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Pope Francis waves to pilgrims at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Madrid, Spain, Dec 17, 2024 / 17:10 pm (CNA). Did you know Pope Francis was a nightclub bouncer, his favorite movie is “La Strada” by Federico Fellini, and that he…
null / Credit: Diocese of Lansing, Michigan CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA). Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel this week released the fourth report in a series of investigations the state is conducting into abuse by Catholic clergy there. The attorney general’s report, released on Monday, looks at reported abuse in the Diocese of Lansing….
Pope Francis laughs with some religious sisters at his general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Aug. 30, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Tuesday penned an essay for the New York Times on the importance of fostering a sense of humor,…
Holy Mass is celebrated in Mariamite Greek Melkite Catholic Cathedral, Damascus, on Dec. 15, 2024. / Credit: Lama Ghosn/ACI MENA ACI MENA, Dec 17, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). After more than 13 years of death, oppression, and destruction, the bells of Syrian churches are once again ringing with hope. It is a hope for…
Bishop-elect Iyad Twal was appointed by Pope Francis on Dec. 17, 2024, as auxiliary bishop of the patriarchal diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan and as titular bishop of Siminia. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Vatican City, Dec 17, 2024 / 13:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Dec. 17 appointed Father Iyad…
Members of the German Synodal Committee meet for their third session at the Wilhelm-Kempf-Haus in Wiesbaden-Naurod, Dec. 13, 2024. / Credit: Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Ewelina Sowa Rome Newsroom, Dec 17, 2024 / 11:40 am (CNA). Following a series of meetings at the Vatican this year, the German Synodal Committee took further steps toward establishing a national synodal…
A family gathers in a prefabricated house donated by the Philokalia Foundation in Kerala state in India. / Credit: Anto Akkara Bangalore, India, Dec 17, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Amid a lack of government response to the worst landslide in the history of Kerala state in southern India, Catholic groups have responded with programs…
Pope Francis is presented with a birthday cake aboard the papal plane on the return from his trip to Corsica on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Dec 17, 2024 / 09:20 am (CNA). Pope Francis, who celebrates his 88th birthday today, has become one of the oldest-serving popes in the…
null / Credit: BAUER Alexandre/Shutterstock Madrid, Spain, Dec 17, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). A ruling by the Supreme Court of Spain states that surrogacy exploits the woman who rents her womb and harms the dignity and rights of the children conceived. The Dec. 9 decision by the country’s First Chamber of the high court…
Martín Menem, pictured here on Dec. 7, 2023, the day he was elected president of Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies. / Credit: Chamber of Deputies, Republic of Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec 17, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The president of Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, openly declared himself to be pro-life and anticipates that…
