Archive for May 22, 2023

Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on June 17, 2015.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

It's official: Pope Francis will travel to World Youth Day, visit Fatima

The Lisbon trip will mark the 86-year-old pope’s fourth World Youth Day after taking part in the international Catholic gatherings... Read more

A pilgrim venerates the incorrupt body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, on May 20, 2023. Lancaster was recently exhumed in Gower, Missouri.?w=200&h=150

By Kelsey Wicks

A miracle in Missouri? Body of Benedictine Sisters’ foundress thought to be incorrupt

Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, died at age 95 on... Read more

Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtue of Brazil’s “Surfer Angel” Guido Schäffer in a decree issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on May 20, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

A surfing saint? Pope Francis recognizes the heroic virtue of Guido Schäffer

Brazil’s “Surfer Angel” was a seminarian, a doctor, and a surfer who drowned while surfing in 2009 off the coast... Read more

St. Peter’s Square was illuminated by candlelight the night of Saturday, May 20, 2023, as pilgrims prayed the rosary in a procession in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

PHOTOS: Rosary procession in St. Peter’s Square honors the Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Peter’s Square was illuminated by candlelight Saturday night as pilgrims prayed the rosary in a procession in honor of... Read more

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By Abel Camasca

Carmelite priest arrested, others accused in Bolivia on sex abuse charges

In the midst of allegations of sexual abuse against Jesuit priests in Bolivia, a Carmelite priest was arrested recently by... Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

Massachusetts panel says child abuse laws should protect transgender kids from parents

A state agency is asking for a review of child abuse laws to ensure they apply to parents who won’t... Read more

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By David Ramos

Exiled Nicaraguans: Dissolving university that trained seminarians was ‘hostile action’

On May 18, the Nicaraguan Ministry of the Interior announced the “voluntary dissolution” of the university run by the Archdiocese... Read more