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Lectionary on altar table at Mass / Credit: Grant Whitty / Unsplash ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 1, 2024 / 04:30 am (CNA). With the first Sunday of Advent, a new liturgical year begins in the Catholic Church, with the readings corresponding to Cycle C of odd-numbered years. What does this liturgical practice entail? The beginning…
Pope Francis meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Vatican, Oct. 4, 2021. / Vatican Media. Rome Newsroom, Nov 30, 2024 / 08:10 am (CNA). Pope Francis has proposed celebrating the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea together with Orthodox leaders, in a personal letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. The…
Soren and Ever Johnson run Trinity House + Cafe and Trinity House Communications in Leesburg, Virginia, and shared with CNA how their mutual love of St. John Paul II led them to open Trinity House and dedicate their lives to full-time ministry. / Credit: Migi Fabara CNA Staff, Nov 30, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA)….
Workshop of Gerard Seghers, “Saint Andrew,” ca. 1637. / Credit: Register Files / Public Domain National Catholic Register, Nov 30, 2024 / 04:48 am (CNA). St. Andrew, whose feast day is Nov. 30, was one of the two initial disciples of John the Baptist who encountered Jesus at the beginning of John’s Gospel. He was…
Advent wreath / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 30, 2024 / 04:08 am (CNA). As we prepare for the birth of Christ during Advent, it can be easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of the season. But as calendars get filled up and preparations are made, here are four resources to help you…
As they have for many years, members of St. Vincent de Paul, known as Vincentians, served housands of people on Thanksgiving day around the country. / Credit: D Sharon Pruitt / Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) CNA Newsroom, Nov 29, 2024 / 12:50 pm (CNA). While millions of Americans were traveling or cooking or getting ready to…
Bishop John Sherrington, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and Lead Bishop for Life Issues said that he hopes and prays the Bill might be rejected at a later stage in the legislative process. / Credit: Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). London, England, Nov 29, 2024 / 12:20 pm (CNA). The Catholic bishops of England and Wales have…
Three Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of Apostles are all smiles at Colwich Abbey in Staffordshire, England. / Courtesy of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of Apostles London, England, Nov 29, 2024 / 09:18 am (CNA). The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles have opened a new location at St. Mary’s Abbey in Colwich,…
The moon was visible over St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican, on the morning of Oct. 12. 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez / CNA Rome Newsroom, Nov 29, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Vatican’s chief prosecutor confirmed at a public event on Wednesday that despite prior denials, the Vatican does possess a confidential file on the disappearance…
Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin (left) and Bishop William Crean of Cloyne (Ireland) / Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference Dublin, Ireland, Nov 29, 2024 / 08:10 am (CNA). As Ireland heads to the polls on Friday, respect for the dignity of human life is among the key issues highlighted for voters in a statement issued by…
