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A screenshot of footage from the opening of the Second Vatican Council.

Year of Faith opening will relive iconic Vatican II moments

Oct 9, 2012

A procession of over 400 bishops from around the world will form a key part of the ceremony to open... Read more

Pope Benedict XVI.

Pope recalls happy days of Vatican II work

Jul 9, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI has been reliving the happy days he spent in the Italian countryside with Bishop Fulton Sheen and... Read more

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Bishop Joseph Brennan of Fresno speaks at a rally of the UFW march for a labor union voting rights bill in Calwa, Calif., Aug. 11, 2022.

Fresno bishop joins march for farmworkers’ union voting rights bill

Father Fred Close, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., blesses St. Anthony students after a blessing of the statue.

Man arrested for burglary, property destruction at Catholic school in DC

Catholic journalist Luka Binniyat will stand trial on charges of "cyberstalking" after reporting on the massacre of Christians in Nigeria.

Journalist who reported on massacre of Nigerian Christians to stand trial for “cyberstalking”

The first day of school at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Uvalde, Texas, Aug. 15, 2022.

Back-to-school in Uvalde means Catholic school scholarships for hurting families

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa walks with other pilgrims to the Shrine of the Divine Child in July 2022.

Spanish bishops stand in solidarity with Church in Nicaragua, persecuted by Ortega government

Cardinal Marc Ouellet.

Vatican will not take Cardinal Ouellet to trial for sex abuse allegation

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Australian Anglicans split over same-sex marriage

The Court of Appeal is based at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

Why the Vatican's Secretariat of State is set to face a trial in the UK over the London property deal

A fragment on the True Cross on which Jesus was condemned to death

The relics St. Helena brought to Rome from the Holy Land

Pro-lifers rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Dec. 1, 2021.

Each of Louisiana’s abortion clinics are leaving the state

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A fragment on the True Cross on which Jesus was condemned to death

The relics St. Helena brought to Rome from the Holy Land

Cardinal Marc Ouellet.

Vatican will not take Cardinal Ouellet to trial for sex abuse allegation

The Court of Appeal is based at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

Why the Vatican's Secretariat of State is set to face a trial in the UK over the London property deal

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Australian Anglicans split over same-sex marriage

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa walks with other pilgrims to the Shrine of the Divine Child in July 2022.

Spanish bishops stand in solidarity with Church in Nicaragua, persecuted by Ortega government