Month: August 2021
Haiti and Afghanistan: Twin tragedies demonstrate mystery of original sin
Distinctly Catholic: While the earth shook in Haiti, on the other side of the globe, tremors of a different sort were striking Afghanistan, a country that has been beset by …
Church in Haiti struggles after Tropical Storm hits days after earthquake
Three days after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, thousands of people left homeless had to deal with the effects of Tropical Storm Grace, and the Church is struggling to cope …
40,000 Catholics make pilgrimage to Our Lady of Czestochowa in Poland
Pilgrims arrive at Jasna Gora shrine to pray before Our Lady of Częstochowa. / Photo courtesy of @JasnaGoraNews. Rome Newsroom, Aug 17, 2021 / 10:00 am (CNA). Nearly 40,000 Catholic …
Aug. 15 Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity
On November 1, 1950, Pius XII defined the dogma of the Assumption. Thus he solemnly proclaimed that the belief whereby the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the close of her earthly …
Alta Fixsler: Family friend says U.K. hospital can remove toddler’s life support ‘any time’
The legal battle over her life began in May when Manchester University National Health Service Foundation Trust petitioned the British High Court for permission to remove her life support. The …
Pope Francis: Nostalgia is the ‘siren song of religious life’
Pope Francis’ video message to the Confederation of Latin American and Caribbean Religious (CLAR) on Aug. 13, 2021. / Screenshot Rome Newsroom, Aug 14, 2021 / 10:00 am (CNA). “Let …
St. Maximilian Kolbe: martyr of supreme sacrifice of life
The Polish priest was killed by the Nazis with a lethal injection on August 14, 80 years ago. The Catholic Church declared Kolbe Blessed in 1971 and canonized him as …
St. Maximilian Kolbe: martyr of supreme sacrifice of life
The Polish priest was killed by the Nazis with a lethal injection on August 14, 80 years ago. The Catholic Church declared Kolbe Blessed in 1971 and canonized him as …