As the medieval poet Dante Alighieri ascends the mountain of purgatory, in the second canticle of his great poem, The Divine Comedy, he arrives as the terrace of the envious. There, those who took pleasure […]
Pope Francis, pictured April 17, 2013. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk. / null
Rome, Italy, Sep 15, 2021 / 09:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Wednesday that the Catholic Church is firm in its stance on abortion because “abortion is murder,” and… […]
Archbishop Stefan Heße of Hamburg. / Raimond Spekking (CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons).
Hamburg, Germany, Sep 15, 2021 / 08:10 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has declined the resignation of a German archbishop, the apostolic nunciature in Berlin ann… […]
Pope Francis celebrates Mass on the esplanade of the National Shrine in Šaštin, Slovakia, Sept. 15, 2021. / Vatican Media.
Rome Newsroom, Sep 15, 2021 / 04:46 am (CNA).
At Slovakia’s national Catholic shrine on Wednesday, Pope Francis said that … […]
The Church throughout the world celebrates the Triumph of the Cross on September 14, and the Roman Rite fittingly follows that up the very next day with its commemoration of Our Lady of Sorrows. Popular […]
It’s a safe bet that “Mother Mary Lange” is not a household name in most U.S. Catholic circles. That unhappy state of affairs may change, though, thanks to a courageous initiative now underway in Baltimore, […]
Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, begins at sunset on September 15th this year. It’s the climax of the High Holy Days when the judgments of God are sealed upon unrepentant sinners. So, it […]
Father Benson Bulus Luka was kidnapped from his parish residence in Nigeria’s Kafanchan Diocese on Sept. 13, 2021.Kafanchan Diocese / Kafanchan Diocese
Kafanchan, Nigeria, Sep 14, 2021 / 20:00 pm (CNA).
Prayers are being sought for the quick and… […]
The facade of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in Mexico City. / Fernando Gutierrez Ortega/Shutterstock.
Mexico City, Mexico, Sep 14, 2021 / 18:19 pm (CNA).
More than 2,500 people demonstrated Monday outside the Mexican Supreme Court b… […]
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Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2021 / 17:02 pm (CNA).
In a significant shift, the trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom, is no longer officially opposed to the legalization of assisted suicide.In a Sept… […]
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