The longtime personal secretary of Pope Benedict XVI said he recently discovered the late pope had five cousins who could inherit a small amount of money.
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Pope Francis Is Praised In U.N. Talks For Efforts To Combat Anti-Muslim Prejudice
Pope Francis and his efforts to promote interreligious harmony featured prominently in United Nations discussions focusing on what could be done about rising hatred, discrimination and violence against Muslims.
Young Catholic Triathlete With Down Syndrome, Inspired By Faith, Tells UN He Has ‘No Limitations’
It was his first speaking engagement at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York, and Gabriel Cobb, who has Down syndrome, was admittedly “a little nervous.”
Pro-Life Organization Says Promoting Abortion Is Hidden Agenda For Women’s Rights Groups
An international Catholic pro-life organization is warning that the West’s fight against gender-based violence in Africa has a hidden agenda of promoting abortion.
Texas Bishop Appointed to Synod Planning Committee
About seven months ahead of the first session of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, the Vatican has announced a small planning committee for the gathering that includes Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas.
Only in Print: St. Patrick’s Legacy Gloriously Transcends His Legends
“My name is Patrick. … I am a sinner, a simple country person, and the least of all believers. I am looked down upon by many.”
17th-Century Nun Championed Women’s Rights, Love of God in Colonial Mexico
“You foolish men,” begins a poem by one of Mexico’s most renowned writers.
American Lay Missionaries Fan Embers of Catholic Faith In Ireland
Claire Guernsey was eager to share her deeply held faith with the restless audience of Irish schoolkids. The students, however, didn’t share her enthusiasm. In fact, they were practically surly.
Attacks on Nicaragua’s Catholic and Civil Society Entities Must Stop, Says Human Rights Watch Head
Nicaragua’s assaults on Catholic and other educational institutions, its stripping political opponents of citizenship, and its arrest of political opponents must stop, said Human Rights Watch’s acting executive director, Tirana Hassan.
Argentina Celebrates 10 Years of the First Latin American Pontiff
Argentine Catholics marked the 10 years of Pope Francis’ election by celebrating Mass March 12, giving thanks for the papacy of the prelate they previously knew as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires whose pastoral work put a priority on the poor and those on the peripheries.