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Pope commemorates 9/11 attacks with prayers for peace and for those who died
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (300+ words) Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims and tourists at the Angelus on Sunday, 13 Sept. 2026 in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media) The Chicago-born pope made his first public comments to commemorate the anniversary, speaking in English at the end of his…...
Catholics believe assisted reproduction bill can be defeated in Ecuador
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (138+ words) A view of the Basilica del Voto Nacional in Quito, Ecuador. (Image credit: By Cayambe – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link ) Catholic pro-life activists are confident a bill aimed at regulating assisted reproduction – and containing several provisions that go against Church…...
Caritas Nepal receives support from CRS, US govt. to care for displaced in wake of disaster
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (144+ words) A CRS aid worker delivers emergency assistance in Nepal. CRS is working with local partners and the US State Dept. (Image courtesy of US Embassy to Nepal) More than two weeks after a glacier collapsed near the China-Nepal border and…...
30 years after her death, Gilda embodies Argentina’s enduring faith in folk saints
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (635+ words) A man prays at a sanctuary dedicated to late Argentine singer Gilda on the 30th anniversary of her death in a bus crash, in Entre Rios, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Natacha Pisarenko/AP.) CEIBAS, Argentina — Thirty years ago this Monday, Argentina…...
Body of war criminal Mladic lies in state at Orthodox church in Serbian capital ahead of funeral
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (745+ words) A man touches the cross as Serbian national military servicemen stand around the coffin of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities during the war…...
Explosion of fireworks near church in central Mexico kills at least 10, injures 64
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (187+ words) TEMASCALCINGO, Mexico — Pyrotechnic material exploded during the festival for a patron saint in a town in Mexico State, collapsing a wall, killing at least 10 people and injuring another 64, Mexican authorities said. The explosion occurred Saturday night next to the Nuestra…...
The ‘Benedictine’ through-line in Leo XIV’s thinking about Vatican II
1+ week, 1+ day ago (112+ words) Pope Benedict the XIV early in his pontificate. (Credit: Associated Press.) “A new council proved to be not only meaningful, but necessary,” the pope said. He was speaking about Vatican II, especially in light of the momentous changes in the…...
Nepal’s senior churchman raises climate alarm as death toll tops 1300 in Himalayan disaster
1+ week, 3+ day ago (107+ words) The death toll topped 1,300 with 5,600 persons missing Friday, nine days after a disintegrating glacier at the headwaters of a Himalayan river system triggered catastrophic flash flooding along the Nepal-China border. Emergency responders at a hydro-electric facility on the Chinese side…...
Opus Dei responds to bishop’s ‘offensive and unfounded accusation’ in dispute over Marian image
1+ week, 3+ day ago (829+ words) Sanctuary of Torreciudad. Credit: By Millars – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Opus Dei have responded to a bishop’s incendiary comments, which opened the latest chapter in a long-running dispute between the personal prelature and the local diocese, over a revered…...
Spanish bishop renews dispute with Opus Dei over Marian image
1+ week, 4+ day ago (758+ words) Iglesia del Santuario de Torreciudad. Credit: José Luis Filpo Cabana/Wikimedia. A Spanish bishop has reignited a longstanding dispute with Opus Dei over a Marian image, saying that he will resign if the revered icon is not returned to its…...