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Deacon Roger Stone.

Catholic deacon awarded British Empire Medal for rescuing trafficking victims

Jan 2, 2018

A Catholic deacon in the United Kingdom has been awarded the British Empire Medal for his work serving seafarers and... Read more

What is the devil's favorite sin? An exorcist responds

Dec 29, 2017

Is an exorcist afraid?  What is the devil’s favorite sin? These and other questions were tackled in a recent interview... Read more

Narni, Italy.

Narni: Italy's inspiration for the magical realm of C. S. Lewis

Dec 28, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

The magical realm of Narnia is the setting of C. S. Lewis’ beloved children’s book The Lion, the Witch and... Read more

Only a well-formed conscience can decide: Cardinal Marx on sexual morality

Dec 28, 2017

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx has stated that decisions about sexual morality must be discerned according to a well-formed conscience, respecting... Read more

Lucia Santos. Public Domain, Wikipedia.

Fatima nun has 15,000 pages of evidence for beatification cause

Dec 27, 2017

Officials with the beatification cause of Sister Lucia dos Santos have collected thousands of pages of materials testifying to the... Read more

Priest. Public Domain via Pixabay.

He used to spit on those going to Mass – now he's a priest

Dec 27, 2017

After an anti-clerical childhood and adolescence, filled with hatred for the Church, Fr. Juan José Martínez says he discovered “that... Read more

Venerable Margaret Bosco. (Public domain).

Have you heard of Venerable 'Mama Bosco'?

Dec 23, 2017

While St. John Bosco is a beloved saint among Catholics, many do not know that his mother, Margaret Bosco, was... Read more

Spanish prison ministry helps rehabilitate inmates

Dec 22, 2017

A prison ministry founded by a Spanish Jesuit in the 1960s is bearing fruit, with inmates overcoming obstacles such as... Read more

 Frosty winter in the countryside near Kyiv, Ukraine.

The horror of Ukraine's forgotten famine still casts a shadow

Dec 22, 2017

By Adelaide Mena

Parents forced to choose which of their children will eat dinner that day. Children watching as their parents succumb to... Read more

What an Italian bishop saw at his first exorcism

Dec 22, 2017

Archbishop Erio Castellucci has a response to those who think the devil is not real: “they’re mistaken.”  Read more

Italian nun helps brides say 'yes' to the dress

Dec 22, 2017

Italian brides are finding wedding dresses at an unusual spot hidden in the Umbrian hills, where they are able to... Read more

Irish forest secretly grows into Celtic cross

Dec 21, 2017

The Celtic cross has been recognized as an emblem of Irish Christianity for centuries.  Read more

Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Beheading Holofernes (1614-20)

Meet the woman who helped revive Catholic art after the Reformation

Dec 18, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

Baroque Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi is hailed as a ‘feminist icon’ based on her portrayal of the female ‘hero,’ who... Read more

Blessed Clemens August von Galen.

What the bishop who resisted the Nazis can teach us today

Dec 17, 2017

By Carl Bunderson

When Father Clemens August von Galen was consecrated Bishop of Münster in October 1933, he chose for his episcopal motto... Read more

Swedish cardinal laments attacks on nation's Jewish community

Dec 15, 2017

Multiple attacks against the Jewish community in Sweden have sparked outcry from leaders who have spoken out against the violence.... Read more

Alveda King meets with Pope Francis in Vatican City on Dec. 13, 2017.

MLK's niece: Pro-life work continues my uncle's legacy

Dec 14, 2017

By Elise Harris

Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and longtime pro-life advocate, has it in her blood to... Read more

Critics warn against British movement advocating at-home abortion pills

Dec 12, 2017

A new effort in the UK has garnered the support of some of Britain’s maternity doctors who are recommending that... Read more

Money.

Soros money means legal trouble for Amnesty's Ireland abortion campaign

Dec 11, 2017

By Kevin J. Jones

Amnesty International is in no position to oppose an Irish law against foreign political funding now that it is under... Read more

Kidnapped twice, missionary priest returns to Nigeria

Dec 6, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

After he was kidnapped in Nigeria in October, Italian missionary priest Fr. Maurizio Pallù has returned to the country, attributing... Read more

Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne of Lima speaks with CNA in Rome, Dec. 5, 2017.

Pope Francis will see a lively faith in Peru and Chile, Lima's cardinal says

Dec 5, 2017

By Elise Harris

Ahead of Pope Francis' trip to Chile and Peru, the Archbishop of Lima has said that the Bishop of Rome... Read more