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As the countdown commences for the inaugural papal visit to Mongolia in early September, the highest-ranking Vatican official in the Asian nation has characterized the occasion…
Geoffrey Peters
Aug 4, 2023
Catholicism
A Hong Kong bishop whom Pope Francis personally selected to be included in the newest group of cardinals within the Catholic Church has expressed his desire…
Geoffrey Peters
Jul 17, 2023
Catholicism
Pope Francis has endorsed a film that depicts the tale of a Catholic priest who evaded British colonial authorities during a dark period in Irish history…
Catholicism
In a potential turning point for healthcare services in Catholic hospitals, Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S. voted June 16 to establish formal regulations banning their…
Geoffrey Peters
Jul 11, 2023
Catholicism
Pope Francis has dispatched a veteran Vatican representative to Moscow in an effort to assist in finding a resolution to the conflict in Ukraine, days after…
Catholicism
The latest population census in Ireland shows that the religious landscape is becoming more diverse, but a significant shift in the number of individuals identifying as…
Catholicism
Holy Saturday, which commemorates the time when Jesus Christ was buried on the eve of his resurrection on Easter Sunday, is an occasion of “divine darkness”…
WRN Editorial Staff
Apr 22, 2023
Catholicism
Synod: A council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. A worldwide Catholic Synod on Synodality has been…
Catholicism
Pope Francis has warned world leaders as well as combative communities to stop profiteering from Africa’s extensive natural resources and robbing the continent of a “future…
Catholicism
It’s 1741 in the Americas, 24 years before the British will have “trouble with colonies,” and in the English province of Maryland there are severely anti-Catholic…
Catholicism
1853, the Archbishop of New York plans “to erect a Cathedral in the City of New York that may be worthy of our increasing numbers, intelligence…
Catholicism
The best voice-over in film history is Ray Liotta’s 16-minute opening to Goodfellas. Understated, earnest, almost reassuring, it entices the viewer into a world of brute force,…
WRN Editorial Staff
Sep 1, 2022