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The SEEK conference, held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City from Jan. 1-5, 2025. is more like a family reunion than a retreat, attendees observed. / Credit: Photo courtesy of SEEK. Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan 5, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Goodbyes were bittersweet as young adults, families, religious, priests,…
American Cardinal James Harvey opened the holy door at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on Jan. 5, 2025, completing the opening of all five holy doors in Rome for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee of Hope. / Credit: AIGAV pool Rome, Italy, Jan 5, 2025 / 10:42 am (CNA). American Cardinal James…
Umbrellas dotted St. Peter’s Square on the rainy Sunday afternoon as Jubilee pilgrims braved the weather to hear Pope Francis give his Angelus message on Jan. 5, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 5, 2025 / 09:35 am (CNA). In his Angelus address, Pope Francis encouraged Christians to be “messengers of hope” in…
A chalk home blessing from the feast of the Epiphany. / Credit: A.Davey via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) CNA Staff, Jan 5, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Have you ever walked past a door and seen what appears to be random letters and numbers written at the top? These letters and numbers actually have a…
Benediction during Eucharistic Adoration at SEEK 25 in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 3, 2025. / Credit: Jack Haskins/EWTN Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan 4, 2025 / 20:35 pm (CNA). Thousands of young people knelt, sat quietly, or lay prostrate during eucharistic adoration Friday evening at the SEEK25 conference in Salt Lake City, transforming a spacious…
Pope Francis lays his hands on Renato Tarantelli Baccari — a gesture signifying the conferral of episcopal authority that traces back to apostolic times — at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Jan. 4, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Jan 4, 2025 / 16:33 pm (CNA). Pope Francis attended the episcopal ordination of…
Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Laun / Archdiocese of Salzburg CNA Newsroom, Jan 4, 2025 / 08:19 am (CNA). An Austrian bishop who played a pivotal role in shaping Catholic television in German-speaking countries, died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 81. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Andreas Laun of Salzburg was “closely connected with EWTN’s history…
During his audience with Italian Catholic educators, Pope Francis interacts with a young girl at the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on Jan. 4, 2025. / Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Jan 4, 2025 / 08:58 am (CNA). Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace in a…
Pope Francis shares a joyful moment with members of the Union of St. Catherine of Siena Missionary Teachers during an audience in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Jan. 4, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Jan 4, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pointing to the perils of pastoral pessimism, Pope Francis urged a congregation of…
Gov. Roy Cooper. / Credit: North Carolina Department of Public Safety Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 4, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Outgoing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina commuted the death sentences of 15 people this week but still denied the majority of clemency petitions from prisoners on death row. Cooper announced on Tuesday…
