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Catholic News Agency
Oct 24, 20234 min read
The faithful servant of Christ and the Church who was assassinated by Soviet communists
Blessed Theodore Romzha. Left: A painting in the Basilian monastery of Glen Cove, New York, painted in the 1980s. Photo taken by Josaphat...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem mourns 18 dead in Gaza Christian Church bombing
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, on Oct. 20, 2023. | Credit: Gianfranco Pinto Ostuni By Peter Pinedo...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 23, 20233 min read
The Synod on Synodality this week: Anticipating a ‘Letter to the People of God’
Delegates meet at round tables during the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 10, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media By Andrea Gagliarducci As the...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 22, 20233 min read
Church aid group warns of ‘devastation’ amid efforts to reach Christians in Hamas war
Palestinian children rest in a refugee tent along the Gaza Strip on Oct. 20, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. | Credit: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 21, 20233 min read
Christian group says British teacher fired for refusing to teach ‘extreme LGBTQI lessons’
Glawdys Leger is fighting for her right to keep teaching in the United Kingdom after she was fired from her school for refusing to teach...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 20, 20236 min read
Why many Catholic dioceses offer free interment of cremated remains
Credit: Fernando Macias Romo/Shutterstock By Mary Farrow There are many ways – some more conventional than others – that cremated...


Mary Farrow
Oct 19, 20234 min read
This Boulder priest was leading a student group through Israel – and then war broke out
Fr. Anthony (far left) and the pilgrimage group of study abroad students from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, at the Mount of...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 19, 20233 min read
Pope Francis announces prayer vigil, day of fasting for peace in Israel-Hamas war
Pope Francis presides over his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Oct. 18, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media A...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 17, 20235 min read
What you need to know about the war between Israel and Hamas
Smoke increases after Israeli airstrikes on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 10, 2023. | Credit:...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 16, 20232 min read
Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem offers to be exchanged for hostages held by Hamas
By Courtney Mares The Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem has offered to be exchanged for the children being held hostage in the Gaza...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 16, 20236 min read
Synod on Synodality 2023: Work begins on the final text as Second Week wraps up
Synod on Synodality delegates seated at discussion tables inside Paul VI Hall at the Vatican in October 2023. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez |...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 15, 20236 min read
Pope Francis highlights ‘little greatness’ of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in apostolic letter
(Photo: Public Domain) By Hannah Brockhaus Pope Francis has commended the “little greatness” of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in a new message...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 14, 20233 min read
Vatican calls for peace in Holy Land, offers to mediate between Hamas and Israel
A cross atop the seminary in Beit Jala, Palestine. | Aid to the Church in Need. By Peter Pinedo Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s...


Archdiocese of Denver
Oct 12, 20231 min read
Archbishop Aquila: Archdiocese prays for Israel and all innocent lives taken in Holy Land war
(Photo: Unsplash) The Archdiocese of Denver prays for Israel, and all innocent people harmed in this ongoing war. Let us join the USCCB...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 12, 20233 min read
In the Holy Land, Franciscans are keeping doors to holy sites open — for now
Daily procession of the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land (Calvary, Latin Chapel), Church of the Holy Sepulcher,...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 12, 20232 min read
Pope Francis calls for immediate release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 11, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media By Courtney Mares Pope...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 11, 20232 min read
U.S. bishops launch mental health campaign with special novena, discussions
Credit: Chanintorn.v/Shutterstock By Francesca Pollio Fenton The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) has announced the...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 10, 20233 min read
Pastor of only Catholic church in Gaza: ‘Never have we seen things like this time’
Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza at Christmas 2021. | Credit: Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock By Julieta Villar/Catholic News Agency Father...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 9, 20233 min read
Archbishop Chaput offers advice to the Synod on Synodality
Archbishop Emeritus Charles Chaput of Philadelphia. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa By Eduardo Berdejo/Catholic News Agency Archbishop...


Catholic News Agency
Oct 9, 20233 min read
Pope Francis, Jerusalem patriarch call for peace after Hamas attack
Pope Francis prays during a general audience in St. Peter's Square on Sept. 20, 2023. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarch of the...
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