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Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s current doctrinal chief and principal drafter of ‘Fiducia Supplicans,’ is shown during the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Oct. 9, 2023. / Credit: Edward Pentin / National Catholic Register National Catholic Register, Dec 18, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA). Around this time last year, a Vatican document authorizing…
Blessed Martyrs of Compiègne were guillotined for their faith on July 17, 1794. / Photo illustration. Vatican City, Dec 18, 2024 / 11:17 am (CNA). Pope Francis has officially declared the 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, as saints through the rare procedure of “equipollent…
St. Nicholas, by Jaroslav Čermák (1831-1878). / Credit: Galerie Art Praha via Wikimedia (public domain) CNA Staff, Dec 18, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). After years of excavation work, the leader of an archeological expedition at the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Turkey, announced this week that her team has found a sarcophagus that…
null / Credit: udra11/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 18, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Wednesday, Dec. 18, is a special day in the Catholic Church, though relatively few Catholics probably realize it. This Wednesday — along with the following Friday and Saturday, Dec. 20 and 21 — is an ember day, a day traditionally set aside…
Pope Francis meets political authorities, civil leaders, and diplomats in the Republican Palace in Baghdad on March 5, 2021. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI MENA, Dec 17, 2024 / 16:10 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has revealed that he narrowly escaped two attempts on his life during his visit to Iraq in March 2021 in the…
An Ontario judge has acquitted Linda Gibbons, a 76-year-old Christian grandmother and pro-life activist who was charged with protesting within an “buffer zone” outside an abortion clinic. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Campaign Life Coalition CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2024 / 16:40 pm (CNA). Here’s a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related updates. Ontario judge…
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Madrid, Spain, Dec 17, 2024 / 17:10 pm (CNA). Did you know Pope Francis was a nightclub bouncer, his favorite movie is “La Strada” by Federico Fellini, and that he…
null / Credit: Diocese of Lansing, Michigan CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA). Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel this week released the fourth report in a series of investigations the state is conducting into abuse by Catholic clergy there. The attorney general’s report, released on Monday, looks at reported abuse in the Diocese of Lansing….
Pope Francis laughs with some religious sisters at his general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Aug. 30, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Tuesday penned an essay for the New York Times on the importance of fostering a sense of humor,…
Holy Mass is celebrated in Mariamite Greek Melkite Catholic Cathedral, Damascus, on Dec. 15, 2024. / Credit: Lama Ghosn/ACI MENA ACI MENA, Dec 17, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). After more than 13 years of death, oppression, and destruction, the bells of Syrian churches are once again ringing with hope. It is a hope for…
