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Recognizing the difference between a person who’s possessed and a person struggling with a mental illness or other infirmity is a vital part of the ministry of exorcism, according to a long-time exorcist and priest. Fr. Cipriano de Meo, who has been an exorcist since 1952, told CNA’s...
Italy is facing a swift and dramatic collapse of the institution of marriage, according to a prominent Italian demographer and statistician. “We were in bad shape in 2009, and we are worse off – there’s no getting around it – five years later,” wrote Roberto Volpi in an article last month...
The martyrdom of a 16th-century Samurai who died for his Catholic faith was beatified in Feb. 2017, making the Japanese warrior one among nine other causes that advanced toward sainthood. Takayama Ukon was born in 1552 in Japan during the time when Jesuit missionaries were becoming introduced within the country....
Brazilian feminist Sara Winter used to work to legalize abortion. She was one of the founders of a radical group that carries out offensive topless protests at churches. Now, she says people should learn from religious women who put their faith into action – and reject the powerful forces promoting abortion...
[Update: After an investigation, the Diocese of Salt Lake City concluded that the host was not miraculously bleeding, but had red bread mold.] Some Catholic parishioners in Utah have said a consecrated Host appears to be bleeding, but the Diocese of Salt Lake City is considering whether the change may...
With ISIS threatening all of human civilization, no one of any background or religion can remain silent, said Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York earlier this year. The ISIS militants who are perpetrating these acts of violence in the name of Islam “threaten civilization, everything that is decent and noble...
