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A bridge over the Mississippi River near St. Louis. / Credit: Checubus/Shutterstock St. Louis, Mo., Dec 9, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). “Immaculate” is not a word most people would use to describe the Mississippi River’s famously muddy waters. But Father Jacques Marquette was not most people. The Jesuit explorer, who came from France as…
Cardinals follow the ceremony during the ordinary public consistory for the creation of new cardinals at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, Dec. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Dec 8, 2024 / 18:36 pm (CNA). A record 140 cardinals may attend an eventual conclave in the Sistine Chapel. There would have been 141,…
Pope Francis gazes up at the bronze statue of Mary atop the 39.4-foot column at Rome’s Spanish Steps, Dec. 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Dec 8, 2024 / 15:33 pm (CNA). Pope Francis marked the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with a spiritual journey across Rome on Sunday, beginning at the Basilica…
The contemplative Sisters of the Monastery of Bethlehem in Livingston Manor, New York, support themselves by offering their hand-painted chinaware and other unique gifts for sale. / Credit: Monastery of Bethlehem Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 8, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). Many monasteries and communities of religious brothers and sisters depend on proceeds from the…
Pope Francis praying the Angelus on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Dec 8, 2024 / 08:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis issued a heartfelt plea for peace during the Sunday Angelus on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, urging international leaders to broker ceasefires in conflict…
Pope Francis delivers the homily during Mass on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in St. Peter’s Basilica, Dec. 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Dec 8, 2024 / 06:56 am (CNA). Pope Francis celebrated Mass with the College of Cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, marking the Solemnity of the Immaculate…
Left to right: Father Timothy Gallagher, Archbishop Borys Gudziak, Archbishop Nelson Perez, Archbishop Alexander Sample. / Credit: SOCA CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Several Catholic bishops and priests will join Catholic therapists, authors, and other experts later this month for a free online conference on mental health and prayer. The Divine…
Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, knocks on the door of Notre-Dame Cathedral during a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark Cathedral, in central Paris, on Dec. 7, 2024. / Credit: Christophe Petit Tesson/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.) CNA Newsroom, Dec 7, 2024 / 20:15 pm (CNA). The doors of the newly restored Notre-Dame of…
Pope Francis arrives for a consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, Dec. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Dec 7, 2024 / 15:39 pm (CNA). As the iconic Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris reopened its doors five years after a devastating fire, Pope Francis on Saturday called the church’s restoration a…
Pope Francis places the red biretta on Cardinal Domenico Battaglia, archbishop of Naples, during the consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica, Dec. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Dec 7, 2024 / 12:09 pm (CNA). Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday,…
