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Pope establishes World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly
The day will be celebrated every year on the fourth Sunday of July to coincide with the feast of SS. Joachim and Anne, Jesus' grandparents. The first celebration will be July 25.
Pope adds siblings Martha, Mary and Lazarus to feast day
Because Jesus "experienced the family spirit and friendship" of St. Martha and her siblings, Pope Francis declared them doctors of the church and decreed their July 29 feast on the calendar of saints.
Bishops support Biden’s racial equity orders related to housing, prisons
One order will phase out the use of private prisons in the U.S., while a second will review the Trump administration's repeal of an Obama administration rule to ensure fair housing.
Justice for unborn called ‘foundational’ principle of pro-life movement
The head of the Knights of Columbus, Carl Anderson, urged the pro-life movement to remain committed to four foundational principles: justice, truth, democracy and compassion.
Remembrance, education needed to prevent genocide, says local scholar
Decades after gradual persecution led to the slaughter of six million European Jews, history's lessons remain more crucial than ever, said a St. Joseph's University professor.
Notre Dame professor to speak in Cardinal Foley lecture Feb. 1
Brett Robinson will give a livestreaming presentation titled “Church Communications Ecology: The Impacts of an Ever-Changing Environment" Monday night at 7 p.m. from St. Charles Seminary.
In meeting with U.S. Catholic journalists, pope speaks of hope
Pope Francis told Catholic News Service at the Vatican that he still intends to visit Iraq in March, praised American Catholics but warned, "the path of division leads nowhere."
Keep fighting, pro-life advocates told in virtual March for Life
The 2021 March for Life Jan. 29 was "more somber and prayerful" than the previous 47 annual marches to protest the Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion, but the primarily virtual crowd delivered the very same message.
Catholic publication’s Twitter account locked over tweet about Biden nominee
Catholic World Report's tweet referenced a story about President Biden's plan to nominate Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant secretary of health, calling her "a biological man identifying as a transgender woman."
Naumann: Biden order makes abortion part of family planning
President Joe Biden's decision to rescind a regulation governing the Title X family planning program that was enforced by the Trump administration "will force abortion" to be part of the program and "may be unlawful," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee.