The exhibition “En Route” at the Vatican Apostolic Library features historical artifacts and contemporary artistic interpretations. / Credit: Iacopo Scaramuzzi CNA Newsroom, Feb 1, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). As pilgrims make their way to Rome during the Jubilee Year, the Vatican Apostolic Library announced a new exhibition connecting historical journeys to modern pilgrimages through…

null / Credit: Nungning20/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 1, 2025 / 05:30 am (CNA). A priest in South Korea is serving up bowls of rich Korean stew in Seoul via a restaurant ministry as a means to fight youth hunger in the nation’s capital. Father Gabriel Lee Mun-su launched Youth Mungan “out of a desire to…

Pope Francis delivers his catechesis during the Jubilee audience in the Paul VI Hall on Feb. 1, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Feb 1, 2025 / 06:06 am (CNA). Pope Francis highlighted Mary Magdalene’s transformative encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion during a Jubilee audience at the Vatican’s…

Pope Francis speaks with Spanish clergy and seminarians on Jan. 30, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 1, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis discussed in a Jan. 30 audience with seminarians and formators from the ecclesiastical province of Valencia in Spain how his mother put up quite a…

St. Brigid of Kildare building the Church of the Oak, detail from a window of St. Etheldreda’s Church in London. / Credit: Lawrence OP via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Dublin, Ireland, Feb 1, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). In Ireland, Feb. 1 marks the beginning of spring and the celebration of “Lá Fhéile Bríde” —…

null / Credit: MantasVD/Shutterstock Dublin, Ireland, Feb 1, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Oral and folk tradition recounts that St. Brigid, whose feast day is celebrated in Ireland on Feb. 1, made a cross from rushes or reeds to explain Christianity to the faithful in much the same way Ireland’s patron saint, St. Patrick, used…