(CNA) This week a relic of St. Pope John Paul II was stolen from a cathedral in central Italy, while a church in Sicily was also robbed and the Eucharist desecrated. A gold reliquary with a relic of the blood…
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EIGHT NEW PRIESTS FOR DIOCESE OF BEIJING
(Independent Catholic News) Eight deacons of the archdiocese of Beijing were ordained to the priesthood on September 21st, the feast of the Apostle St Matthew. The ceremony was presided over by the bishop of the capital, Mgr. Giuseppe Li Shan,…
JUDGE KILLED BY MAFIA 30 YEARS AGO IS A CANDIDATE FOR SAINTHOOD
(CNA) Thirty years ago Judge Rosario Livatino was brutally killed by the mafia on his commute to work at a courthouse in Sicily. Today he is recognized in the Catholic Church as a Servant of God and a candidate for…
“A man ahead of his time”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent Sir John Pope Hennessy’s family name is internationally famous. Hennessy is the world’s most popular Cognac founded by Pope Hennessy’s fellow Irish relative. The name is famous in Hong Kong for a second reason, the grand…
Knights of Columbus Founder to be beatified
Fr Leonard Dollentas Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, will soon be declared blessed, a step prior to sainthood. Father Michael McGivney was not only a remarkable founder but an exemplary pastor, a simple American parish priest…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – St Lazarus Island (17)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The Portuguese were, at the time, lords of the seas, and their pilots, masters and captains, in addition to a place in the armed forces of the kingdom, also competed for a place among their Spanish…
CUBA’S MONASTERY REOPENS AFTER 125 YEARS
(Aleteia) The Friars of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy (Mercedarios) in Havana, Cuba, are struggling with poverty and the aftermath of last year’s hurricane.
PENNSYLVANIA BISHOP TELLS CATHOLICS: VOTE WITH LIFE ‘UPPERMOST IN MIND’
(CNA) Defence of innocent human life should be “uppermost” in the mind of Catholic voters at election time, the bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has told Catholics in his diocese. In a letter issued Sept. 9 on voting in the upcoming…
EL PASO CATHEDRAL VANDAL CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
(CNA) A man has been charged after he decapitated a statue of Christ in El Paso, while the NYPD is looking for a man who threw a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe into the sidewalk outside a church in…
Cathedral in Manila reopens, cemeteries close to commemorate the dead
(Agenzia Fides) – The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Manila, in the heart of the area of Intramuros, reopened to the public and to worship on Wednesday, 16 September, after six months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.