will once again have Communion hosts thanks to donations of flour
Nov 17, 2022 / 13:10 pmThe Discalced Carmelites of St. Teresa had informed all the dioceses Nov. 2 that they could no longer produce hosts because they had run out of wheat flour.
German priest contradicts pope and backs pornography as sexual ‘relief’ for celibates
Nov 16, 2022 / 13:30 pmA priest of the Diocese of Münster, Father Hermann Backhaus, said he also considers it a “very strong” statement to associate the devil with pornography.
FULL TEXT: Archbishop Gomez calls for evangelizing response to secular age
Nov 16, 2022 / 12:45 pmArchbishop José H. Gomez gave an impassioned farewell address as USCCB president on Tuesday in Baltimore.
Cuban dictatorship to interrogate EWTN correspondent a second time
Nov 16, 2022 / 11:31 amThe Cuban dictatorship’s National Revolutionary Police once again summoned Adrián Martínez Cádizfor an “interview” or interrogation on Nov. 16.
Food shipment feeds hundreds at parish, orphanage and school in Ukraine
Nov 16, 2022 / 09:00 amAmid concern over new missile strikes and ongoing prayer by Pope Francis for Ukraine, hundreds in the war-torn country received nutritional support from the U.S.
Archdiocese of Madrid pays ‘debt’ to John Paul II, dedicates cathedral chapel in his honor
Nov 16, 2022 / 08:30 amThe cathedral of the Archdiocese of Madrid dedicated Nov. 13 a new chapel in honor of St. John Paul II, who consecrated the church in 1993.
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Archbishop Timothy Broglio elected USCCB president
Nov 15, 2022 / 12:48 pmArchbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore was elected vice president.
Construction worker travels hundreds of miles by horse to pay homage to Blessed Virgin Mary
Nov 15, 2022 / 10:00 amArriving at the feet of Mary was “indescribable,” said the cowboy pilgrim, Sergio Ariel Ozán.