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null / Credit: BUTENKOV ALEKSEI/Shutterstock Vancouver, Canada, Apr 24, 2025 / 13:08 pm (CNA). In a statement released ahead of the April 28 federal election, Canada’s bishops are calling on Catholics to vote with a renewed spirit of hope, guided by conscience and rooted in faith — with particular concern for the right to life,…
Cardinals process past Pope Francis’ body in St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Apr 24, 2025 / 13:46 pm (CNA). Following the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican has announced which cardinals will offer the traditional “Novendialies” Masses — nine days of mourning marked by solemn Masses…
The Holy Tunic of Christ on display in Argenteuil, France, in 2016. / Credit: Simon de l’Ouest, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Paris, France, Apr 24, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). A rare exhibit of the Holy Tunic of Christ — believed to be the garment worn by Jesus during his passion — is…
Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, prelate of Opus Dei, in Rome. / Credit: Courtesy of Opus Dei/Flickr Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 24, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). The Catholic personal prelature Opus Dei has significantly reduced the scope of its two-week general congress that began this week due to the death of Pope Francis two days before…
Pope Pius XII. / Credit: Vatican Media Ann Arbor, Michigan, Apr 24, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). “There has been a shift of late regarding Pius XII,” historian William Doino told CNA. The wartime pontiff has often been vilified, Doino said, adding: “He will soon get due recognition” for efforts to rescue Jews and others…
Pope Francis meets with inmates in a surprise visit to the Regina Coeli prison on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Rome. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 24, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Prisoners always held a special place in Pope Francis’ heart, and he demonstrated his love for them throughout his…
Pope Francis speaks at the at the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens on May 31, 2021, against the backdrop of an image of Our Lady, Undoer (or Untier) of Knots. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Of the many devotions Pope Francis promoted during his pontificate,…
Pope Francis is welcomed to APEC Haus in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Sept. 7, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, traveled abroad on apostolic journeys nearly 50 times during his 12-year papacy. The octagenarian pope continued…
Cardinals in Rome / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Apr 24, 2025 / 02:04 am (CNA). The College of Cardinals saw a significant increase in attendance at Wednesday’s General Congregation, with 103 cardinals now present in Rome — nearly double the approximately 60 who participated in Tuesday’s initial gathering. The cardinals began their second meeting…
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, at the Vatican / Credit: Vatican Media/Screenshot CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 16:21 pm (CNA). U.S. Vice President JD Vance said this week that he is refusing to politicize Pope Francis’ death, hailing the late pontiff as a “broad” figure and…
