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A Dominican friar blesses the faithful with the Eucharist during Benediction at the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, on Sept. 28, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno CNA Staff, Oct 11, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). The U.S. bishops have approved a new translation of texts used…
Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia. / Credit: Kate Veik/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 11, 2024 / 13:25 pm (CNA). Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, recently urged Catholics to treat gambling with caution, reminding the faithful that the Church opposes any gambling that puts a person’s financial stability at risk. The impetus…
Father Rodolfo Martinez-Guevara. / Credit: Ventura County Sheriff’s Office CNA Staff, Oct 11, 2024 / 13:55 pm (CNA). A priest in California has pleaded no contest to charges of possessing hundreds of images of child sexual abuse material, with his conviction coming just over a year after his arrest. The Ventura County district attorney’s office said…
Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrates a Pontifical Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament at Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, London, Sept. 11, 2021. / Credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk London, England, Oct 11, 2024 / 12:10 pm (CNA). Clergy and parishioners of dioceses across the United Kingdom are hearing from their bishops in advance of a vote next Wednesday…
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with Pope Francis during a meeting at the Vatican on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 11, 2024 / 10:25 am (CNA). Pope Francis met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a private audience at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Friday morning, assuring the…
Catholics join in prayer for the 2019 International Week of Prayer and Fasting at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. / Credit: IWOPF Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 11, 2024 / 09:25 am (CNA). Catholics around the world are gathering for the commencement of the 32nd annual International Week…
The Catholic Association of Propagandists (Advocates) has launched a new billboard campaign with the aim of “dismantling the stereotypes of the black legend against Hispanic heritage” and extolling those who “at the risk of losing their lives, embarked on the adventure of reaching the New World with one main objective: to spread Christianity.” / Credit:…
Delegates at the 2024 Synod on Synodality participate in roundtable meetings on Oct. 10, 2024, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 11, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). There has been one noteworthy development so far in the Synod on Synodality’s second week — and it’s not…
University of Mary students gather to celebrate the Blessed Mother’s birthday at the school’s grotto. / Credit: Mike McCleary/University of Mary CNA Staff, Oct 11, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Amid low enrollment at academic institutions across the country, Catholic colleges and universities with strong Catholic identities have bucked the trend, boasting high enrollment for…
Father El-Tabchi is pressing charges against a man who attacked him at the rectory in Philadelphia, across the street from the St. Maron Maronite Catholic Church, at which he is the pastor, telling parishioners in a letter about the incident that “God is both merciful and just,” adding that “mercy without justice is dead, and…
