Virginia bishop says altar desecration is latest in ‘increasing global trend of attacks' on Catholic Church
A Virginia Catholic bishop says the desecration of the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday points to a larger ...
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Getting Married at the Vatican: Catholic Couples Get a Taste of Heaven
The Vatican allows Catholic marriages to take place in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica and in the small city ...
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APTOPIX Vatican Pope Health
A view of the altar where Card. José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education, presided over a mass for the Jubilee of Artists and ...
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Pope Francis’ Health: Here’s a Timeline of His Medical Issues in Recent Years
The Vatican said the Pontiff’s schedule has been cleared through at least the morning of Feb. 17 while he undergoes tests and ...
With pomp and ceremony, NY's Archbishop Egan was elevated to cardinal: Historical photos
Named to lead New York's vast Catholic diocese, Edward Egan was elevated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Look back ...
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Pakistan’s first sainthood candidate remains a little-known figure
Rojar Randhawa, a Catholic activist, prays at the grave of Akash Bashir. Very few people visit the grave of the first native ...
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Signal for women: Lector appointed by the Pope
A tentative signal for the empowerment of women in the Catholic Church: Johanna Breuer is one of two women from Salzburg who ...
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Former archbishop Apuron's deposition in March
The clergy sex abuse and defamation case against former archbishop Anthony Apuron has been slow moving in the years it has ...
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Man vandalizes High Altar of St. Peter’s Basilica
A man was apprehended by Vatican gendarmes after he vandalized the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica. Several videos published online February 7, showed the man, who authorities said was from ...
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Pope Francis’ health: Here’s a timeline of his medical issues in recent years
At the Vatican’s Good Friday service, the pope does not lie prostrate before the altar as he has done in the past. He also does not celebrate the Easter Vigil Mass on April 16 or participate in ...