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03/27/2018

Catholic News | March 27

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for March 27, 2018

Pope Francis presented final document of a pre-synod gathering
Kerry Kennedy said United States has responsibility to help Jordan support Syrian refugees
Pope lends his voice to those praising the actions of French policeman at grocery store hostage situation
Young women and men write reflections and prayers for Good Friday Stations of the Cross at Rome's Colosseum

03/23/2018

Catholic News | March 23

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for March 23, 2018

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Msgr. Dario Vigano as prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for Communication amidst letergate
United Nations Panel discusses how aborting a child with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome can be considered genocide
Pope Francis announces he will be going to Dublin, Ireland in August for the World Meeting of Families
Puerto Rico still suffering six months after Hurricane Maria

03/20/2018

Catholic News | March 20

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for March 20, 2018

Pope Francis visits Saint Padre Pio's birth place, Pietrelcina, Italy
Pope ordains three new bishops
Pope meets with young people in preparation for October's Synod of Bishops
Vatican releases statistics of Pope Francis' pontificate

03/16/2018

Catholic News | March 16

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for March 16, 2018

New biography of Saint Francis of Assisi released on the 5th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis
Archbishop Joseph Kurtz and Bishop James Conley joint statement welcoming re-introduction of First Amendment Defense Act
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking passed away at 76
St. Joseph's/Candler health system, Georgia Southern University and the U.S. Department of Defense's Innovative Readiness Training program teaming up
Pubs in Ireland open and serving alcohol on Good Friday for the first time in 91 years

03/9/2018

Catholic News | March 9

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for March 9, 2018

Pope Francis signed decrees for the causes of 13 men and women, among them, Blessed Pope Paul VI and Blessed Archbishop Oscar Romero
Pope's weekly general audience in the Vatican's Paul VI hall
Vatican has announced Pope Francis has asked that the Way of the Cross meditations at the Coliseum in Rome be written by a group of students
Vatican is hosting a conference for students, developers and entrepreneurs from around the world that aims to find high-tech solutions for complex global issues
Theme for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon region is "The Amazon: New paths for the church and for an integral ecology"

03/6/2018

Catholic News | March 6

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for March 6, 2018

Pope Francis decrees Catholics will mark the feast of "the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church" on the Monday after Pentecost each year
Pope holds private audience with Chancellor of the Republic of Austria
The Holy Father will visit Geneva in June
Vatican taking look at ways to end loneliness, helping people as they age
Melbourne, Australia hearing to determine if Cardinal George Pell would stand trial on decades-old charges of sexual abuse
Pope Francis meets members of Italy's national association of nursing professionals

03/2/2018

Catholic News | March 2

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for March 2, 2018

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith releases document on Christian salvation
Doors to the church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem have been re-opened
New ambassador to the Holy See from Nicaragua
World Meeting of Families preliminary program for the Pastoral Congress
Archdiocese of Boston Excellence in Education Award

02/27/2018

Catholic News | February 27

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for February 27, 2018

Pope Francis visits Roman parish
Colosseum lit red as a reminder and prayer for persecuted Christians
After Sunday Angelus, pope calls for end to war in Syria
Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem closed
Rare Roman snowstorm, bringing the city to a standstill

02/23/2018

Catholic News | February 23

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for February 23, 2018

Pope Francis has released his annual message for local celebrations of World Youth Day
Reaction to the death of iconic preacher Rev. Billy Graham
February 23rd is the day that Pope Francis declared a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace
Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta emergency gallbladder
Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibit "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination"

02/20/2018

Catholic News | February 21

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for February 21, 2018

Synod of Bishops with youth theme in October
Pope Francis names nine new members to Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
New ambassador of Korea to the Holy See
USSCB announce National Catholic Call-In Day to Protect Dreamers

02/16/2018

Catholic News | February 16

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for February 16, 2018

Pope Francis began Ash Wednesday at Benedictines' Monastery of St. Anselm, then made traditional procession to Basilica of Santa Sabina for Mass
After South Florida tragedy, Archbishop Thomas Wenski urges community "to support one another in this time of grief"
Pope Francis tells Cholean Jesuits he tries not to think of opposition as resistance
USCCB asking Catholics to join with Pope Francis for day of prayer and fasting for peace
World Meeting of Families Dublin bringing couples together on Valentine's Day

02/13/2018

Catholic News | February 13

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for February 13, 2018

After Angelus prayer, Pope Francis announces registration for World Youth Day in Panama is open
Anscombe Centre for Bioethics warns Scottish government about proposed changes to gender recognition law
Pope Francis meets with Italian young people, adults and migrants rescued from human traffickers
Bishop Jacques Benoit-Gonnin of Beauvais, France recognizes miraculous cure of a pilgrim to Lourdes

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Born and raised in the West Roxbury section of Boston, Kevin Nelson has not strayed too far from his roots. He has been with the CatholicTV Network since January of 1996 and has been involved in many different aspects of the television process. Read More

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