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Cardinal Angelo Becciu.

Report: Vatican requests evidence in Becciu embezzlement investigation

Oct 23, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican prosecutors have requested evidence from Rome in an ongoing investigation into allegations that Cardinal Angelo Becciu used Secretariat of... Read more

The flags of Taiwan and the Vatican.

Taiwan foreign ministry: Catholics in China are facing serious challenges

Oct 23, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Taiwan’s foreign ministry responded by the renewal of the Sino-Vatican provisional agreement Thursday by highlighting the worsening religious freedom situation... Read more

Baby Feet.

Polish president Duda welcomes landmark abortion ruling

Oct 23, 2020

Polish president Andrzej Duda welcomed a landmark court ruling on abortion Friday.  Read more

Federal judge: Colorado’s anti-coronavirus rules can’t single out churches

Oct 22, 2020

A federal judge has said Colorado officials may not enforce anti-coronavirus limits against two churches, saying that the state rules... Read more

Michael Warsaw, CEO and Chairman of EWTN.

EWTN's Warsaw: 2020 election about competing visions for America

Oct 22, 2020

The head of the EWTN media network said ahead of Election Day that the 2020 presidential election offers, beyond a... Read more

Assumption parish in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 19, 2020.

Latin American bishops express solidarity with Chile after church burnings

Oct 22, 2020

Following recent attacks on three churches in Chile, the bishops of Paraguay, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, and Argentina expressed their closeness... Read more

A portrait of Fr. Michael J. McGivney, by Antonella Cappuccio. Courtesy of the Knights of Columbus

Knights of Columbus announce novena ahead of founder’s beatification

Oct 22, 2020

The Knights of Columbus has launched a nine-day novena to prepare for the beatification of the organization's founder, Fr. Michael... Read more

An anti-terrorism protest in Lyon after the attack on Samuel Paty, Oct. 18, 2020.

Catholic educators 'united in solidarity' after France teacher attack

Oct 22, 2020

The president of the French bishops’ council for Catholic education expressed solidarity with the country’s school community following the beheading... Read more

Planned Parenthood clinic in Newton, NJ.

Planned Parenthood getting more government funding, despite defunding efforts

Oct 22, 2020

By Matt Hadro

Recent annual reports show that federal funding to Planned Parenthood has increased, despite efforts by the Trump administration to eliminate... Read more

A toppled statue of the Virgin Mary outside St. Germaine Catholic Church in Prescott Valley, Ariz., Oct. 20, 2020.

Statues of Christ, Mary toppled outside parishes in New York, Arizona

Oct 22, 2020

Several religious statues— including two of Mary and one of Christ— outside Catholic churches were damaged in overnight attacks earlier... Read more

Pope Francis kisses a relic of St. Junipero Serra in Rome, May 2, 2015.

Junipero Serra among 'inappropriate' San Francisco school names, district committee says

Oct 22, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

A San Francisco public school district committee this month recommended that 44 schools with “inappropriate” names be renamed, with Junipero... Read more

Caption: Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa.

‘The Holy Land changed my life:’ Archbishop Pizzaballa on 30 years in Jerusalem

Oct 22, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa has concluded his four-year mandate as apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.  Read more

UN Headquarters in Geneva.

US hosts signing of declaration rejecting 'human right' to abortion

Oct 22, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

The United States hosted the signing ceremony of the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Thursday. The document rejects the claim that abortion is an... Read more

Flags of China and Vatican City.

Where China's bishops stand as the Sino-Vatican deal is renewed

Oct 22, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Chinese bishops after the Vatican-China deal: Who was appointed? Whose excommunications were lifted? Who stepped aside?  Read more

Director Evgeny Afineevsky, center, receives the Kineo Movie for Humanity award in the Vatican Gardens Oct. 22, 2020.

'Francesco' director receives film award in Vatican Gardens

Oct 22, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

The director of a new documentary about Pope Francis received an Italian film award in a ceremony in the Vatican... Read more

Pope Francis.

Questions emerge regarding Pope Francis' statement on same-sex civil unions

Oct 22, 2020

Fr. Antonio Spadaro, SJ, director of the Jesuit magazine La Civiltà Cattolica, said on Wednesday evening that an expression of... Read more

Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

Senate Judiciary Committee advances Amy Coney Barrett to full Senate vote

Oct 22, 2020

By Matt Hadro

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, setting... Read more

Baby feet.

Polish court declares abortion in cases of fetal abnormalities unconstitutional

Oct 22, 2020

Poland’s constitutional court ruled Thursday that a law permitting abortion for fetal abnormalities is unconstitutional.  Read more

The mural of St. John Paul II in Stalowa Wola, Poland.

Polish city unveils giant St. John Paul II mural in centenary year

Oct 22, 2020

A Polish city has unveiled a giant mural of St. John Paul II in honor of the birth centenary of... Read more

Sister Maria Laura Mainetti. Public domain.

Killer of martyred Italian nun: ‘I can have of her only a memory of love’

Oct 22, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

The three teenage girls who killed Sr. Maria Laura Mainetti 20 years ago attested afterward that while they were stabbing... Read more