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null / Credit: Quisquilia/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Anyone who uses a smartphone has likely experienced the same unsettling phenomenon — a pointedly placed advertisement that seems to show up right after you’ve discussed a topic or product. Could it be true that your phone is “listening” to your private…
A candle of St. Jude. / Credit: Francesca Pollio/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 28, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Jude, also known as Thaddeus, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles. He is believed to have written the Letter of Jude, one of the shortest books of…
Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus message from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 27, 2024 / 11:40 am (CNA). In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis remembered Father Marcelo Pérez, a priest recently murdered in the violence-stricken region…
Pope Francis addresses bishops gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 27, 2024 / 08:55 am (CNA). Pope Francis closed the global Synod on Synodality’s final assembly on Sunday with a call for a Church that…
Holly Garnett is consecrated in the Military Ordinariate of Canada as a consecrated virgin. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Holly Garnett CNA Staff, Oct 27, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). On her consecration day, a woman will usually wear a white dress as she approaches the altar of the Lord. It’s much like a wedding,…
Pope Francis gives a blessing to participants at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Oct. 26, 2024 / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Oct 27, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). On Saturday, Pope Francis made the unprecedented decision to accept the final document from the Synod of Synodality as authoritative Church teaching. …
Lawyer Laura Sgro, left, sits with Gloria Branciani, center, and Marjiam Kovač during a press conference in Rome on Feb. 21, 2024. Branciani and Kovač allege that they were subjected to spiritual, psychological, and sexual abuse by famous mosaic artist Father Marko Rupnik. / Credit: Matthew Santucci/CNA Vatican City, Oct 27, 2024 / 05:00 am…
In a surprising move at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday evening, Oct. 26, Pope Francis ratified the final report, approved its immediate publication, and said he will not publish a separate post-synodal document. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Oct 26, 2024 / 16:10 pm (CNA). In a surprising move at…
Participants of the Synod on Synodality pose for a group photo, Oct. 26, 2024. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Oct 26, 2024 / 16:48 pm (CNA). In a significant departure from previous synods, Pope Francis adopted the final document of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday, foregoing the traditional apostolic exhortation in favor of direct…
Pope Francis meets with other delegates of the Synod on Synodality at a roundtable discussion in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Oct. 17, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 26, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA). As the second session of the Synod on Synodality draws to a close, U.S. bishops serving…
