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Image of St. John Paul II. / Credit: Adrian Tusar/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 19, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Lent is not only a time of self denial but also of transformation. Six saints and blesseds have offered the following profound reflections on how to live this time authentically through fasting and conversion of…
Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor of Port-au-Prince. / Credit: Salesian Priests of Haiti ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Max Leroy Mésidor, asked the international community for help to save the lives of Haitians in the face of the wave of violence that continues to affect the…
A detail from “Joseph with the Child and the Flowering Rod” by Alonso Miguel de Tovar (1678–1752). / Credit: Public domain Rome Newsroom, Mar 19, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). The proclamation of the Year of St. Joseph by Pope Francis in December 2020 coincided with the 150th anniversary of the saint’s proclamation as patron…
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa speaks with Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Holy Family Church, during his December 2024 visit to Gaza. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 18, 2025 / 17:10 pm (CNA). Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza, reported that following…
Catholic Relief Services workers help to distribute humanitarian aid materials to Gazan civilians in March 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Catholic Relief Services Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is urging the Trump administration to reverse the cancellation of USAID’s “lifesaving and life-giving assistance” following the…
Ryan Kalkbrenner and the Creighton Bluejays are back in the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, one of eight Catholic universities competing in this year’s March Madness. / Credit: Nicholas Muller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2025 / 15:10 pm (CNA). The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicks off March 18 and this year’s…
Pope Francis greets His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales at the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Vatican on Oct. 13, 2019. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 18, 2025 / 13:35 pm (CNA). King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom will make a state visit to the…
Beverly Jacobson and her daughter Verity. / Credit: Courtesy of Beverly Jacobson Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA). When Beverly Jacobson first learned that her unborn daughter Verity would be born with the rare genetic condition trisomy 18, she “was filled with fear and anxiety” — but just three weeks ago…
null / Credit: Vinokurov Kirill/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2025 / 12:35 pm (CNA). Though Congress extended the visa program used by religious sisters ahead of its deadline last Friday evening, they and other “non-minister religious workers” still face unprecedented challenges in immigrating or remaining in the U.S. to serve their communities. Concern for…
Bishop-elect Joseph A. Williams. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2025 / 11:35 am (CNA). Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Dennis Sullivan from the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, appointing Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Williams as his successor. Apostolic Nuncio Cardinal Christophe…
