The 6th Sunday after Pentecost offers riches from the Epistle to the Romans and the Gospel of Saint Mark. The 1962 Missale Romanum presents these readings not in isolation, but as a liturgical unity, revealing the depth of Christian life in its paschal dimension: dying and rising in Christ, and being fed in the desert…
The growth of the “Restore the ‘54” Movement amongst traditionally-minded Catholic laity has led to a rediscovery of the above “Prayers for the Emperor” during the Traditional rites of Holy Week. Now, as with so much else, Dom Guéranger in his Liturgical Year gives us some important information on these prayers: On his coverage of…
It was consoling to see the image of the Roman Pontiff saying Mass for the Carabinieri in their chapel at the Castel Gandolfo Station last Tuesday. I am aware that the lone ad orientem image that has been circulated and talked about is part of a greater collection of photographs that includes a lot of…
Above: Cardinal Pizzaballa prays with Catholic children in Gaza. In the aftermath of the grievous strike on the Holy Family Church compound in Gaza His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, together with His Beatitude Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, entered Gaza this morning as part of an ecclesiastical delegation… Source…
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski talks to “EWTN News in Depth” Anchor Catherine Hadro on Friday, July 18, 2025 / Credit: EWTN News CNA Newsroom, Jul 19, 2025 / 10:45 am (CNA). From Detroit to California to Florida, Catholic clergy are rallying to show support and solidarity for immigrants facing deportations. While the Tennessee bishops and…
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa (L) and a members of a Christian visit the Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City on July 18, 2025. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 19, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Bishop William Shomali, the auxiliary bishop for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said…
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For more than 40 years, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception has welcomed visitors to its annual summer organ recital series. / Credit: Timothy Dias/Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 19, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). For more than 40 years, the Basilica of…
Joseph Hazboun, the regional director at the Pontifical Mission in the Jerusalem field office, speaks to Tara Mergener on “EWTN News Nightly,” Friday, July 18, 2025 / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 19, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). In the wake of an Israeli missile strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church this week…
Market in Shevchenkove settlement in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine after a 2023 Russian rocket strike. / Credit: Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv Oblast, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV once again expressed his closeness to the…
