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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter makes a short speech from the stage during the Billy Graham Library Dedication Service on May 31, 2007, in Charlotte, North Carolina. / Credit: Davis Turner/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 1, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA). A lifelong Baptist, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 years old…
Pope Francis addresses members of the Dicastery for Evangelization, who are meeting in an extraordinary plenary assembly Aug. 29–30, 2024, to discuss the future of the Pontifical Urban University, which educates priests and religious from the Catholic Church’s mission territories. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 1, 2024 / 11:50 am (CNA). Pope Francis…
Delegates vote to approve a synthesis report at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 28, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 1, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). Debate on women’s participation in the Catholic Church — including the idea of whether women could one day be deacons — is not…
Archbishop Li Shan of Beijing, president of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, the state-managed Catholic organization in mainland China controlled by the CCP’s United Front Work Department. / Credit: Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äusseres, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 1, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). A new report details the Chinese…
Spanish theologian Cristina Inogés is among those designated by Pope Francis to participate in the Synod on Synodality. / Credit: Episcopal Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM, by its Spanish acronym) YouTube page/screenshot Madrid, Spain, Oct 1, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Spanish theologian Cristina Inogés, appointed by Pope Francis to participate in…
null / Credit: Ivan U/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 1, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Despite the Catholic Church’s requirement that Catholics go to confession at least once a year — with more frequent confession highly encouraged, and required if a Catholic is conscious of mortal sin and wishes to receive Communion — Catholics in the…
Father Michael-Joseph Paris, OCD, in front of St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s tomb. / Credit: Father Michael Joseph/Ascension CNA Staff, Oct 1, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Beginning Oct. 1, the feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, a 28-day podcast will guide listeners through “Story of a Soul,” the autobiography of St. Thérèse. Season 3 of…
Solemn Mass is celebrated at St. Clement Parish, Ottawa, Canada, which is entrusted to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP). / Credit: Public Domain ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 30, 2024 / 17:53 pm (CNA). The Vatican has announced it will carry out an apostolic visitation to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), an…
Catholics gather for the second annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 28, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno Washington D.C., Sep 30, 2024 / 16:40 pm (CNA). More than 3,000 Catholics joined Dominican friars to celebrate the Virgin Mary and her gift…
Cardinal Mario Grech and Pope Francis at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 28, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 30, 2024 / 17:10 pm (CNA). Secretary-General of the Synod of Bishops Cardinal Mario Grech opened a two-day retreat on Monday for participants of the second session of the Synod…
