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‘Clerical error’ wipes out thousands of comments on new Biden gender-identity discrimination rule

Sep 12, 2022

By Edie Heipel

Hundreds of thousands of comments on a rule that would re-interpret sex discrimination to include “sexual orientation or gender identity”... Read more

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The geopolitics of Pope Francis’ trip to Kazakhstan

Sep 12, 2022

By Courtney Mares

This week Pope Francis is traveling to Kazakhstan, a Muslim-majority country sandwiched between Russia and China. Read more

Pope Francis addressed a group of Italian entrepreneurs Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, about the need to support working mothers.

Pope Francis asks businesses to support working women: They’re ‘afraid to get pregnant’

Sep 12, 2022

By Katie Yoder

He sounded the alarm on low birth rates and encouraged companies to support pregnant employees. Read more

Bishop Georg Bätzing, Irme Stetter-Karp, Bischop Franz-Josef Bode at the “Synodal Way” meeting on Sept. 9 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Turbulent scenes and votes for homosexuality, women’s ordination at German Synodal Way

Sep 12, 2022

By AC Wimmer

The three-day event was overshadowed by turbulent scenes and early departures over the handling of contentious issues. Read more

The statue of Our Lady of Lourdes in the “Santa Maria del Carmine” (Holy Mary of Carmel) church in Pavia, Italy.

How to honor Our Lady in your baby’s name for the feast of the Holy Name of Mary

Sep 12, 2022

By Edie Heipel

Every year on Sept. 12 since 1683, the Catholic Church has celebrated the feast of the Holy Name of Mary. Read more

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On this day almost 800 years ago, the practice of perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament began

Sep 11, 2022

By ACI Prensa

On September 11, 1226, King Louis VII asked to expose the Blessed Sacrament as a way to celebrate victory over... Read more

Pope Francis speaks at the Angelus address on March 20, 2022.

Pope Francis honors nun killed by Islamist terrorists in Mozambique

Sep 11, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Sister Maria de Coppi was shot and killed last week as terrorists ransacked and burned the Catholic mission where she... Read more

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Three bishops on the Camino to Santiago: An exclusive interview with Bishop James Conley

Sep 11, 2022

By Zelda Caldwell

The three walked 15 to 24 miles a day along the Camino, just as pilgrims have been doing for more... Read more

Pope Francis speaks at the Angelus address on Sept. 11, 2022.

Pope Francis: Reach out to a friend who needs to hear that God loves them

Sep 11, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis has urged Catholics to imitate the Lord’s dedicated search “for the lost sheep.” Read more

The cross of the German “Synodal Way”

Synodal Way votes to establish permanent Synodal Council to oversee Church and dioceses in Germany

Sep 10, 2022

By AC Wimmer

In a move aimed at achieving what critics have compared to communist councils in the Soviet Union, participants of the... Read more

Screenshot of video posted on Twitter by @LandonStarbuck of a drag performance at Tennessee Tech University on Aug. 20, 2022.

On-campus drag show blasted for mocking Catholic faith prompts investigation

Sep 10, 2022

By Shannon Mullen, Joe Bukuras

Tennessee Tech University says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding a recent on-campus show by a drag performer dressed like... Read more

Students walk in a line with a teacher in Dolores Mission School in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Catholic school thrives in an area marked by gang violence

Sep 10, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

Dolores Mission grade school in Los Angeles didn’t always have the reputation it has today. A few decades ago, the... Read more

Mother Olga, founders of the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth, described what it was like growing up in war-torn Iraq: “It was really Our Lady who gave me hope … she has been always my mother, mother of my life.”

How this religious order’s foundress found peace in the Catholic Church

Sep 10, 2022

By Leonardo Colon

Mother Olga grew up in war-torn Iraq but found peace within the Catholic Church, establishing a new religious order to... Read more

The baroque fresco of St. Nicholas of Tolentino by Morazzone, 16th century, in the side nave of Chiesa di San Agostino (Basilica of St. Augustine) in Rome.

Why this saint is the patron of souls in purgatory

Sep 10, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

For St. Nicholas of Tolentino, the Catholic imperative to pray for the dead was made very real to him. Read more

Raphael, “St. Michael Vanquishing Satan,” 1518

CatholicVote to hold St. Michael novena in defense of churches, pregnancy centers

Sep 10, 2022

By Katie Yoder

CatholicVote is inviting Christians nationwide to pray a novena asking for St. Michael’s intercession amid the growing number of attacks... Read more

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Italian missionary nun killed in Mozambique

Sister Maria De Coppi, a Comboni missionary sister, was murdered by Islamist terrorists on Tuesday in Mozambique, where she had... Read more

Queen Elizabeth II re-opens Borders Railway, Sept. 9, 2015.

Bishops from across the Commonwealth of Nations pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Sep 9, 2022

By Charlotte Evans

Catholic officials from Commonwealth countries around the world have expressed their sorrow and offered their prayers in response to the... Read more

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Planned Parenthood now a top provider of transgender hormones after Roe

Sep 9, 2022

By Edie Heipel

According to Planned Parenthood itself, the abortion company has inched its way to being the second-largest provider of hormonal injections... Read more

Benedictine College President Stephen D. Minnis and Catholic Healthcare International founder and President Jere D. Palazzolo sign a Collaborative Affiliation Agreement Sept. 8, 2022 in Denver, Colorado, beginning the process of establishing an independent medical school on the Benedictine campus, as CHI board member Fr. Timothy Nelson, MD, looks on.

Catholic medical school named for Padre Pio planned at Benedictine College

Sep 9, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, has signed a collaboration agreement to host a proposed medical school that aims to train... Read more

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Male-female roommates at Catholic colleges? These schools are OK with it

Sep 9, 2022

By Edie Heipel, Joe Bukuras

Allowing students of the same biological sex to cohabitate is part of a broader embrace of gender ideology gaining traction... Read more