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The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passes southwest of Omaha, Nebraska, on June 21, 2024. / Credit: Kate Quiñones/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 9, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Pope Francis praised the ongoing National Eucharistic Revival in the United States, saying in a letter published Tuesday that he wished to extend a special blessing to all…
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Linz, Austria, is the largest church building in that country. / Credit: Dein Freund der Baum, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Deutsch, Jul 9, 2024 / 16:25 pm (CNA). Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, prefect emeritus of the Congregation — now Dicastery — for the Doctrine of…
Families joined the procession as the Eucharist left the Shrine of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, headed for St. Peter Parish. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA St. Louis, Mo., Jul 9, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA). Summer heat and the Missouri River’s rising floodwaters did little to deter thousands of people, including many families with young children,…
Pope Francis among the delegates of the Synod on Synodality, held in October of 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 9, 2024 / 14:35 pm (CNA). The Vatican published Tuesday the names of the members of 15 study groups doing deeper analyses on questions such as women deacons, the ministry of bishops, and…
Delegates to the Synod on Synodality meet in the final days of the synod, Oct. 25, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 9, 2024 / 15:05 pm (CNA). Synod organizers revealed Tuesday that Pope Francis has asked the Vatican’s doctrine office to study women’s participation and leadership in the Catholic Church, including the…
Credit: platinumArt/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 9, 2024 / 15:35 pm (CNA). With studies showing that most children view pornographic material before they reach their teenage years, several states have passed laws to hold websites accountable for allowing children to access explicit sexual material. The subject was the topic of discussion for four panelists at…
Smoke billows into the air behind a Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Kyiv, Ukraine, after a missile attack on July 8, 2024. / Credit: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church CNA Staff, Jul 9, 2024 / 12:19 pm (CNA). The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) has condemned a “horrifying” alleged Russian attack that struck…
U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. / Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jul 9, 2024 / 13:02 pm (CNA). A nascent Catholic charter school managed by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court after the state supreme court ruled that it could not be funded using public taxpayer dollars. St. Isidore of Seville…
Pope Francis gives a blessing to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his general audience on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 9, 2024 / 13:56 pm (CNA). Pope Francis was spotted visiting his optometrist near the Spanish Steps on Monday afternoon. According to Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, the…
null / Credit: vectorfusionart/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 9, 2024 / 11:45 am (CNA). The Republican Party’s 2024 platform has notably softened the party’s stance on marriage, pulling back from earlier language that affirmed the traditional definition of marriage and denounced the Supreme Court’s earlier rulings on the matter. In its 2016 platform, the GOP had…
