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Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2024, officially launching the Jubilee Year 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 24, 2024 / 14:10 pm (CNA). Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, officially launching the…
The Silent Night Memorial Chapel in Oberndorf, Austria, in December 2024. The building stands on the rubble of the original St. Nicholas Church, where “Silent Night” was first performed in 1818. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News Salzburg, Austria, Dec 24, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). As the Advent evening turns cold and dark, a young…
Greek icon of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, the Theotokos. / Credit: FWA Design/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 24, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Earlier this month, the pro-abortion group “Catholics for Choice” stirred controversy online when it wrote in a tweet: “This holiday season, remember that Mary had a choice, and you should, too.”…
A marble sculpture of St. Cajetan holding the infant Jesus identifies the spot where the saint’s vision occurred in the crypt of the Chapel of the Nativity, the side chapel to the right of the main altar of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Dec 24, 2024…
Deacon Nathan Ledoux and his friend Michael Figura at the National Art Gallery in London on Dec. 27, 2023. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Deacon Nathan Ledoux Rome Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). Christmas abroad for American seminarians studying in Rome can offer a chance to travel, serve Mass with the pope,…
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. / Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA). President-elect Donald Trump during a speech on Sunday, Dec. 22, vowed to sign executive orders to end transgender surgeries for…
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, speaks with EWTN News during an interview at the Vatican on Dec. 11, 2024. / Credit: EWTN News CNA Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). The head of the Vatican’s office for Eastern Catholic Churches offered a stark assessment of the…
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, lights a candle in the Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza during his visit there on Dec. 22, 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Dec 23, 2024 / 17:15 pm (CNA). The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, met…
null / Credit: AstaforovE/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 23, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis expressed his appreciation for the ball sport of bocce during an audience with representatives of the Italian Bowling Federation on Dec. 20, praising its social aspects and emphasizing that, unlike other sports dominated by billionaire stars, bocce allows “normal people”…
“Hollywood Priest: The Story Of Father ‘Bud’ Kieser,” is scheduled to air on PBS World at 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday, Dec. 25, and is also available on demand for subscribers to PBS Passport. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Paulist Productions. CNA Staff, Dec 23, 2024 / 15:40 pm (CNA). Father Bud…
