The Coetus: Trad Godfathers at Vatican II II. Lefebvre on the Eve of the Council III. Bishop Carli The two Brazilian (and only non-European) members of the five-man steering committee of Coetus Intertionalis Patrum – the group of doctrinally conservative Council Fathers who sought to save what could be saved at Vatican II – were…
From the pre-Lent, “Gesima” Sundays onward, Holy Mother Church began her plunge into liturgical death. At first we lost the “Alleluia”, the Gloria, and on Sundays we dressed in penitential violet to herald the proximity of Lent. With Lent, these privations applied every day, with the exception of our great feasts. Moreover, we became stiller…
The liturgical procession outside the Freiburg Cathedral on Nov. 17, 2024, where Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, presided over the beatification Mass Father Max Josef Metzger. Metzger was a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work. / Courtesy of…
The Valley of the Fallen. / Credit: Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock Madrid, Spain, Apr 5, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). The spokesman for the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym), Bishop Francisco César García Magán, stated Friday that the 492-foot cross at the Valley of the Fallen, the world’s tallest, will remain standing as part…
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Papal nuncio Cardinal Christophe Pierre (center) leads a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA’s new advocacy office on Capitol Hill on Friday, April 4, 2025. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Washington D.C., Apr 5, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA (SVdP) celebrated the opening…
Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool, England / Chowells / Wikimedia (CC BY 2.5) CNA Newsroom, Apr 5, 2025 / 07:36 am (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed Bishop John Sherrington as the new Archbishop of Liverpool. Sherrington replaces Archbishop Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P., who submitted his resignation after serving the archdiocese since 2014….
St. Veronica. / Credit: Bernardo Strozzi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Apr 5, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). On Sunday, April 6, the fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica will display the revered “Veronica’s Veil,” a cloth that, according to tradition, was used to wipe the face of Jesus on his way…
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Deacon Johnny Al-Daoud celebrates his release from captivity in Syria on March 2, 2025, with family and friends. / Credit: St. Michael’s Church – Maskana Parish ACI MENA, Apr 5, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). On the morning of Sunday, March 2, without any prior notice, Johnny Fouad Dawoud, a deacon in the Syriac Catholic…
