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Councillor Robert Rigby will become a knight of St. Gregory in 2025. The news came as a shock to the lord mayor, who told CNA: “It’s a wonderful honor. I’m rather blown over by the whole thing. I didn’t ever expect anything like this.” / Credit: Photo courtesy of Westminster City Council London, England, Dec…
St. Benedict Classical Academy in Natick, Massachusetts, on its opening day, Dec. 2, 2024. / Credit: Adam Richins Photography CNA Staff, Dec 28, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). A group of home schooling moms in Massachusetts banded together more than a decade ago with a vision: a classical Catholic school for their children centered on…
Recently arrived seminarians in Burkina Faso with new cassocks. / Credit: Aid to the Church in Need ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 27, 2024 / 15:20 pm (CNA). Despite constant terrorist attacks suffered by Catholics in Burkina Faso from Islamic fundamentalists, vocations to the priesthood have increased in recent years, especially in dioceses located in “danger…
null / Credit: Patrick Thomas/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 27, 2024 / 12:10 pm (CNA). The activist group that led the push to legalize medical aid in dying (MAID) in Canada is now warning that additional government safeguards are needed to combat reports of abuse of the program. Liz Hughes, executive director of the British Columbia…
Pope Francis and Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk. / Credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk/Олександр Гаврик via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) CNA Newsroom, Dec 27, 2024 / 11:25 am (CNA). Media reports about Pope Francis potentially visiting Ukraine have raised hopes the Holy Father could accept an invitation to visit the war-torn country in 2025. According to a report by…
null / Credit: Matthew D Britt via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 27, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), alleging that permitting men in women’s sports is a “false, deceptive, and misleading” advertising practice. The NCAA, which…
null / Credit: Orhan Cam/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 27, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Little Sisters of the Poor welcomed a Christmas blessing earlier this week that could help them end their near-14-year religious liberty battle with the U.S. government. On Monday afternoon, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a…
A relic of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (left) and a relic of St. Vincent de Paul (right) from the collection of relics housed at Manhattan University. / Credit: Archives of the De La Salle Christian Brothers CNA Staff, Dec 27, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). In a hilly section of the Bronx you will find…
Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, of the Catholic Territorial Prelature of Trondheim, Norway, at the vespers at Santa Maria dell’Anima in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Dec 27, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway, has announced a new collaboration with EWTN and Exodus 90 to produce “The Desert Fathers…
Jimmy Mitchell (front row, far left) leads a group of Jesuit students in a walking rosary after school. / Credit: Jesuit High School CNA Staff, Dec 27, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Talking to the graduates of Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida, who are now pursuing priesthood, a familiar refrain emerges: Most of them…
