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Everything you need to know about Pentecost
May 28, 2023 / 02:00 amThis weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season.
South Carolina signs six-week ‘heartbeat’ abortion bill into law
May 25, 2023 / 13:15 pmSouth Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill Thursday prohibiting abortion after six weeks of pregnancy that goes into effect immediately.
Caritas Internationalis elects Alistair Dutton as its new secretary general
May 16, 2023 / 09:45 amDutton is the chief executive of Caritas Scotland, which works to build “a green and just world” by putting faith into action, according to its website.
Tokyo archbishop elected new president of Caritas Internationalis
May 15, 2023 / 10:45 amArchbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi takes the helm of the Church’s charitable arm six months after Pope Francis dismissed its top leaders.
EWTN CEO Michael Warsaw reflects on life and legacy of Mother Angelica on her 100th birthday
Apr 20, 2023 / 14:00 pmIn this exclusive interview, Michael Warsaw speaks to Montse Alvarado about his personal relationship with and memories of Mother Angelica.
Read the message for Divine Mercy Sunday that Pope John Paul II wrote just before he died
Apr 16, 2023 / 08:00 amA message by Pope John Paul II for Divine Mercy Sunday, written prior to his death, was read at the end of the first funeral Mass celebrated for the pontiff.
Full text: Cardinal Cantalamessa’s homily at the Vatican’s Good Friday 2023 liturgy
Apr 7, 2023 / 12:30 pm"For two thousand years, the Church has announced and celebrated, on this day, the death of the Son of God on the cross. ...
Divine Mercy novena begins on Good Friday
Apr 7, 2023 / 05:00 amThe Divine Mercy novena can be said at any time of the year, but it is especially said over the course of nine days beginning on Good Friday.
How to obtain a plenary indulgence during Holy Week 2023
Apr 3, 2023 / 12:00 pmA plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus, Mary, and all the saints to remove the temporal punishment due to sin.
Argentine archdiocese repudiates destruction of blasphemous art exhibition
Mar 21, 2023 / 15:30 pmThe Archdiocese of Mendoza, Argentina, repudiated the acts of violence that took place Monday afternoon against an art exhibition offensive to the Christian faith.
UPDATE: Where are Catholics allowed to eat corned beef on St. Patrick’s Day this Lent?
Mar 16, 2023 / 16:00 pmWhich dioceses are offering a dispensation from the requirement to abstain from meat?
Called by God from childhood, triplets from Brazil belong to the same religious order
Mar 16, 2023 / 07:57 amMaría Gorete dos Santos, María de Lourdes dos Santos, and María Aparecida dos Santos, 57, belong to the Franciscan Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Church in Chile says ‘no to the violence’ following arson attack by indigenous militants
Mar 15, 2023 / 16:30 pmThe statement from the Diocese of Temuco came after a March 13 fire destroyed the Sacred Heart of Jesus chapel in the Amaza sector of Chile.
Argentina: New book gives Pope Francis’ responses to issues he’s most often asked about
Feb 28, 2023 / 15:30 pmThe book reviews the almost 10 years of Francis’ pontificate based on conversations that Argentine and Italian journalists had with the pontiff.
Ortega dictatorship in Nicaragua expels Italian priest from the country
Feb 17, 2023 / 12:30 pmFather Cosimo Damiano Muratori was expelled after he called the 26 years and four months prison sentence for Bishop Rolando Álvarez a “historic action.”
Archbishop: Bolivia AG ‘wants to intimidate us’ by having bishops testify about coup d’etat
Feb 16, 2023 / 11:30 amBolivia’s attorney general’s office has requested that 10 bishops testify regarding their role in the alleged 2019 coup d’état.
Church seeks justice for beatified Argentine who was slain more than 40 years ago
Feb 16, 2023 / 08:00 amThe Diocese of La Rioja in Argentina and the family of Blessed Wenceslao Pedernera announced they will be plaintiffs in the case involving Pedernera’s murder.
Archdiocese of Miami offers to take in priests exiled from Nicaragua
Feb 15, 2023 / 15:45 pmArchbishop Thomas Wenski announced that his archdiocese will receive with open arms the Nicaraguan priests and seminarians who were deported last week.
Photo: Lightning strikes Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil
Feb 14, 2023 / 08:14 amThe lightning bolt struck the afternoon of Feb. 10, and photographer Fernando Braga shared the picture on Instagram.
Dictatorship in Nicaragua sentences seven more clergy and laity to 10 years in prison
Feb 7, 2023 / 14:50 pmThe sentence consists of five years for the crime of “conspiracy to undermine national security and sovereignty” and five years for “spreading fake news.”