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St. Bridget of Sweden. / Credit: Carlston Marcks, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Jul 23, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). On July 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Bridget of Sweden, a mystic of the Middle Ages who was a wife, mother to a large family, lady-in-waiting to…
“There is a reason that countries across the world — from Sweden to Norway, France, and the United Kingdom — have taken steps to pause these procedures and policies,” said New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu. / Credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, Arizona, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom,…
Steven and Joelle Schlotter, from Louisville, Kentucky, created special homemade T-shirts for their children in honor of the National Eucharistic Congress. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA Indianapolis, Ind., Jul 22, 2024 / 17:52 pm (CNA). The 10th National Eucharistic Congress concluded Sunday in Indianapolis with a clarion call for participants to share with others the love…
One priest and seven deacons were ordained July 20 in the Matagalpa cathedral by the president of the Nicaraguan Bishops’ Conference. / Credit: Diócesis Media – TV Merced/Screenshot ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 22, 2024 / 16:52 pm (CNA). After being under various forms of house arrest since August 2022, the bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Rolando…
The Church of the Rock in Castle Rock, Colorado, is a nondenominational Christian church that was founded in the 1980s. After a legal battle with the town over a short-term homeless shelter, the church was vindicated on July 19, 2024, and permitted to continue its ministry on church property. / Credit: Photo courtesy of First…
null / Credit: orgarashu/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 22, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA). A coalition of 18 state attorneys general is throwing its support behind a lawsuit from a former Indiana high school teacher who lost his job because he would not use pronouns for students that were inconsistent with their sex. The Republican…
null / Credit: VIVEK M NARAYANAN/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 22, 2024 / 12:37 pm (CNA). Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously approved the raising of the minimum legal age for marriage to 18 earlier this month, amending a 19th-century law allowing the marriage of Christian children. The Christian Marriage Act of 2024 amended an 1872 British rule…
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin meets with Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv on Sunday, July 21, 2024. / Credit: Secretariat of the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church Vatican City, Jul 22, 2024 / 10:48 am (CNA). Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro…
Throughout the week, the perpetual adoration chapel at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis has been full to overflowing. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno Indianapolis, Ind., Jul 22, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). It was standing room only at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in downtown Indianapolis for much of the week as a steady…
A recent Cardus study says young Catholics are twice as likely as their senior counterparts to attend religious services at least once a month. / Credit: Elijah Bautista Vancouver, Canada, Jul 22, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). A recent Cardus study says young Catholics are twice as likely as their senior counterparts to attend religious…
