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Pope Francis presides over Holy Mass on Gaudete Sunday on the island of Corsica, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Ajaccio, France, Dec 15, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Two days before his 88th birthday, Pope Francis received a warm welcome on the Mediterranean island of Corsica for a one day visit to…
St. Benedict Church in Baltimore, Maryland (left) and St. Benedict Church in Richmond, Virginia. / Credit: St. Benedict Church; Daniel Payne/CNA Richmond, Va., Dec 15, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Catholics who have spent time in both Baltimore and Richmond, Virginia, may be unaware that two near-identical parishes exist in both cities, both built by…
The interior of the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem. In the background, the most well-known depiction of Our Lady of the Milk. According to a Christian tradition dating back to the sixth century, the Virgin Mary was nursing the baby Jesus here, and when, in haste to flee to Egypt, she took him off her breast,…
Lee Edwares received the VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, at the opening of the Victims of Communism Museum, June 2022. This medal is the highest honor from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which he co-founded in 1994. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Spalding CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2024 / 14:37 pm (CNA). Author…
Pope Francis greets artists and participants of the 2024 Vatican Christmas Concert in the Clementine Hall on Dec. 14, 2024. / Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Dec 14, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis called on musicians and artists to serve as “angels of peace” during his address to participants of the 2024 Vatican Christmas…
Jack Traynor (next to child on first row) as a pilgrim to Lourdes in 1925, two years after his healing. / Credit: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 14, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). In 1944, Father Patrick O’Connor, an Irish priest and member of the Missionary Society of St….
null / Credit: New Africa/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). It’s that time of year again! With Christmas quickly approaching, you may still be looking for the perfect gift for people on your shopping list. We’ve compiled a list of Catholic businesses that sell unique gifts for anyone you’re shopping for…
Detail of a 1964 West German postage stamp showing Father Alfred Delp. / Credit: Zabanski/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). In the waning months of World War II, deep in the heart of Nazi Germany, a Catholic priest prayed in a prison cell, awaiting trial and a likely death sentence. The…
Pilgrims attend Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 12, 2022, to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and the unborn. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2024 / 17:15 pm (CNA). Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco is launching a project to increase…
null / Credit: Djavan Rodriguez|Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 13, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago in a letter published this week in the archdiocesan newspaper urged Catholics to stand while receiving holy Communion and not make gestures that draw attention to oneself. In the letter, published in the Chicago Catholic,…
