Berlin (kath.net, February 26, 2016). “In Germany, congregations are growing, and there are mass baptisms of refugees in swimming pools.” So reports Die Tagesschau, a German television news program. The refugees, who come from Iran […]
From the Dominicans in Washington, DC: Members of the Order of Preachers, a Catholic religious order founded in 1216 AD and commonly known as the Dominicans, announced [on Wednesday, February 24th] the launching of a […]
The final days of his trip to Mexico included remarks from Pope Francis about drug-related violence, mass immigration, and Zika virus, among other subjects. On Tuesday, Pope Francis continued his tour of some of Mexico’s […]
The following note from the Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo, Syria, was forwarded to me from Italian journalist Alessandra Nucci, a regular contributor to CWR, who translated it from Italian: Dear Friends : Peace and Good […]
From the website of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, and dated today: His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC, shared with us his impressions of the meeting in general and of the document in particular. […]
Pope Francis’ historic first pilgrimage to the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City brought reflections of obedience, surrender, and hope as the Holy Father celebrated Mass on Feb. 13. “We have […]
UPDATED (Jan. 28, 2016): Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson has released a statement, via video, in response to criticisms of her handling of the indictments against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. She said, in part: “The […]
The pressure to subvert traditional ethics on issues pertaining to life, the family and education, which has been sweeping through the European Union from West to East, is currently being halted by the former “Iron […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25, 2016 – A Nigerian pro-life activist and the man whose undercover videos of Planned Parenthood have roiled Congress and redefined the abortion battleground rallied tens of thousands of people at the […]
In his annual speech to the Holy See’s main court on Friday, Pope Francis affirmed the indissolubility of marriage and clarified that poorly developed “personal faith” is not itself a grounds for finding that a […]
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