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Pope Francis greets altar servers from France. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 5, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The city of Rome will host an international pilgrimage of the association of altar servers “Coetus Internationalis Ministrantium” (CIM) from July 29 to Aug. 3. The German Bishops’ Conference stated in a July 2…
“Roadmap to Reality: Carlo Acutis and Our Digital Age” is a new documentary film exploring the life of Blessed Carlo Acutis and the lessons he offers young people regarding the challenges of the digital world that will be coming to theaters in the spring of 2025. / Credit: Castletown Media CNA Staff, Jul 5, 2024…
Malaysia’s Cardinal Sebastian Francis, bishop of Penang, has called for the beatification and canonization of Sybil Kathigasu, a heroine and lay martyr who protected information and housed and nursed local members of the anti-Japanese resistance. Her former clinic and house, now abandoned, still stands in the village of Papan in Lahat, Malaysia. / Credit: Antonio…
An emergency novena will take place between July 16-24, including the feast days of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Charbel Makhlouf. / Credit: The Philos Project Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA). In response to heightened tensions and violence plaguing the Middle Eastern region, the Philos Project and SpiritualDirection.com…
Archbishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio / Credit: Archdiocese of Bogotá ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 4, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, the president of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference (CEC) and archbishop of Bogotá, opened the 117th Plenary Assembly of the conference on July 1 in Bogotá with a reflection on the…
Dr. Peter Kilpatrick, president of The Catholic University, of America and Cardinal Sean O’Malley. / Credit: The Catholic University of America CNA Staff, Jul 4, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). The president of The Catholic University of America (CUA), Peter Kilpatrick, announced the creation of an endowed chair in honor of Cardinal Seán O’Malley, archbishop…
Danny Miran shows the T-shirt with a photo of his son Omri, one of the Israelis kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, and who is still being held hostage in Gaza. On the T-shirt, the Hebrew inscription reads: “Bring them home now!”, the motto of the campaign to bring back the hostages. A few days after…
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. / Credit: New York Public Library/Public domain CNA Staff, Jul 4, 2024 / 04:30 am (CNA). Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a man of superlatives. Out of all the signers of the Declaration of Independence, Carroll was the wealthiest. He was also…
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.” / Credit: Public Domain CNA Staff, Jul 4, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, born on April 6, 1901, to…
U.S. Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 3, 2024 / 19:19 pm (CNA). Pro-life activist Paul Vaughn, who was convicted on federal charges for his role in a protest at a Tennessee abortion clinic, has been sentenced to three years of…
