In letters to members of House of Representatives and the Senate, the chairmen of four committees and subcommittees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops lent their support to …
The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria issued a goodwill message to Muslims for Eid al-Fitr, the festival that marks the end of Ramadan. “Your discipline in fasting, …
Speaking at an event commemorating World Down Syndrome Day, a Vatican diplomat said that “discriminatory and eugenic practices linked to prenatal screening and the selective termination of pregnancies targeting babies …
The undersecretary of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development announced a campaign to encourage divestment from the mining industry. “In many regions of the world, the expansion of the mining …
Eden and Nina Giovannini (Image courtesy of Meg Giovannini) Today is the best of all times to be born with Down Syndrome, and the worst of all times. In the …
Picture yourself sitting alongside Plato at a local Greek restaurant, a couple of gyros between the two of you. What do you say? Is there anything you know that could …
Cardinal Leonardo Steiner, O.F.M., of Manaus, Brazil, was elected to a four-year term as president of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) at the body’s sixth general assembly. Cardinal …
Father Roberto Pasolini, the Preacher of the Papal Household, devoted his third weekly Lenten sermon to “The Mission: Proclaiming the Gospel to Every Creature” (full text, video).
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, said that he sees three “defining traits that are currently shaping” Pope Leo’s “style of governance.” Speaking in the Chamber …
The Last Judgment is a common theme in Christian art. But Michelangelo’s dramatic imagery in his Sistine Chapel fresco provokes deeper thought: After all, how does anyone on earth know …
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