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University of St. Thomas in Texas adds pro-life message with sculpture
HOUSTON — The dark bronze sculpture seems to shimmer in contrast to the stark white stucco walls and the sharp black granite adjacent to...
Cardinal Marcello Semeraro remembers the 10 Polish Sisters of St. Elizabeth killed at the...
VATICAN CITY-- Beatifying 10 Polish nuns killed by Russian soldiers at the end of World War II, it is difficult not to think of...
St. Peter’s Basilica reopened for the first time since March 10 amid social-distancing regulations...
VATICAN CITY -- Almost 10 weeks after St. Peter's Basilica was closed to the public in cooperation with Italy's COVID-19 lockdown measures, the faithful...
Memories of St. John Paul II on his 100th birthday
Do I remember St. John Paul II? Yes, I remember him well.
I write of him as the centennial of his birth May 18, 1920,...
Our Lenten Journey, April 3: St. Maria Goretti
She was just eleven years old, but she forgave her murderer as she lay on her deathbed. Young Catholic girls all over the world...
Our Lenten Journey, March 14: St. Gianna Beretta Molla
Gianna Beretta Molla was a model of the successful twentieth century woman: She had an advanced degree and was a working mother. She loved...
Vatican closes St. Peter’s Square, Basilica to tourists through April 3 because of coronavirus
VATICAN CITY — In cooperation with Italian emergency measures, the Vatican has closed St. Peter’s Square and Basilica to tourists starting March 10 through...
Pope Francis: Gift of St. Peter’s relics meant to encourage Christian unity
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said giving fragments of St. Peter's bones to the head of the church founded by Peter's brother, St. Andrew,...
Remains of St. John XXIII begin pilgrimage in his home diocese
BERGAMO, Italy (CNS) -- Accompanied by Bishop Francesco Beschi of Bergamo and escorted by both Italian and Vatican police officers, the glass coffin containing...
Pope Francis tells general audience of his ‘profound sorrow’ for the loss of life...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis held up a well-thumbed, camouflage-covered pocket edition of the New Testament and Psalms and a small fabric pouch containing...