Deacon Ronnie Lastovica, right, and Bishop Joe Vasquez of the Diocese of Austin celebrate Mass in the Mountain View Unit prison in Gatesville, Texas, which houses the state’s female death row, on Dec. 1, 2023. / Credit: Catholic Prison Ministries Coalition/TDCJ Communications Vatican City, Jan 20, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). In an important move…
Above: King Henry VIII who broke from the Church to create the Anglican schism. Today is Day 3 of the Octave of Christian Unity. Traditional Prayer for the Octave: A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who “participate in some of the services during the Week of Christian Unity and assist at the closing…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks on stage to deliver the keynote address at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton on June 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. / Credit: Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Jan 20, 2025 / 06:29 am (CNA). Pope Francis sent a…
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Recently, the Italian bishops’ Episcopal Commission for the Clergy and Consecrated Life released “Orientations and Norms for Seminaries” a document that, among many other matters, addresses the seminary formation of men who experience same-sex attraction. The pertinent paragraph, 199, cites “The Gift of a Priestly Vocation” (hereafter “The Gift”), a 2016 Vatican document (which, in…
Last Sunday, all of the usual suspects gathered after Mass in the courtyard adjacent to our church. Beneath the warm glow of an outdoor heater, I stumbled into a conversation about the recent Joe Rogan podcast featuring Mel Gibson. The two-and-a-half-hour interview is a wild ride filled with discussions about dinosaurs, stem cells, the collapse…
We March with Selma event. / Credit: Via Flickr CC BY NC 2.0 Washington D.C., Jan 20, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Sister Mary Antona Ebo was the only Black Catholic nun who marched with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. “I’m here because I’m a Negro, a nun,…
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Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for Mass on the solemnity of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Jan 19, 2025 / 22:26 pm (CNA). Pope Francis criticized potential plans for mass deportations in the United States under President-elect Donald Trump during a…
