Pope warns Christian exodus from Middle East does 'incalculable harm'
- Mar 7, 2021
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Pope extends outreach to women with halo, home visit
- Feb 22, 2021
Days after Pope Francis appointed two women to major Vatican posts, he continued his outreach by announcing the beatification of an Italian suffragette and by visiting an elderly Holocaust survivor.
Pope moves Down syndrome advocate closer to sainthood
- Jan 21, 2021
The French doctor who discovered the genetic basis of Down syndrome but spent his career advocating against abortion as a result of prenatal diagnosis has taken his first major step to possible sainthood.
Blessed McGivney’s vocation, formation, ministry are focus of virtual series
- Nov 15, 2020
St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore launched a virtual discussion series in honor of the beatification of an alumnus — Blessed Michael McGivney, a member of the class of 1877 and founder of the Knights of Columbus.
Pandemic tempers patron saint festival in Romania
- Oct 31, 2020
The feast of St. Dimitrie of Basarabov, the patron saint of Bucharest, is a show of Orthodox Christianity’s strength in Romania, where a weeklong festival devoted to the former hermit typically draws up to 100,000 people from all over the country to the capital every October.
St. Jude Thaddeus draws immense devotion from Mexico’s downtrodden
- Oct 24, 2020
St. Jude is known as the patron saint of difficult and desperate causes. It’s a devotion that’s found fertile ground in Mexico, where millions confront seemingly difficult and desperate problems in their daily lives.
Beatified teen showed that heaven is ‘attainable goal,’ cardinal says
- Oct 11, 2020
Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teen Carlo Acutis was beatified in a town dear to him and to many Christians around the world: Assisi.
Blessed Carlo Acutis helps us rediscover Eucharistic faith
- Oct 11, 2020
The core of biblical Christianity rises or falls on Eucharistic belief.
Techie teen, ‘saint of the ordinary’ latest halo to sprout in Umbria’s rich soil
- Oct 9, 2020
Carlo Acutis is known for his mastery of computer technology, spending his spare time designing an online exhibition about Eucharistic miracles around the world that’s still making the rounds. He’s being presented as a role model for youth, a “saint of the ordinary,” and also a possible patron saint for IT workers.
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