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Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Germany, has written a letter to his Polish counterpart, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan, accusing him of "unbrotherly behavior" and of an "enormous overstepping of his authority." The Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita published Bishop Bätzing's letter, dated
Russia's extensive drone attack on Kyiv Nov. 25 damaged the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ.
Russia launched close to 75 Iranian-made Shahed drones at Ukraine's capital, as Ukrainians marked Holodomor Remembrance Day, which commemorates the 7 million to
Fifty days after her children were taken hostage, Hadas Kalderon did not see their names on the list of the first three rounds of released hostages. Two weeks after five members of her family were taken captive by Hamas militants on Oct.
The late James Madison Smith Sr. and Catherine "Kitty" Smith, formerly enslaved Catholics, are being recognized as agents of the Underground Railroad. The Smiths, a freed married couple, are buried in St. Louis Cemetery in Louisville in a once-segregated section of the
From her home studio in Warwick, Emily Boni, is combining a love of faith and fashion through her creation of intricate and beautiful vestments for Catholic priests.
A skilled sacred seamstress, Boni is led by her love and respect of vocations and a
WUERZBURG, Germany (OSV News) -- Tensions between Rome and the majority of German bishops are again intensifying with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state informing the German bishops in an official note that the ordination of men to the priesthood and
Church Militant/St. Michael's Media said Nov. 21 its founder and former CEO Michael Voris "has been asked to resign for breaching the Church Militant morality clause," and that his resignation was accepted by the board.
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Nina Kruer was amazed when she looked around the room filled with more than 1,100 teens from all corners of central and southern Indiana.
When asked if she'd ever been to Mass with so many of her peers, "That's an easy no," said
Father Jesús Mariscal, parochial vicar at St. Paul Cathedral in Yakima, stepped out of the rectory for what he thought would be a quick trip to buy doughnuts for a marriage preparation meeting with an engaged couple.
But he ended up helping a
The Criterion, newspaper of the Indianapolis Archdiocese, spoke with five teenagers in Lucas Oil Stadium after the closing Mass Nov. 18 -- and one earlier that day -- about their overall NCYC experience.
"It's amazing," said Sabrina Howard of the Diocese of Covington,