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At Vatican conference, Catholic and Jewish scholars discuss faith as foundation for ethics
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Participants speak at the conference “Jews and Catholics on Ethics: A Light to the Nations” at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome on April 1, 2025. / Credit: Kristina Millare/CNA Vatican City, Apr 2, 2025 / 14:38 pm (CNA). The
UK bishops’ conference president speaks out against ‘deeply flawed’ assisted suicide bill
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Cardinal Vincent Nichols of the Archdiocese of Westminster. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 2, 2025 / 14:02 pm (CNA). The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales is urging U.K. Catholics to contact their members of Parliament
Pope Francis: ‘God does not pass by without looking for those who are lost’
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null / Credi: cinemavision/Shutterstock Vatican City, Apr 2, 2025 / 13:28 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday said Jesus continues to go out in search of those who are lost or without hope in a catechesis titled “Jesus Christ Our Hope.” In his written
What St. Teresa of Ávila would have looked like
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Reconstruction of the face of St. Teresa of Ávila as she would have appeared at approximately age 50. / Credit: Courtesy of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, Iberian Province Madrid, Spain, Apr 2, 2025 / 12:23 pm (CNA). A scientific reconstruction of what
After Lourdes’ decision on Rupnik art, Fátima shrine not planning to remove mosaics
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The Basilica of the Holy Trinity at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima in Portugal. / Credit: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Apr 2, 2025 / 10:52 am (CNA). While a Catholic shrine
Teen’s tumors disappear after prayers to Blessed Solanus Casey
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The documentation of Mary’s case was submitted to the Solanus Casey Center. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Diocese of Lansing Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 2, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Many Catholics credit prayers of intercession to Blessed Solanus Casey for curing and
Pope John Paul II 20 years later: ‘He lives in hearts’
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In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day. / Credit: Gregorini Demetrio, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Apr
Church criticizes “anti-NGO” bill in Peru
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SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A deadline for Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to make changes or promulgate a bill that is being criticized as a project against human rights’ organizations expires on Apr. 2. Several nongovernmental organizations, Indigenous’ rights’ associations, and members of the Catholic Church have fiercely criticized the changes
Apr. 2 Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent; Opt. Mem. of St. Francis of Paola, Hermit, Opt. Mem.
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The first reading from Isaiah represents one of the most striking passages of the Bible that affirms the love of God for his people. It was a message of consolation addressed to the Jewish captives in Babylon promising them the joys of Messianic times. We are also captives and exiles
Bishops join case at Philippines’ top court to stop political dynasties
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MANILA, Philippines – Four Filipino bishops and seven priests joined a petition at the Philippine Supreme Court to end political dynasties in this Southeast Asian country. The other petitioners included two former Supreme Court justices, retired generals, lawyers and economists, and one of the drafters of the country’s 1987 Constitution.
SNAP complaint against top cardinal involves priest defrocked for sexual misconduct
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ROME – A victims’ advocacy group has made a complaint against a top-ranking cardinal based in part on a case packaged and brought forward by an ex-priest defrocked over charges of sexual misconduct. The former priest in question, Ricardo Coronado, has been accused of holding a long-standing grudge against the
British cardinal says proposed legalization on assisted suicide ‘deeply flawed’
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LEICESTER, United Kingdom – As the Parliament in the UK prepares to have their final vote on legalizing assisted suicide, Cardinal Vincent Nichols noted the “deeply flawed process undergone” in pushing the legislation. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is making its way through the Committee Stage in
Cardinal head of Caritas says Church giving aid to Myanmar after earthquake
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MUMBAI, India – Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi says the Catholic Church in Japan is concerned about the impact of the earthquake in Myanmar. More than 2,700 people died from Friday’s 7.7 magnitude quake that struck near Mandalay, the second-largest city in Myanmar.
Pilgrims attacked by Hindu nationalists in central India
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MUMBAI, India – An attack on pilgrims in central India was condemned by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India. On March 31st March, Father John Quadros, the parish priest of Mandla Parish, and his parishioners were travelling to different churches in Jabalpur as part of Jubilee 2025.
A miracle linked to the late Cardinal Pell?
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The parents of a toddler who miraculously survived near-drowning in the family swimming pool have attributed his recovery to the intercession of the deceased Australian cardinal, George Pell.         The post A miracle linked to the late Cardinal Pell? appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
How we got the Stations of the Cross
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Some popular devotions arise as a substitute for something else. The scapular is a cut-down habit. The rosary is a simplified Psalter. The Hours of Our Lady is a smaller Liturgy of the Hours. And the Way of the Cross is a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.          
Supreme Court justices from across the ideological spectrum expressed deep concern yesterday about t
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Supreme Court justices from across the ideological spectrum expressed deep concern yesterday about the denial of a state tax exemption for a Catholic charity on the grounds that the nonprofit is not “operated primarily for religious purposes.” At issue is whether religious freedom extends only to bodies engaged in
Catholic Charities may count as religious, US Supreme Court justices indicate 2nd April 2025 Supreme
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Catholic Charities may count as religious, US Supreme Court justices indicate 2nd April 2025 Supreme Court justices from across the ideological spectrum expressed deep concern yesterday about the denial of a state tax exemption for a Catholic charity on the grounds that the
U.S. State Department ‘monitoring’ UK government arrest of pro-life advocate
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Livia Tossici-Bolt is awaiting a verdict in her case in which she was charged with violating a “buffer zone” that restricts pro-life speech near abortion clinics. / Credit: Photo courtesy of ADF International Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 1, 2025 / 17:56 pm (CNA).
Secularization: Being born in Spain no longer means you’re Catholic, archbishop says
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“Today we run the risk that our organizations, so dependent on the welfare state ... could be easily confused with a very bureaucratic NGO [nongovernmental organization],” said Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. / Credit: Spanish Bishops’ Conference Madrid, Spain,