WASHINGTON — After a flurry of court decisions, the Supreme Court reversed a pair of rulings from federal appeals courts that had put death-row inmate Lisa Montgomery’s … Read More
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For Ash Wednesday, Vatican asks priests to ‘sprinkle’ ashes on heads
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, … Read More
Assault on U.S. Capitol shocks the world
ROME — The breach of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 sent shock waves around the world. As Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, president of the Australian bishops’ … Read More
Chaos stops electoral vote count as Trump supporters mob U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON — Supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, putting the building on lockdown and interrupting the count of electoral votes to … Read More
COVID-19 claims lives of over 200 priests in Italy since start of pandemic
ROME — Of the more than 76,000 people known to have died of COVID-19 in Italy the past 11 months, more than 200 were priests, according to … Read More
With land mines gone, Mass to be celebrated at West Bank baptismal site
QASR AL-YAHUD, West Bank — For the first time in 54 years, a Mass will be celebrated Jan. 10, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, … Read More
White House proclamation honors anniversary of St. Thomas Becket’s martyrdom
WASHINGTON — The White House issued a proclamation honoring the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket Dec. 29 and inviting “the people of the … Read More
Nine Sisters of St. Joseph die in COVID-19 outbreak in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise in the United States, the pandemic has taken a terrible toll on the Sisters of St. … Read More
Fides says 20 ‘missionaries’ died violently in 2020
VATICAN CITY — Attacked because of their faith, killed in a robbery, murdered in a general climate of violence or struck down by someone with obvious mental … Read More
Pope announces yearlong reflection on family, ‘Amoris Laetitia’
VATICAN CITY — As the fifth anniversary of his apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” approaches, Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church will dedicate more than a year … Read More
