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A memento mori at the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Whether you dress up as a ghoul, a hero, or a saint, Halloween has a Christian origin that should inspire us to remember our mortality and our redemption in Christ, according to…
“When you play with spirits, with elements of esotericism or occultism you are opening doors to the Evil One,” warned Father Javier Ortega, a priest of the Diocese of Alcalá de Henares in Spain. / Credit: Shutterstock Madrid, Spain, Oct 30, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). Father Javier Ortega, a priest of the Diocese of…
Spain has suffered what is considered the third worst natural disaster in the country’s recent history. / Credit: Courtesy of Caritas Spain Madrid, Spain, Oct 30, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA). Torrential rains have inundated southern and eastern Spain, leaving at least 66 people dead. In response, the Catholic Church has expressed its pain and…
An academic congress — “From the Council to the Synod: Rereading a Church’s Journey, 60 Years on Since Lumen Gentium (1964–2024)” — was hosted by the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from Oct. 28–30, 2024. / Credit: Pontifical Gregorian University Vatican City, Oct 30, 2024 / 15:25 pm (CNA). Theologians and others involved in the…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, appearing with medical doctors, holds a press conference to speak in opposition to Amendment 4. / Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 30, 2024 / 14:25 pm (CNA). Less than a week before Election Day support for Florida’s pro-abortion ballot measure appears to be just short…
Pope Francis says Mass for All Souls’ Day at the Laurentino Cemetery outside Rome, Nov. 2, 2018. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 30, 2024 / 10:10 am (CNA). After an October full of activity due to the Synod on Synodality, in November Pope Francis will once again mark the beginning of the month…
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims as he enters St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his Wednesday general audience on Oct. 30, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 30, 2024 / 10:40 am (CNA). Pope Francis addressed thousands of international pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, urging them not to turn the…
“It is easy to get distracted or misled by propaganda, emotional manipulation, and distortion of the truth,” U.S. Shadow Sen. Zoraida Buxó, R-Puerto Rico, told the Trump campaign rally crowd in heavily Hispanic Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 29, 2024. “Watch out and stay focused on what is truly important when you go to cast your…
The 2023 Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) meets Sept. 25-28, 2023, outside of Toronto. / Credit: CCCB/CECC Toronto, Canada, Oct 30, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). With euthanasia rates soaring across the country, Canada’s Catholic bishops are appealing for greater emphasis on palliative care, including better end-of-life training for doctors…
Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez prays with other priests during Sunday Mass in the San Juan Cathedral in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 1, 2017. / Credit: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 29, 2024 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Archbishop Roberto González of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is asking former president Donald Trump to…
