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Pope Francis meets with bishops, priests, religious, seminarians and catechists in the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation on March 5th, 2021.

Pope Francis in Iraq: Full Text of the Pope’s Address at Baghdad’s Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation

Pope Francis spoke to the Church leaders and Iraqi Catholics gathered on the first day of his historic three-day trip to Iraq, praising them for their faithful witness to Christ amid years of adversity.

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Xavier Becerra, nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, is seen at the start of a break at his Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing on February 24, 2021 at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Becerra’s Bad Witness

Michael Warsaw Publisher's Note

Pope Francis’ Iraq Mission Is a Biblical Pilgrimage Completed

Father Raymond J. de Souza Commentaries

Assessing the Morality of COVID-19 Vaccines Developed with Abortion-Derived Tissue: A Register Guide

Lauretta Brown Features

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles addresses his brother bishops after being elected to a 3 year term as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops during the second day of the USCCB's Fall Meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 11, 2019

Archbishop Gomez to Congress, Biden: Don’t Force Pro-Life Americans to Oppose COVID Relief

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Pope Francis Meets Iraqi Catholics in Church Where 48 Died in 2010 Terrorist Attack

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Father Emil Kapaun celebrates Mass using the hood of a Jeep as his altar on Oct. 7, 1950.

The True Story of a Catholic Chaplain War Hero: Father Emil Kapaun’s Life and Legacy

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Pope Francis meets with the Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the hall of the Presidential Palace in Baghdad on March 5th, 2021.

Full Text: Pope Francis’ Address to the Iraqi Authorities, Civil Society, and Diplomatic Corps

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archibhop Emeritus of Washington D.C., attended the Mass for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Jan. 23, 2020.

Investigation: Cardinal Wuerl Received $2 Million in 2020 for ‘Ministry Activities’

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The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Najeeb Michaeer (R) tours the old part of the northern city of Mosul, to follow the progress of restoration works there, on February 3, 2021. From Mosul's rubble-strewn streets to ancient churches at Karamlesh badly damaged by the Islamic State group, Archbishop Najeeb Michaeel is preparing for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.

Iraqi Archbishop: Pope Francis is Coming to Iraq as a ‘Prophet’

Edward Pentin Interviews

Montserrat “Montse” Alvarado, the host of EWTN News In Depth

EWTN News to Launch Weekly Discussion Show

Contemplative life at Holy Cross Abbey is rooted in prayer, reading the word of God and manual work. Joy punctuates their lives.

Welsh Contemplatives Speak From Their Silence

Clockwise from top left: Ezekiel, Abraham, Jonah, Jude the Apostle and Thomas the Apostle all traversed this holy land.

The Saints of Iraq

Pope Benedict’s ‘Conscience Is Clear’ Regarding His 2013 Resignation

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The Biden administration is committed to advancing transgender issues, including through support of the Equality Act.

The Equality Act Is Latest Push in Biden’s Prioritization of Transgender Issue

The Biden administration continues to advance the transgender cause through legislation and appointees.

Lauretta Brown Nation March 5, 2021

A family prays during St. Patrick's Cathedral Sunday Mass in Manhattan in June, 2020.

Love Your Neighbor. Everything Depends On It

COMMENTARY: The only thing delaying the final victory is you and me, waiting to reach out.

Tom Hoopes Commentaries March 5, 2021

Vida Hanna, director of public and international relations at The Catholic University in Erbil, who is coordinating Pope Francis March 7 Mass in Erbil.

Organizer: Papal Mass in Erbil ‘Nothing Short of a Miracle’

Hanna, who graduated in communications at UC San Diego, is the director of public and international relations at the Catholic university, and Archbishop Warda appointed her coordinator of the Mass Pope Francis will celebrate March 7 at Erbil's Franso Hariri Stadium.

Alejandro Bermudez Vatican March 5, 2021

Pope Francis visits the President of the Republic in the private study of the Presidential Palace in Baghdad on March 5th, 2021.

Pope Francis in Iraq: ‘The Name of God Cannot be Used to Justify Acts of Murder’

Pope Francis declared in his speech to Iraqi government leaders that it is “necessary, but not sufficient, to combat the scourge of corruption, misuse of power and disregard for law.”

Courtney Mares Vatican March 5, 2021

Pope Francis arrives and is welcomed at Baghdad International Airport, making it the first time a pope visits the country of Iraq, on March 5th, 2021.

Pope Francis Meets with Iraqi Refugees Before Flight to Baghdad

This evening, Pope Francis will visit local Iraqi Catholics inside the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation, also known as Sayidat al-Nejat, the site of a suicide attack by the Al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State in Iraq during Sunday Mass in 2010 in which 52 people were killed.

Courtney Mares Vatican March 5, 2021

HHS nominee Xavier Becerra during his Senate confirmation hearing February 23, 2021.

Despite Denials, HHS Nominee Xavier Becerra Sued to Take Away Religious Freedom Rights From Nuns

Becerra on Feb. 24 appeared at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. There, he rejected claims that he was suing nuns.

Kevin J. Jones Nation March 5, 2021

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