Last Updated: Jan 27, 2012

Year of Faith is Pope's response to 'profound crisis'

Vatican City, Jan 27, 2012 / 01:45 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The upcoming 2012-2013 “Year of Faith” seeks to awaken humanity at a critical moment, Pope Benedict XVI said as he addressed the Church's highest doctrinal office on Jan. 27.

Pro-life groups back judge who refused abortion for 11-year-old

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan 27, 2012 / 06:16 pm (EWTN News).- A pro-life organization in Argentina is asking people to support a judge in the city of Concordia who refused to authorize an abortion for an 11-year-old girl.

Statue of Don Bosco destroyed in Argentina

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan 27, 2012 / 03:07 pm (EWTN News).- A group of delinquents in the city of El Calafate in southern Argentina destroyed a statue of St. John Bosco that decorated the city’s main square.

Bells to welcome Pope upon arrival in Mexico

Leon, Mexico, Jan 27, 2012 / 12:10 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Father Jorge Raul Villegas, the director of logistics for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Leon, said church bells throughout the Mexican city will ring out to welcome the Pope upon his arrival.