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Widows who are members of the Widows of Prayer gather together in community in various parts of the country. The group is headquartered in the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and has grown since its founding in 1994 from five widows to 60, with eight candidates currently in discernment. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Widows…
Altar servers. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 22, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has mandated that girls are not permitted to serve as altar servers in parishes within the Archdiocese of Colombo. “No girls should be invited to serve at the altar, as altar servers,…
A young girl hangs an ornament on the Christmas tree inside the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli Jerusalem, Dec 22, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). As Christmas approaches, the Latin Church of the Holy Family in Gaza is alive with activity. “In these dark days,…
Catholic actor David Henrie and his wife, Maria, with children during their mission trip to Guatemala with Cross Catholic Outreach. / Credit: Benjamin Rusnak CNA Staff, Dec 21, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Cross Catholic Outreach’s Box of Joy ministry has officially reached its 10th anniversary and marked the occasion with a trip by Catholic…
Pope Francis prays during Mass at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Dec 21, 2024 / 15:34 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Saturday expressed his shock at the deadly attack at a Christmas market in eastern Germany that claimed five lives, including that of a…
Bassem Giacaman in his shop in Bethlehem in December 2024. The artisans in Bethlehem are almost all Christians. They primarily work with olive wood. Most of the businesses in Bethlehem are family businesses. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Bethlehem, West Bank, Dec 21, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Being an artisan in Bethlehem isn’t just a…
Pope Francis addresses cardinals and senior Vatican officials during his annual Christmas speech to the Roman Curia, Dec. 21, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Dec 21, 2024 / 10:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis delivered two Christmas messages at the Vatican on Saturday, warning against gossip’s “destructive effects” while celebrating the importance of family…
Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 other people, including a Catholic priest, were charged by the country’s Federal Police on Nov. 21, 2024, on suspicion of the crimes of violent abolition of the democratic rule of law. / Credit: Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/Agência Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Brasilia, Brazil, Dec 21, 2024…
The Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 21, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the most solemn events of the Catholic Church, with centuries…
Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg in Germany / Magdeburg Diocese CNA Newsroom, Dec 21, 2024 / 07:30 am (CNA). The president of the German Bishops’ Conference and the local bishop of Magdeburg have expressed their shock and offered prayers after a car attack at a Christmas market in eastern Germany on Friday left five people…
