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The official portrait of Monsignor Edward J. Flanagan circa 1940. / Credit: Spirit Juice Studios CNA Staff, Aug 19, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Many are familiar with the story of Father Edward J. Flanagan from the 1938 Oscar-winning film “Boys Town” starring Spencer Tracy. Now a new documentary on the famous priest promises a…
Pope Francis gives a thumbs-up to pilgrims at the Vatican during the Sunday Angelus, August 11, 2024 / Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 18, 2024 / 10:20 am (CNA). Pope Francis said Sunday that the Eucharist is a “miracle” in which Jesus nourishes us with his life and satisfies the hunger in our hearts. “All…
Basilica of the National Vow in Quito, Ecuador. / Credit: Jess Kraft/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 18, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). With less than a month to go until the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress (IEC 2024) in Quito, Ecuador, Father Juan Carlos Garzón, secretary-general for the event, said it will be an opportunity to…
A child prays before the altar area in a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd atrium. / Credit: Courtesy of CGS archives CNA Staff, Aug 18, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). This month, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS), a method of catechetical learning for young students inspired by Montessori-style education, celebrates 70 years since its…
Archbishop Sebastian Shaw, Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan. / Credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Aug 17, 2024 / 10:51 am (CNA). Archbishop Sebastian Shaw, O.F.M., has been replaced as administrator of the Archdiocese of Lahore, Pakistan, the diocese’s vicar general announced Thursday. According to reports, Shaw has…
Father Colin Blatchford, the current associate director of Courage International, speaks at the 2024 annual conference. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Courage International CNA Staff, Aug 17, 2024 / 08:30 am (CNA). A recent conference in Illinois gathered hundreds of Catholics together from across the U.S. who are striving to grow in holiness while struggling…
Father Mike Schmitz speaks at the revival session of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on July 18, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno CNA Staff, Aug 17, 2024 / 07:30 am (CNA). Father Mike Schmitz, the popular Catholic priest known for “The Bible in a Year” and “The Catechism in a…
A Japanese nun holds her arms out as she prays at a chapel in her convent in Nagasaki, Japan. / Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images St. Louis, Mo., Aug 17, 2024 / 07:52 am (CNA). Sister Agnes Sasagawa, a Japanese nun whose purported visions of the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Akita…
Ryan Bethea (left) and Father Carlos Martins (right), co-hosts of “The Exorcist Files” podcast. / Credit: “The Exorcist Files” CNA Staff, Aug 17, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). An immersive 3D audio docuseries telling the true stories of an exorcist and the people he has helped began its second season last month after topping podcast…
U.S. Supreme Court. / null CNA Newsroom, Aug 16, 2024 / 20:01 pm (CNA). The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Biden administration’s request to partially enforce the government’s new Title IX rules, allowing the regulations to be blocked in their entirety as disputes over transgender-related provisions play out in lower courts. Several lower courts…
