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The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Fort Worth nun forced to use bishop-appointed canon lawyer amid dispute with diocese

May 24, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

The Carmelite nun is now appealing to the Vatican after the bishop refused to let her choose her own canon... Read more

Venerable Henriette DeLille. Public Domain, Wikipedia.

Meet the Creole nun who risked her life to teach slaves

Dec 22, 2017

Venerable Henriette DeLille, born a “free woman of color” before the Civil War, had all the makings of a life... Read more

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square during the General Audience, April 20, 2016.

Pope Francis met with Orionines today. Who are they?

May 27, 2016

When Pope Francis met with the Sons of Divine Providence – also known as the Orionine Fathers – on Friday,... Read more

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Mexican bishop: thief who stole Eucharist is excommunicated

Eduardo Verástegui.

Mexican presidential hopeful Verástegui pledges to eliminate gender ideology from schools

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Cancun could become an abortion tourism destination with opening of new clinic

The small procession of Franciscan friars, with the Custos of the Holy Land, arrives in Manger Square, in front of the Basilica of the Nativity, in Bethlehem on Saturday, Dec. 2, the day of the solemn entrance for the beginning of Advent. The Square, typically crowded with local believers and pilgrims, was empty. Dec. 2, 2023.

PHOTOS: Bethlehem welcomes Advent 2023 with quieter procession, still with hope

A member of the maintenance crew at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., places a seal on the Holy Door at the basilica after Archbishop Timothy Broglio blessed the seal and doors on Dec. 3, 2023.

Archbishop Broglio sealed the Holy Door at the National Shrine. What is a Holy Door?

Archbishop Timothy Broglio blesses the doors to be used as a Holy Door for the 2025 Jubilee Year at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 3, 2023.

Holy Door sealed at nation’s largest Catholic church

Turin Cathedral.

Climate activists disrupt archbishop’s Mass in Turin

Pope Francis at his general audience on Nov. 22, 2023.

Pope Francis signs interfaith climate statement as part of COP28 summit in Dubai

Military personnel stand guard at the entrance of a gymnasium while police investigators (background) look for evidence after a bomb attack at Mindanao State University in Marawi in the southern Philippines on Dec. 3, 2023.

Pope Francis prays for victims of bombing of Catholic Mass in the Philippines

Papal aide Monsignor Paolo Braida reads Pope Francis' prepared remarks for the Sunday Angelus on Dec. 3, 2023, from the chapel at the papal residence at Casa Santa Marta.

Pope Francis on first Sunday of Advent: ‘I’m improving, but my voice still doesn’t work’

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