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The second annual Fortnight for Freedom will take place from June 21 to July 4, and will consist of national and local efforts to educate Americans on challenges to religious liberty both at home and abroad.  Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the US bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty,...

Pope Francis presided over the first canonizations of his pontificate at a Mass in St. Peter's Square on Sunday. With 802 canonizations, he raised to the altars the largest number of saints to be simultaneously canonized in the history of the Church. Those declared saints were Mother Laura Montoya, the first sain...

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, along with Archbishop Angelo Becciu, substitute for General Affairs presented to Pope Francis the 2013 edition of the Annuario Pontificio, with is the annual directory of the Holy See, as well as the “Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae”, which is the Church’s ...

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A bishop from northern Nigeria says President Goodluck Jonathan’s government is reluctant to fight the Boko Haram terrorist threat for fear of losing crucial votes in the upcoming elections. Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza of Yola accused the government of lacking the will to crackdown on Boko Haram and other militant ...

Here is Archbishop Eamon Martin's address from Thursday at the closing of a novena in the parish of Saint Patrick, Roden Place, Dundalk, in the Archdiocese of Armagh. The archbishop was ordained coadjutor archbishop of Armagh on April 21.  The theme was "The Eucharist, Communion with Christ and with one another."...

Some 40,000 people are estimated to have gathered in Rome on Sunday to participate in the March for Life, including some notable figures from the United States pro-life movement. The March began Sunday morning outside the Colosseum and concluded at Castel San Angelo. Many of the marchers continued on to Saint Pet...

The Church now has 802 new Saints, after the first canonization that Pope Francis presided over on Sunday in Saint Peter’s Square. They are the 800 martyrs of Otranto -- killed savagely by the Ottoman army in 1480, as well as two Latin American nuns who worked their whole lives at the service of the poorest and inv...

On Saturday, Pope Francis celebrated his daily Mass in Saint Martha’s residence. At the end of the celebration, he greeted 11 Argentine journalists and their families, all residents in Rome, as correspondents of local newspaper offices , among them ANSA, Clarin, CNN, La Nacion, La7, Notimex and ZENIT. Also in att...

Pope Francis received Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderon, President of Colombia today in audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. President Santos Calderon was in Rome for the canonization of Mother Laura Montoya Upegui, the first Colombian saint, during yesterday’s Mass in St. Peter’s Square. In a communique relea...

Before concluding the Mass that gave the Church 802 new saints, Pope Francis greeted the official delegations from their respective countries. The Holy Father’s address was followed by the recitation of the Regina Caeli. Addressing the Italian delegation who were present for the canonization of the martyrs of Otr...

Here is the translation of the homily delivered by Pope Francis during the Canonization Mass held in St. Peter's Square this morning.  * * * Dear brothers and sisters, On this seventh Sunday of Easter we are gathered together with joy to celebrate a feast of sanctity. Let us give thanks to God, who made his g...

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Here is the address given by Pope Francis prior to the recitation of the Regina Caeli at the end of the Canonization Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Square today. * * * Dear brothers and sisters, At the end of this celebration, I would like to greet all of you who have come to pay homage to the new saints, in ...

Here is the fourth and final part of an interview with Marianna Popiełuszko, the mother of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko. She was interviewed (in Polish) by Włodzimierz Redzioch. ZENIT has published now a translation of the interview in parts. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 ran earlier this week. * * * Did you wonder w...

"We have to stand up for our next generation," said Rome's March for Life spokesperson, Virginia Nunziante, in an interview with ZENIT. Thirty-five years after the legalization of abortion in Italy, thousands of pro-life advocates are expected to gather in Rome this Sunday, March 12, to march on behalf of the unb...

The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark met with Pope Francis today in a historical meeting held in the Apostolic Palace today. This is the first time in 40 years that a Coptic Pope has met with the Pope of Rome. On May 1973. P...

In honor of Mother's Day, celebrated today in many parts of the world, and on Sunday for other countries, here is a text from No. 18 of John Paul II's 1988 Apostolic Letter "Mulieris Dignitatem" [On the Dignity and Vocation of Women]. * * * This mutual gift of the person in marriage opens to the gift of a new ...

Dialogue, the ability to forgive, national unity, and great charity were the main charisms of Mother Laura Montoya (1874-1949), the first Colombian canonized saint. The founder of the Institute of Mary Immaculate and Saint Catherine of Siena, will be canonized on Sunday, May 12, by Pope Francis. The ceremony will...

Here is a preliminary response from the Catholic bishops of Ireland to the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013. The statement was published last Friday, May 3. * * * The Catholic bishops of Ireland stress once again the importance of continuing to provide a health care service in Ireland which ensures...