Broglio defends U.S. bishops against ‘false’ immigration criticisms on Italian TV show — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the USCCB fall plenary assembly Nov. 14, 2023. / Credit: USCCB video Vatican City, Jan 31, 2025 / 11:10 am (CNA). Archbishop Timothy Broglio defended the U.S. bishops’ support of migrants against “false” accusations in an interview this week with an Italian…

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At Vatican marriage tribunal, Pope Francis extols ‘gift of indissolubility’ of marriage — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis meets with the Roman Rota in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 31, 2025 / 09:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Friday extolled the “gift of indissolubility” of marriage, which he said is not a limitation on freedom but something married couples live…

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Journalists in Nigeria urged to speak up, expose all forms of Christian persecution — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Hyacinth Ementa Ichoku. / Credit: ACI Africa ACI Africa, Jan 31, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The vice chancellor of Nigeria’s Veritas University, a priest in the Awka Diocese, has encouraged journalists in the west African nation to expose Christian persecution, which is at its highest peak in the country. In an interview with…

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Summer school at Vatican Observatory offers unique opportunity for young scientists — By: Catholic News Agency

Jesuit Guy Consolmagno at the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 31, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Vatican Observatory’s summer school, known as “Specola,” has already selected students for its next edition. During the month of June, 25 students who were selected from among 120…

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Women Don’t Need More Ministerial Roles—We Need Churching! — By: Crisis Magazine

The close of the synod a few months ago created a media buzz around the discussion of increasing women’s ministerial roles within the Church hierarchy, including ordination to the diaconate. There was a worldly clamor for “inclusiveness” and to “enlarge the spiritual motherhood” of women. The question of a female diaconate was seemingly punted down…

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