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From left to right: Auxiliary Bishop of the Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region Matthew G. Elshoff, St. Monica pastor Father Lloyd Torgerson, and Corpus Christi pastor Monsignor Liam Kidney celebrate Mass at St. Monica Church with Corpus Christi’s surviving tabernacle next to the altar on Jan. 12, 2025. / Credit: Paul Escala Seattle,…
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin arrives prior to a Mass for the consecration of the church at the site of Jesus’ baptism on Jan. 10, 2025, in Al-Maghtas, Jordan. Pope Francis appointed Parolin as papal legate to consecrate the Church of the Baptism of Jesus at Al-Maghtas, also known as “Bethany Beyond the Jordan.”…
Pope Francis greets pilgrims from his wheelchair during the Saturday jubilee audience in the Vatican’s audience hall on Jan. 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Madrid, Spain, Jan 14, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). “Hope,” the autobiography of Pope Francis, hit the shelves of Italian bookstores Tuesday and will be on sale starting Jan. 16…
Aerial view from Flores Island, Indonesia. / Credit: Livre Partida/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Jan 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Indonesian Archbishop Paulus Budi Kleden, SVD, has spoken out against government-backed geothermal projects in Flores, the country’s most Catholic island located in East Nusa Tenggara. According to UCA News, Indonesia’s Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry designated…
Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo (left) and her husband, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega / Credit: Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 13, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). The new year has seen the Nicaraguan dictatorship cancel the legal personhood of 15 nonprofit organizations, adding to the more than 5,400 nongovernmental organizations shut…
The Amerigo Vespucci Italian naval ship. / Credit: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Jan 13, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). The Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian naval ship named after the 15th-century explorer that inspired the name “America,” has been designated a 2025 Jubilee church. Archbishop Santo Marcianò of the Military Ordinariate…
The Dominican House of Studies has a bell in its Washington, D.C., priory for the first time in 120 years. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Dominican House of Studies Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 13, 2025 / 14:20 pm (CNA). The Priory of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.,…
The New York State Capitol in Albany, New York. / Credit: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Jan 13, 2025 / 14:50 pm (CNA). New York’s Catholic bishops are supporting a proposal from Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to increase the state’s child tax credit — an effort to address New…
Devout Catholic and pro-life advocate Congressman Chris Smith will be honored at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast held in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the office of Rep. Chris Smith Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 13, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA). Devout Catholic and pro-life advocate Congressman Chris Smith will…
The beatification cause of Sister Clare Crockett, an inspirational young Irish religious sister who died in 2016, formally opened Jan. 12, 2025, with a ceremony at the Cathedral of Alcalá de Henares in Madrid, Spain. / Credit: Courtesy of Servants of the Home of the Mother Vatican City, Jan 13, 2025 / 11:50 am (CNA)….
