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The tomb of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938) in Łagiewniki, Poland. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk CNA Staff, Oct 5, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 5 Catholics around the world celebrate the feast of St. Faustina Kowalska, the polish nun who received the image of divine mercy during revelations from Jesus. St. Faustina was born Helena…
Six migrants traveling through southern Mexico in a pickup truck lost their lives and 10 more have been wounded after being fired upon by Mexican soldiers. The incident occurred Oct. 1, 2024, on a stretch of the Villa Comaltitlán-Huixtla highway in the Mexican state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala. / Credit: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock Puebla, Mexico,…
Closing the first week of meetings, Synod on Synodality participants from different continents put a spotlight on the plight of the world’s poor and vulnerable at a press briefing held in the Vatican on Oct. 4, 2024, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 4, 2024 /…
Young people were among the crowds gathered in downtown Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 4, 2024, for the Ohio March for Life, the first such gathering to be held in the state since Ohio voters approved a sweeping constitutional amendment to expand abortion. / Credit: Rachel del Guidice CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2024 / 17:55 pm (CNA). Crowds…
Pope Francis views a historic relic of the chair of St. Peter on Oct. 2, 2024. / Credit: Holy See Press Office Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 4, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA). On Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Holy Father had the opportunity to view the historic relic of St. Peter’s chair in the Ottoboni sacristy…
From left to right: Actor Mason Thames (Noah), Noah Cottrell (Ben), Julian Lerner (Eugene), and Abby James Witherspoon (Sammy) in the new movie “Monster Summer.” / Credit: Pastime Pictures CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). The creators of “Monster Summer,” a new movie directed by Catholic actor David Henrie and starring Mel…
Former first lady Melania Trump joins Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump on stage at the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. / Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 4, 2024 / 17:15 pm (CNA). Former first lady Melania Trump has stirred criticism from the pro-life movement after sharing…
Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele of the Goma Diocese presides over the Oct. 1, 2024, funeral Mass for Edmond Bahati Mbarushimana, a Catholic journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo who was murdered Sept. 27. / Credit: Kivunyota ACI Africa, Oct 4, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA). A Catholic journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Campaigners against assisted dying gather outside the Houses of Parliament ahead of a House of Commons vote that rejected the legislation on Sept., 11, 2015, in London. Members of Parliament have voted 330 to 118 against a bill that would have allowed doctors to help some terminally ill people end their lives. Campaigners from both…
A team of nuns measures photographic plates for the Carte du Ciel project, circa early 1900s. / Credit: On Being, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, via Flickr CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2024 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Scientists recently named four asteroids after four Catholic religious sisters who helped catalog about 500,000 stars in the Vatican portion of…
