Archive for December 7, 2019

A Catholic church in Rantepao, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. ?w=200&h=150

Amid terrorism fears in Indonesia, heavy security planned for Christmas

Authorities in Indonesia are expected to deploy 160,000 security personnel to ensure Christmas and New Year’s celebrations safe, according to... Read more

Brother James Miller. Courtesy: La Salle Christian Brothers?w=200&h=150

Martyred religious brother from Wisconsin farm family to be beatified in Guatemala 

The son of Wisconsin farmers, Brother James Miller, FSC, will be beatified in Guatemala this Saturday, 36 years after he... Read more

Bishop Robert Baker of Birmingham at St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Dec. 6, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Bishop Baker: Ad limina inspires 'hopeful spirit' for renewal of Church in US

Birmingham’s Bishop Robert Baker said Friday there is a hopeful spirit about the renewal of the Church in the United... Read more

Valletta, Malta, where Gamma Capital and the Centurion Global Fund share an office.?w=200&h=150

By Ed Condon

Vatican investments linked to global money laundering investigations

A fund in which the Vatican’s Secretariat of State has invested tens of millions of euros has links to two... Read more

Fulton Sheen. Public domain?w=200&h=150

Sheen beatification delay an act of 'sabotage,' Peoria official writes

After the Diocese of Rochester last week confirmed it had requested that the beatification of Venerable Fulton Sheen be delayed,... Read more

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Basilica of the National Vow in Quito, Ecuador.

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A Christian woman stands next to a clothesline while taking refuge in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp at the Pilot Primary School after their houses were burnt as a result of religious strife in Mangu on Feb. 2, 2024, following weeks of intercommunal violence and unrest in the Plateau State.

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Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec speaks at a press briefing on the synod at the Holy See press office, Oct. 9, 2018.

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

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Bishop Richard Umbers.

Australian bishop hails U.S. Eucharistic Congress as model for global Catholic renewal

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Katie Ledecky visits students at Stone Ridge of the Sacred Heart School following the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic games

‘Strong faith and humility’ mark swimmer Katie Ledecky’s life, her former principal says

St. Bridget of Sweden.

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