U.S. State Department hits Nicaraguan officials with visa restrictions
“We will continue to work with the international community to promote accountability for those who threaten democracy in Nicaragua,” the department said, “and we remain committed to promoting the fundamental…
Lawmaker warns of Chinese communists changing the Bible
As the Union of Catholic Asian News reported in September 2020, a textbook published by the CCP-run University of Electronic Science and Technology Press falsely asserted that the story ends…
Jean-Louis Georgelin, ‘architect of Notre Dame’s rebirth,’ dies during hiking trip
Georgelin in 2021 was confident that the restoration would be able to meet Macron’s proposed five-year working schedule. “The deadlines will be met!” he said that year during a media…
Pope Francis meets U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark Milley
At the Vatican meeting, Milley and Pope Francis exchanged gifts. Pope Francis blessed rosaries brought by the general and gave him a sculpture with the phrase, in Italian, “Peace is…
German cardinal disappointed over staff’s attempts to access pornography
Cologne’s public prosecutor’s office, which is in possession of the archdiocese’s list of implicated users, stated that there was “currently no suspicion” of criminal activity warranting an investigation, CNA Deutsch…
Pope Francis writing a second environmental document after Laudato Si’
Pope Francis told the lawyers he is sensitive to their care for the common home and commitment to the development of regulatory frameworks for environmental protection. “We must never forget…
‘All the way in love’: Pope Francis praises example of Mafia-slain priest
“Father Puglisi was not a typical anti-Mafia priest. He did not organize rallies or make public condemnation of Mafia,” Archbishop Michele Pennisi of Monreale told the National Catholic Register in…
These parishioners have sent 3 million meals to Haiti. Here’s how they do it
“Right now there is nothing functioning in the country,” Brother Louima Israel, the local superior of the Missionaries of the Poor in Cap-Haitien on the north coast of Haiti, where…
Pope Francis: Christians ‘are invited to be open to change’
Pope Francis addressed a crowd of 10,000 people from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday address and Angelus prayer on Aug. 20, 2023. Vatican Media. The Canaanite…
Religious community from Peru arrives in Detroit with mission to encourage vocations
“It is really beautiful because after getting here, I see the archbishop’s vision and hope that we have so many saints here from the archdiocese that there aren’t enough days…
As faith in the Real Presence lags, these churches are holding 24/7 eucharistic adoration
Kathryn Nygaard, the communications director at Light of the World Catholic Church in Littleton, Colorado, outside of Denver, said the parish has maintained an adoration program since 2007. “There are…
Cluny Media is rescuing lost and neglected Catholic books of the not-so-distant past
Among the first Cluny books was the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain’s 1920 book “Art and Scholasticism,” which Clarke was assigned to read as an undergraduate. “The professor would have…