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From left to right: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (retired), Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Elena Kagan in the justices’ conference room prior to Justice Kagan’s investiture ceremony on Oct. 1, 2010.

Sandra Day O’Connor: The Story Behind Her Appointment and Decisive Abortion Vote

COMMENTARY: President Reagan’s close adviser, William Clark, regretted passing on the chance to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, giving way to the first woman justice.

Paul Kengor Commentaries

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The Last Supper is depicted in ‘The New Manna.’

Fascination About Eucharistic Miracles Prompts ‘The New Manna’ Movie

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A Catholic Definition of Womanhood From Edith Stein, Defender of Women

Lorraine V. Murray Commentaries

We Need More Words of Fraternity From the Church, Says European Rabbi

Solène Tadié Interviews

Governor Mamintal Bombit Alonto Adiong, Jr. second from left, talks with law enforcers at the site of an explosion in Marawi city, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed several people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city in the southern Philippines, officials said.

Pope Francis Prays for Victims of Bombing of Catholic Mass in the Philippines

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Pope Paul VI speaks during the Second Vatican Council as seen from this television screen. While moved by missionary zeal, the Council fathers also recognized the complexity of modern communications.

Vatican II’s Decree on the Mass Media, 60 Years Later

Father Joseph Thomas Commentaries

Shown: Book covers of, clockwise l to r, ‘Advent Reflections,’ ‘Rejoicing in Our Hope’ and ‘Mother Angelica on Christ and Our Lady’

Good Advent and Christmas Reads From EWTN

Amy Smith Books

The Liturgy Debate of Vatican II: A Look Back

Father Joseph Thomas Commentaries

‘The Mystery of Divine Love’ cover, detail

Exploring ‘The Mystery of Divine Love’

Marge Fenelon Books

Singer-songwriter Marie Miller loves singing about faith and life in her music.

‘Loved, Cherished and Called’: Singer-Songwriter Marie Miller Shares Needed Message for Women Through Song

Elaine Gunthorpe Arts & Entertainment

The Last Church Father: 7 Things to Know and Share

Sculpture of Saint Barbara and the Tower in the Cathedral of Burgos, Castille, Spain

St. Barbara — the Patron Saint of Things That Go Boom

Pope Francis leads the general audience at Paul VI Hall inside Vatican City Nov. 29th, 2023

The Dangers Pope Francis Avoided by Not Going to Dubai

Updates on the Pope’s Health and Cardinal Burke’s Vatican Residence (Dec. 2)

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Mexican Bishop: Thief Who Stole Eucharist Is Excommunicated

The incident occurred the morning of Nov. 25 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel, part of Our Lady of Schoenstatt parish located on the outskirts of Saltillo in the Mexican border state of Coahuila.

Diego López Colín/ACI Prensa World December 4, 2023

Mexican Presidential Hopeful Verástegui Pledges to Eliminate Gender Ideology From Schools

Filmmaker Eduardo Verástegui must gather almost 1 million signatures by early January to get on the 2024 ballot.

Walter Sanchez Silva/ ACI Prensa World December 4, 2023

The small procession of Franciscan friars, with the Custos of the Holy Land, arrives in Manger Square, in front of the Basilica of the Nativity, in Bethlehem on Saturday, Dec. 2, the day of the solemn entrance for the beginning of Advent. The square, typically crowded with local believers and pilgrims, was empty.

PHOTOS: Bethlehem Welcomes Advent 2023 With Quieter Procession, Still With Hope

Children of Terra Sancta College in Bethlehem, which is under the custody of the Holy Land, welcomed the small procession with cheers and applause.

Marinella Bandini/CNA World December 4, 2023

A member of the maintenance crew at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., places a seal on the Holy Door at the basilica after Archbishop Timothy Broglio blessed the seal and doors on Dec. 3, 2023.

Archbishop Broglio Sealed the Holy Door at the National Shrine: What Is a Holy Door?

The doors are sealed prior to the jubilee but are ceremoniously reopened by the Pope or a bishop around the start of the jubilee for pilgrims to walk through.

Tyler Arnold/CNA News December 4, 2023

Archbishop Timothy Broglio blesses the doors to be used as a Holy Door for the 2025 Jubilee Year at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 3, 2023.

Holy Door Sealed at Nation’s Largest Catholic Church

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, blessed and sealed the two doors, which are scheduled to be reopened on Christmas Eve next year as a Holy Door for pilgrims.

Tyler Arnold/CNA News December 4, 2023