Pope Francis at Wednesday audience: Ask for the grace ‘to listen more than we speak’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis meets with clergy and other pilgrims during his general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 29, 2025 / 09:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday told pilgrims attending his Jan. 29 general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall to imitate…

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Visionary laywoman who was friend of Padre Pio declared venerable — By: Catholic News Agency

Luigia Siniapi’s numerous supernatural gifts, including bilocation and precognition of events and situations, were recognized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. / Credit: Public domain ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 29, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Vatican has issued a decree recognizing the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Luigia Sinapi, declaring…

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CNA explains: How are ‘low-gluten’ Communion hosts made for Mass? — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: L.A. Faille/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 29, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). It’s something most Catholics have probably heard at Mass at some point: An announcement that “gluten-free” or “low-gluten” hosts are available either during Communion or directly afterward so that Catholics with gluten sensitivities can participate in the Blessed Sacrament with minimal…

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Catholic Charities urges Trump administration to ‘rethink’ freeze on NGO funding — By: Catholic News Agency

Immigrants at Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley humanitarian respite center in McAllen, Texas. / Credit: Vic Hinterlang/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 28, 2025 / 19:52 pm (CNA). The president of Catholic Charities USA has urged the Trump administration to “rethink” its pause on federal funding for executive departments, noting the “millions of Americans who…

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U.S. bishops’ pro-life chair commends Trump on anti-abortion measures — By: Catholic News Agency

Pardoned by President Trump and released from jail just hours before, Joan Andrews Bell (center) arrived at the March for Life rally with her husband, Chris, and son Emiliano Bell. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 28, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). The chairman of the bishops’ pro-life committee commended President Donald Trump…

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Republicans introduce bill to protect parents’ rights — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: maxim ibragimov|Shutterstock. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 28, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). Republican members of Congress have introduced a bill to protect parental rights “to direct the upbringing, education, and health care of their children.”  Introduced by U.S. Sens. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina; James Lankford, R-Oklahoma; and Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, the Families’…

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Trump signs order barring transgender-identifying soldiers from military service — By: Catholic News Agency

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. / Credit: Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase, DOD, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 28, 2025 / 13:55 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to end “radical gender ideology” in the military, reversing former President…

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Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios of Albania dies at 95 following illness — By: Catholic News Agency

Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos of Albania, 95, died on Jan. 25, 2025 in Greece due to a recent illness. He led the Albanian Orthodox church for nearly 33 years. / Credit: Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Jan 28, 2025 / 14:25 pm (CNA). Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos of Albania, 95,…

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