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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)….
null / Credit: Ivanko80/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 16, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against an abortionist in New York, alleging that she illegally provided abortion drugs to a woman in Texas, which killed the unborn child and caused serious health complications for the mother. The lawsuit, filed on Dec. 12,…
A sister kneels before the tabernacle after inviting a group of women donating Christmas gifts to pray in the Missionaries of Charity house in Rome. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Rome Newsroom, Dec 16, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA). On a crisp December morning in Rome, a group of women gathered not for their usual Bible…
Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron meet in Corsica on Dec. 15, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN/Vatican Pool ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 16, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron met on Sunday during the pontiff’s visit to Corsica, where they discussed international concerns and shared a moment of…
Pope Francis meets with members of the Filipino community at the Vatican’s Consistory Hall on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 16, 2024 / 09:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis welcomed members of a Filipino community living in Spain to the Vatican on Monday, reminding them that they have a home…
The cover image for the podcast “A Christmas Carol: An Audio Advent Calendar,” produced by The Merry Beggars. / Credit: The Merry Beggars CNA Staff, Dec 16, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). An immersive Catholic-produced audio adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas novel is climbing the podcast charts this Advent. “A Christmas Carol: An Audio…
Advent wreath St. Catherine’s Church in Bethlehem / Credit: Marinella Bandini National Catholic Register, Dec 16, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). “O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel!” This favored Christmas carol…
Pope Francis presides over Holy Mass on Gaudete Sunday on the island of Corsica, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Ajaccio, France, Dec 15, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Two days before his 88th birthday, Pope Francis received a warm welcome on the Mediterranean island of Corsica for a one day visit to…
St. Benedict Church in Baltimore, Maryland (left) and St. Benedict Church in Richmond, Virginia. / Credit: St. Benedict Church; Daniel Payne/CNA Richmond, Va., Dec 15, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Catholics who have spent time in both Baltimore and Richmond, Virginia, may be unaware that two near-identical parishes exist in both cities, both built by…
The interior of the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem. In the background, the most well-known depiction of Our Lady of the Milk. According to a Christian tradition dating back to the sixth century, the Virgin Mary was nursing the baby Jesus here, and when, in haste to flee to Egypt, she took him off her breast,…
