Vatican to publish private homilies of Pope Benedict XVI
Neither the Vatican nor the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation, who also announced the publication of the homilies last week, gave a date for when the writings would be fully…
Vulnerable People Project works to bring heat to Afghans facing harsh winter
The Christmas campaign began on Dec. 6 and will run to the new year. Jones told host Tracy Sabol that the campaign began in 2021 in an effort to support…
Maryland 2024 referendum proposes constitutional right to abortion
Ohio is the most recent state to make abortion a constitutional right, with voters in the swing state overwhelmingly voting to pass an amendment in November. Maryland’s proposed amendment says…
New Yorkers will vote on making abortion an ‘equal right’ in state’s constitution
The complaint, filed in October, says that the Legislature can only adopt a proposed amendment after it has received an opinion from the state attorney general. It further alleges that…
Pope Francis on Christmas: Saying ‘yes’ to the Prince of Peace means saying ‘no’ to war
Pope Francis gives his annual “urbi et orbi” blessing on Christmas from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 25, 2023. Credit: Vatican Media “Today, as at the…
Jesuit astronomer remembers the first Christmas in space
And so, with an audience of 1 billion hanging on their every word, Bill Anders spoke first, followed by Lovell, and then by Borman: “For all the people on Earth,…
Israel-Hamas war casts pall over Christmas Eve vespers in Bethlehem
The patriarch was accompanied by Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the Papal Almoner, sent by the Pope to the Holy Land to express his closeness during this Christmas season. The gray sky…
Where does the ‘Feast of the 7 Fishes’ Christmas Eve tradition come from?
The number seven is also symbolic in that it is repeated more than 700 times in the Bible, and in Catholicism there are seven sacraments, seven days of Creation, and…
Catholic Church reportedly closer to getting its first samurai saint
A renowned Japanese warrior in his day and a man of great learning and culture, Takayama renounced his power and possessions rather than give up his Christian faith. For his…
Ukrainian archbishop says same-sex blessings document doesn’t apply to Eastern Churches
Shevchuk said, according to an online translation of his statement from Ukrainian to English, “After consulting with relevant experts and competent institutions, I wish to inform you of the following:…
Revealed: the future of Father Rupnik’s dissolved community
The role of the Society of Jesus Along these lines, the Italian bishop specified that “no direct or indirect responsibility can be attributed to the Society of Jesus, except perhaps…
Indian priest jailed under ‘anti-conversion’ laws is released
The Diocese of Allahabad, in a statement, detailed the sequence of events that led to the priest’s arrest. According to the diocese, the police were trying to locate a Christian…