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Pope Francis speaks during an interreligious prayer service at Ground Zero, Sept. 25, 2015.

Full Text: Pope Francis' speech at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

Sep 25, 2015

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Pope Francis at Vespers in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Sept. 24, 2015.

Pope in NYC: I'm with you in recovering from the abuse scandal

Sep 24, 2015

In his first address in New York, Pope Francis lamented the suffering caused by the sexual abuse scandal in the... Read more

St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City.

Full Text : Vespers with Pope Francis in New York City

Sep 24, 2015

Pope Francis will pray the Evening Prayer at a Vespers service on Thursday, September 24th at 6:45 pm, ET, at... Read more

New York City.

New York City prepares for 'The Francis.'

Sep 23, 2015

By Adelaide Mena

Everyone and everything from singers and priests to the cathedral itself in the New York archdiocese are making final preparations... Read more

Everyone but churches can use NYC schools – will the mayor do anything about it?

Mar 30, 2015

By Matt Hadro

Churches using New York City public school facilities for worship services are in limbo after the Supreme Court declined to... Read more

Thurgood Marshal U.S. Courthouse, home to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.

Court upholds ban on religious services in NYC public schools

Apr 8, 2014

A federal appeals court has upheld a New York City policy prohibiting religious services in public school buildings, a decision... Read more

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Fertility rose at the end of the Depression and the end of World War II with the baby boom, to more than 3.5 births for every woman by 1960 — then plummeted immediately thereafter.

What is causing our fertility crisis? Catholic experts weigh in

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Trump polls ahead of Biden among Catholic voters with shift in Hispanic vote

Pope Francis meets with 300 priests taking part in the World Meeting of Parish Priests on May 2, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis tells world’s parish priests: The Church could not go on without you

Father Paul Tatu Mothobi, a member the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (CSS/ Stigmatines) and former Media and Communications Officer of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), was found dead of gunshot wounds in South Africa, on April 27, 2024.

Priest shot dead in South Africa; Catholic bishops there decry ‘pandemic’ of murder

Pope Francis shared a stage with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on May 12, 2023, to speak at a two-day conference on “The General State of the Birth Rate,” held at Conciliazione Auditorium close to the Vatican.

Pope Francis to speak at event on Italy’s record-low birth rate

Thousands of pilgrims come together each year to take part in the annual Walk to Mary, which takes place on the first Saturday of May in Wisconsin. The 21-mile pilgrimage starts at the National Shrine of St. Joseph in De Pere, Wisconsin, and ends at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wisconsin.

Walk to Mary pilgrimage brings thousands to ‘grounds where Mary appeared’

God “is our peace” and “prayer leads us to meet him,” said the archbishop of Bogotá, Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio.

Colombian bishops call for day of prayer for peace, reconciliation in violence-torn country

The pro-life flag from the Pro-Life Flag Project (www.prolifeflag.com).

Pro-life roundup: Here’s what happened with abortion at the state level this week

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa gives the homily at a Mass in which he took possession of his titular church, St. Onuphrius, in Rome on May 1, 2024.

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem takes possession of Rome titular church after delays due to war

Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore pack the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen during a concluding listening session on the archdiocese's major parish restructuring plan on April 30, 2024.

Archdiocese of Baltimore concludes traumatic ‘listening sessions’ around restructuring plan

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