
St. Januarius’ blood liquefies for the second time in 2021
Naples Archbishop Domenico Battaglia said: “We thank the Lord for this gift.”

Naples Archbishop Domenico Battaglia said: “We thank the Lord for this gift.”

Unvaccinated Catholics barred from attending Mass in Canada's New Brunswick province, which has had fewer than 50 COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.

On Sept. 19, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Januarius, bishop, martyr, and patron saint of Naples, Italy. Traditionally, on this day and on two other occasions a year, his blood, which is kept in a glass ampoule in the shape of a rounded cruet, liquifies.

He was addressing Catholics from the Diocese of Rome.

Pastor Brian Houston, the lead pastor of the global multisite Hillsong Church who was charged last month with allegedly concealing sex abuse committed by his father decades earlier, has said he is ...

In a controversial case concerning the use of puberty blockers for children who are confused about their gender, the British Court of Appeal ruled Friday that doctors can prescribe such experimental drugs without parental consent.

After lawmakers in Queensland, Australia voted overwhelmingly in favor of passing new laws allowing for Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD), one of the country’s top bishops condemned the move as a “defeat for life.”

After lawmakers in Queensland, Australia voted overwhelmingly in favor of passing new laws allowing for Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD), one of the country’s top bishops condemned the move as a “defeat for life.”

A woman who says she was too young when a gender clinic prescribed her puberty blockers has lamented that a U.K. appeals court has overturned a previous decision holding that children under age 16 are unlikely to be able to consent.

ADF International estimates that 10,000 Christians face danger in Afghanistan.