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Bishop-elect Iyad Twal was appointed by Pope Francis on Dec. 17, 2024, as auxiliary bishop of the patriarchal diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan and as titular bishop of Siminia. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Vatican City, Dec 17, 2024 / 13:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Dec. 17 appointed Father Iyad…
Members of the German Synodal Committee meet for their third session at the Wilhelm-Kempf-Haus in Wiesbaden-Naurod, Dec. 13, 2024. / Credit: Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Ewelina Sowa Rome Newsroom, Dec 17, 2024 / 11:40 am (CNA). Following a series of meetings at the Vatican this year, the German Synodal Committee took further steps toward establishing a national synodal…
A family gathers in a prefabricated house donated by the Philokalia Foundation in Kerala state in India. / Credit: Anto Akkara Bangalore, India, Dec 17, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Amid a lack of government response to the worst landslide in the history of Kerala state in southern India, Catholic groups have responded with programs…
Pope Francis is presented with a birthday cake aboard the papal plane on the return from his trip to Corsica on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Dec 17, 2024 / 09:20 am (CNA). Pope Francis, who celebrates his 88th birthday today, has become one of the oldest-serving popes in the…
null / Credit: BAUER Alexandre/Shutterstock Madrid, Spain, Dec 17, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). A ruling by the Supreme Court of Spain states that surrogacy exploits the woman who rents her womb and harms the dignity and rights of the children conceived. The Dec. 9 decision by the country’s First Chamber of the high court…
Martín Menem, pictured here on Dec. 7, 2023, the day he was elected president of Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies. / Credit: Chamber of Deputies, Republic of Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec 17, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The president of Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, openly declared himself to be pro-life and anticipates that…
Participants are led through a prayer for those wanting to receive healing during a healing service led by Father Mathias Thelen of Encounter Ministries at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Brighton, Michigan, on Dec. 6, 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Jessica Morehead Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dec 17, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). A recent…
Archbishop José H. Gomez held a press conference on Dec. 16, 2024, to present Father Juan Gutierrez, who experienced a miracle through the intercession of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. / Credit: Screenshot from Archdiocese of Los Angeles video CNA Staff, Dec 16, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA). When a seminarian was injured while playing basketball…
A police officer stands guard in front of Abundant Life Christian School on Dec. 16, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. According to reports, a student and teacher were shot and killed at the school earlier today, and the suspected shooter was found dead at the scene. / Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images CNA Staff, Dec 16, 2024…
The custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, lights the first candle of the Advent wreath at the site of the manger inside the Nativity Grotto on Nov. 30, 2024, during the first vespers of the first Sunday of Advent. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 16, 2024 / 15:20 pm (CNA)….
