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Pope Francis is welcomed in Papua New Guinea on Sept. 6, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Sep 6, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis touched down in Papua New Guinea on Friday, the second country of his 12-day apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania, following emerging reports of a failed attempt on…
EWTN will broadcast the opening and closing Masses, along with various sessions of the International Eucharistic Congress, throughout the coming week. / Credit: Shutterstock Puebla, Mexico, Sep 6, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). The 2024 International Eucharistic Congress, which begins this Sunday in Quito, Ecuador, is generating great expectations around the world. But how can…
null / Credit: RasyidArt, Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 6, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). A ballot measure to repeal a new school choice scholarship voucher program is set to be on the November 2024 ballot in Nebraska. The school choice program provides scholarships to students to attend qualifying private schools, including parochial schools, with a…
East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta and Cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da Silva,speak to EWTN News in Depth in August 2024, ahead of the visit by Pope Francis. / Credit: EWTN News Rome Newsroom, Sep 6, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis will land in Dili, the capital city of East Timor, on Monday in…
A young Catholic attends the papal Mass at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Staff, Sep 6, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Tuesday landed in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, the first stop on what is expected to be the longest and…
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent detains camouflaged Mexican migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border on Nov. 4, 2022, near Naco, Arizona. / Credit: John Moore/Getty Images Houston, Texas, Sep 5, 2024 / 18:04 pm (CNA). The Catholic bishops of Arizona have come out against a ballot initiative that would criminalize illegal immigration at the…
Father Roger Landry. / Credit: EWTN News/Screenshot CNA Staff, Sep 5, 2024 / 15:56 pm (CNA). Father Roger Landry was announced Thursday as the new national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies USA (TPMS-USA), the pope’s ministry that supports Catholic missionary activity through moral support, prayer, and financial contributions. Landry, a priest of the Diocese of Fall…
The freed prisoners included Catholic laypeople, 13 individuals associated with the Texas-based evangelical group Mountain Gateway, and human rights activists. / Credit: ADF International/Mountain Gateway Order, Inc. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 5, 2024 / 16:26 pm (CNA). Nicaraguan authorities released 135 political and religious prisoners following international pressure, but many critics of the government still…
St. Peter’s Basilica contains an icon of the Virgin Mary titled “Mater Ecclesiae,” which means “Mother of the Church.” / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA National Catholic Register, Sep 5, 2024 / 14:40 pm (CNA). When you are in need of an answer to prayer but time doesn’t permit a multi-day petition, you may want to follow the…
null / Credit: Zolnierek/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 5, 2024 / 13:37 pm (CNA). The findings of a new EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research survey shed light on the spiritual health of adult Catholic U.S. citizens and reveal consistently concerning indicators of low Mass attendance, low belief in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist,…
