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Georgetown University President John DeGioia attends a ceremony at which an honorary degree was bestowed on AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Sept. 3, 2009, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA). The longest-serving president in Georgetown University history, John DeGioia, is stepping down after 23…
Pope Francis signs two bottles of bourbon presented to him by Father Jim Sichko at the Vatican on May 1, 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of Sotheby’s CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 16:20 pm (CNA). Two bottles of rare bourbon signed by Pope Francis are projected to net up to $20,000 for several Kentucky charities. …
Indian Christians pay their respects to the remains of St. Francis Xavier during the 17th exposition of the saint’s body at the Se Cathedral in Goa on Nov. 22, 2014. / Credit: PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 16:50 pm (CNA). St. Francis Xavier lived the life of a missionary,…
Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 20, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 21, 2024 / 17:20 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has published a letter addressed especially to priests in formation to promote the renewal of the study of Church…
null / Credit: Image created using OpenAI’s DALL·E through ChatGPT CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 15:50 pm (CNA). Numerous news reports in recent days reported that a new artificially intelligent “Jesus” has begun taking people’s confessions at a Catholic church in Switzerland. Claim: A holographic “AI Jesus” has been created and deployed at a chapel…
Pope Francis meets with the Dicastery for Culture and Education at the Vatican on Nov. 21, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 21, 2024 / 14:50 pm (CNA). In an address to participants of the first plenary assembly of the Dicastery for Culture and Education on Nov. 21, Pope Francis said desire, fearlessness,…
From left: John Hinshaw, Jonathan Darnel, Lauren Handy, Joan Bell, and Jean Marshall are among the pro-life activists who are still in prison or awaiting prison sentences on federal charges brought by President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice for protests at abortion clinics — but President-elect Donald Trump has signaled he will likely grant them…
Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work, was beatified Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Freiburg, Germany. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, Germany CNA Newsroom, Nov 21, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic…
Despite an online petition posted to change.org in mid-October that garnered over 53,000 signatures in protest of the evergreen to be used for the Vatican Christmas tree being chopped down, the tree arrived as scheduled in St. Peter’s Square at 7 a.m. on Nov. 21, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 21, 2024…
St. John’s Cathedral in the Netherlands is lit up for Red Wednesday on Nov. 23, 2022. / Credit: Ldhank, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 13:05 pm (CNA). Catholic churches around the world were lit up in red on Wednesday as a display of solidarity with persecuted Christians. Organized…
