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On October 31, Pope Francis appointed Monsignor Hugo Basabe as Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela. Share Episcopal appointments in Venezuela are not usually headline news, but a series of strange circumstances make this appointment quite peculiar. Since 2017, Monsignor Víctor Hugo Basabe, 62, has been the bishop of San Felipe, a small diocese in the central…
null / Credit: Jill Sauve/Unsplash Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 7, 2023 / 14:05 pm (CNA). The United States Catholic bishops have endorsed a Senate plan to prohibit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy at the federal level, calling it a “positive step toward protecting the right to life of preborn children.” The legislation, called the…
Since 2009 the Knights of Columbus have provided high-quality, new winter coats to children in need, with coats being distributed in 49 U.S. states and all 10 Canadian provinces. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” CNA Staff, Nov 7, 2023 / 14:35 pm (CNA). The Knights of Columbus reached a major milestone this month when they…
Bishop Robert Brennan blesses the altar at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Brooklyn, New York, with holy water on Nov. 4, 2023, in response to the filming of an indecent music video in the church. Assisting the bishop is Monsignor Joseph Grimaldi, vicar general of the Diocese of Brooklyn. / Credit: John…
Hey everybody, Today is the feast of All Dominican Saints, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. Among those Dominican saints is Fr. Hyacinth Castañeda, who — 250 years ago today, on Nov. 7, 1773 — was beheaded in a prison in Hanoi, Vietnam, where he had gone to preach the Gospel. He was 30…
The Italian government decided in an emergency meeting on Nov. 6, 2023, to grant critically ill 8-month-old baby Indi Gregory Italian citizenship and to cover the cost of her medical treatment at the Vatican’s Bambino Gesù hospital. The Vatican’s pediatric hospital has offered to treat after a British court ruled that she be removed from…
If you go to daily Mass, you know it’s pretty unusual to run across much of a crowd. If you go to Mass at your local parish, there may be only a handful of people there, many of them retired, with maybe a few homeschool families to round things out. If you go to Mass…
A spokesman for the Archdiocese of San Antonio told The Pillar Monday that a controversial tweet from Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller has been misunderstood, and that the archbishop is “clearly aligned” with Catholic doctrine on life issues. Garcia-Siller attracted attention Nov. 5 for a tweet that caused confusion among some readers, as it seemed to them…
Pope Francis waves from a window of the Apostolic Palace during his weekly Sunday address and Angelus on Oct. 8, 2023. He spoke about the importance of having gratitude for the gifts one has received, especially the gifts of life and faith from God. / Vatican Media. ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 6, 2023 / 15:15…
The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Stockton, California, was vandalized on the morning of Nov. 5, 2023. / Credit: Diocese of Stockton CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA). The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Stockton, California, was vandalized on the morning of Nov. 5 with white paint splattered across the church’s signs…
