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2025 is a year of anniversaries in the Church: We shouldn’t overlook the murder of Irene Garza

American Cardinal Robert Prevost leads a rosary for Pope Francis's health and recovery in St. Peter's Square on March 3, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

SNAP complaint against top cardinal involves priest defrocked for sexual misconduct

Apr 2
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Schoolteacher Irene Garza, 25, murdered by a Catholic priest in McAllen, Texas, in April 1960. (Credit: Family photo given to media.)

2025 is a year of anniversaries in the Church: We shouldn’t overlook the murder of Irene Garza

Apr 3
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Peru women’s group announces formal suppression by Vatican

Apr 3
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Church in Tabora, Tanzania.

Priest criticizes ‘taboo’ against reporting clerical abuse in Africa

Apr 3
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Pope John Paul II. (Credit: AP.)

New research finds ‘John Paul II effect’ on boosting fertility in Latin America

Apr 1
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Newly unearthed memo shows Vatican denying ransom payment in ‘Vatican Girl’ case

Mar 29
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Veteran Vatican watcher looks back on 50 years of papal communication

Mar 24
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Ordinations taking place in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Francis says ‘confused messages’ in the world are hurting young people, urges vocations

Mar 20
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People walk at dusk in St Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP.)

On the first night of Lent, Pope Francis has a restful night

Mar 6
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Francis’s current stay nowhere near the record for papal hospitalizations

Feb 27
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Roberta Flack, legendary songstress who performed for JPII, dead at 88

Feb 25
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Bishop Carlos María Domínguez. (Credit: Diocese of San Rafael.)

Bishop in Argentina resigns for ‘personal’ reasons after 2 years in office

Feb 14
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A UN armored personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

European Parliament, COMECE president issue calls for EU action on DRC crisis

Feb 14
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Schoolteacher Irene Garza, 25, murdered by a Catholic priest in McAllen, Texas, in April 1960. (Credit: Family photo given to media.)

2025 is a year of anniversaries in the Church: We shouldn’t overlook the murder of Irene Garza

Apr 3
Charles Collins

Peru women’s group announces formal suppression by Vatican

Apr 3
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The Conference of Major Superiors in the Philippines holds a thanksgiving Mass for families of Duterte drug war victims at the Minor Basilica of San Pedro Bautista in Quezon City, Philippines, on April 1, 2025. (Credit: Franciscan Communications.)

Filipino religious superiors honor families of Duterte drug war victims

Apr 3
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Church in Tabora, Tanzania.

Priest criticizes ‘taboo’ against reporting clerical abuse in Africa

Apr 3
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