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Belgian radio hosts have apologized after airing a video feature in which they were seen smashing statues of both Jesus and the Virgin Mary. At the Radiodays Europe conference in Riga, Latvia, EWTN News correspondent Colm Flynn on March 23 asked Studio Brussel hosts Sam De Bruyn, Eva De Roo, and Dries Lenaerts about the…
The war unfolding in the Middle East and the security challenges accompanying it have affected how Iraqi Christians will observe Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and the feast of Easter this year. The Syriac Catholic Archdiocese of Mosul and its dependencies called on the faithful to reflect deeply on the true meaning of the feast and…
In light of the ongoing struggle to prevent and combat sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Mexico, a bishop addressed the primary challenges currently being faced including “clericalism,” “careerism,” and the need to listen to those who are suffering. In an interview with ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News, Francisco Javier Acero,…
ROME — This year marks the 250th anniversary of three dioceses in Slovakia, then part of the Hungarian monarchy: Banská Bystrica, Rožňava, and Spiš. On the occasion, Pope Leo XIV wrote a letter to the Diocese of Banská Bystrica, saying: “The diocesan community has remained faithful also in a time of trial, protected the Gospel,…
This Lent, a new study finds that two-thirds of Catholics who have not attended confession in the last year say they are open to going. According to “The Catholic Pulse Report: The Confession Study,” which surveyed 1,500 Catholics in the U.S. who attend Mass “at least occasionally,” 67% of respondents who have not been to…
Today the Church celebrates the solemnity of the Annunciation. It’s typically celebrated on March 25, unless it falls during Holy Week, by which it is superseded. The day celebrates the appearance of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to announce the Incarnation. Here are eight things to know and to share about the feast…
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, the former general relator of the Synod on Synodality, has publicly called for the ordination of women, arguing that the Church cannot long endure if half of the people of God lacks access to ordained ministry. “I cannot imagine in the long run how a Church can survive if half of…
On March 19, Albanian Cardinal Ernest Simoni at the age of 97 was among the last people to venerate the remains of St. Francis of Assisi before their return to a tomb in the crypt of the 13th-century Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, where the saint’s small skeleton has been contained in a…
The conservative legal group Judicial Watch is continuing to push for more transparency around a memo targeting traditionalist Catholics, which was issued in early 2023 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Richmond field office. The memo detailed an investigation into a purported connection between “radical traditionalist” Catholics and “the far-right white nationalist movement.” It…
The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether asylum starts at a port of entry or only after someone steps onto U.S. soil under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The justices, hearing arguments March 24 in Noem v. Al Otro Lado, painstakingly interrogated the legal and linguistic meaning of “arrives in” and “arrives at,” with Chief…
