Activist who desecrated Notre Dame Cathedral apologizes to Catholics
The intellectual evolution of emblematic activist Marguerite Stern, spectacular in more ways than one, is a mystery to many commentators.
Convent founded by Mother Teresa burned down in continued escalation of violence in Haiti
In an escalation of violence, an armed Haitian gang has looted and burned down a Missionaries of Charity convent, which had been founded by Mother Teresa herself in 1979.
Torrent of mud catches parishioners by surprise during Eucharistic Adoration in Spain
“We’re not dead because a neighbor came looking for her mother [and warned us] while we were adoring the Blessed Sacrament,” Father Gustavo Riveira, pastor of St. George Martyr Parish in Paiporta in Valencia province, Spain, this week told ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner.
Quebec to now allow assisted suicide for individuals incapable of giving consent
The provincial government of Quebec will now allow assisted suicide for individuals who cannot consent at the time of the procedure in what one pro-life advocate calls a “dehumanizing” policy that “devalues” individuals of diminished mental capacity.
Historic Catholic parish in Indiana receives $650,000 to repair century-old church
A historic Polish Catholic church in Michigan City, Indiana, has been awarded more than half a million dollars as part of a major capital campaign to preserve the structure that parishioners themselves helped build a century ago.
Wisconsin archbishop urges change to visa rule
A Wisconsin archbishop is asking the federal government to change a new visa rule that has created a backlog in visa applications, with the archbishop warning that the new rule could force foreign priests to return to their home countries and create a priest shortage in the United States.
Bishop defends Saint Michael prayer at Mass
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, responded to a letter in the Wall Street Journal from a priest objecting to the praying of the St. Michael prayer at the end of Mass, asserting that the priest’s view is “simply wrong.”
Pope Francis tells Mexicans to keep being devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Pope Francis shared a heartfelt video message addressed to Mexicans in which he reminded the country of its “great fortune” in having the Virgin of Guadalupe and encouraged all Mexicans to “continue being Guadalupanos [devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe].”
This is Pope Francis prayer intention for the month of November
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of November is for those who have lost a child.
Pope Francis prays in cemetery for unborn children on All Souls Day
Pope Francis marked All Souls’ Day with a Mass at a Roman cemetery on Saturday, making a special visit to the “Garden of Angels.”
