Pope Francis has instructed the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to allow women to participate in the traditional foot washing ceremony which takes place in the Holy Thursday liturgy, a ritual once open to just men and boys.
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St. Elijah Monastery in Mosul, Iraq
News is breaking this morning of the razing of the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq by ISIS jihadists at the same time that police in Jerusalem say they have arrested a 16 year-old for allegedly scrawling anti-Christian graffiti on a wall of the church where many believe Jesus celebrated the Last Supper.
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The persecution of Christians worldwide has tripled from 2,100 killed in 2013 to 7,100 according to a new report.
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Anne Hendershott
A noted scholar from the University of Steubenville is using solid data to challenge the prevailing view that the Catholic Church in America is in decline and proves that the opposite is true – for the orthodox.
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In the same country where a Catholic bishop was told by Jesus to pray the Rosary for the defeat of the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, a Nigerian tycoon has courageously erected a 40-ton marble statue of Jesus to bring the message of peace to his embattled nation.
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A Syrian priest who spent 84 harrowing days in an ISIS prison says it was the Rosary and the prayer of Blessed Charles Foucauld that sustained him.
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After months of speculation, the Vatican has just approved a second miracle attributed to Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, thus paving the way for a possible canonization during this Holy Year of Mercy.
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The final report of the Ordinary Synod on the Family, which is now available in English, isn’t causing much of a media splash because it contains none of the radical reforms so many were hoping to see.
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The cause of Servant of God William Gagnon received a green light from Pope Francis yesterday when he authorized the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints to promulgate decrees regarding the holy religious along with 16 other people who are now on their way to sainthood.
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Due to recent threats made against the Pope and the Vatican by terrorists aligned with IS, yesterday’s opening of the Jubilee Year of Mercy was accompanied by the strictest security measures seen in modern times.
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