Fernández: ‘It’s proper for each bishop’ to discern application of Fiducia Supplicans
Especially in Africa, where “there is legislation that penalizes with prison the mere fact of declaring oneself to be gay, imagine a blessing ,” the DDF doctrinal chief said, adding…
Parents sue school district, allege deception in ‘gender transition’ of daughter
“Schools should never deliberately hide vital information from parents, yet that’s exactly what the Rockford Public School District did,” Anderson said. “District employees didn’t even notify Dan and Jennifer —…
Fiducia Supplicans ‘not a topic’ for Christmas season, Uruguayan cardinal says
In an interview with the Uruguayan newspaper El País published on Dec. 24, Sturla noted: “It’s clear that a priest blesses all persons. I was just at a prison and…
Conviction against pro-life former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry overturned
The appellate court decision notes that federal agents interviewed Fortenberry at his home in Lincoln, Nebraska, and interviewed his lawyer in Washington, D.C. He is accused of making false statements…
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…