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A wooden crucifix / AC Wimmer / EWTN News CNA Newsroom, Dec 30, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). Thirteen missionaries and pastoral workers were killed in service to the Catholic Church in 2024, according to a new report published on Monday. Eight priests and five lay people lost their lives across three continents, according to…
Catholic Land Movement co-founders Andrew Ewell (top left) and Michael Guidice (top right), pictured here on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Andrew Ewell Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dec 30, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Going back to the land is a newfound reality for Catholic families who are part of…
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter makes a short speech from the stage during the Billy Graham Library Dedication Service on May 31, 2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina. / Credit: Davis Turner/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 29, 2024 / 17:33 pm (CNA). A lifelong Baptist, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, who died at age 100…
Pope Francis waves at pilgrims and visitors gathered for the Angelus on Dec. 29, 2024 on St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican / Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Dec 29, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). On Sunday, the Feast of the Holy Family, Pope Francis highlighted the Family of Nazareth as a model of dialogue and…
Cardinal Baldassare Reina ceremonially pushes open the Holy Door at St. John Lateran on Dec. 29, 2024. / Evandro Inetti/EWTN/Vatican Pool CNA Newsroom, Dec 29, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). On the feast of the Holy Family, Cardinal Baldassare Reina opened the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, the third such ceremony…
Pope Francis prays during his general audience on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Dec 29, 2024 / 07:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis expressed profound sorrow Sunday for the victims of South Korea’s deadliest aviation disaster. He also extended prayers for families affected by…
Procession for the final Mass at the SEEK conference Jan. 5, 2024, in St. Louis. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 29, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). For the first time, the annual Fellowship of Catholic University Students’ SEEK conference next month will take place in two locations: Salt Lake City and Washington,…
The skull of St. Jean de Brebeuf will visit Vancouver for the first time ever, along with his fellow Canadian Martyrs St. Charles Garnier and St. Gabriel Lalemant, and Lily of the Mohawk St. Kateri Tekakwitha. / Credit: The Shrine of the Canadian Martyrs Vancouver, Canada, Dec 29, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). If the…
Pope Francis arrives in East Timor on Sept. 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Dec 28, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). Despite health challenges that led to a canceled trip to Dubai for COP28, Pope Francis maintained an ambitious travel schedule in 2024 that saw him draw large crowds in Asia and make…
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer and gives an address from the chapel of Casa Santa Marta on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Dec 28, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis called on Catholics to become “pilgrims of hope” in a BBC podcast on Friday, emphasizing…
