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Stained-glass window at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. / Credit: Ella Manthey/Shutterstock St. Louis, Mo., May 15, 2024 / 14:47 pm (CNA). Two St. Louis parishes that appealed to the Vatican after Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski ordered them to merge last year have had their appeals upheld by the Holy See, reversing the archbishop’s prior…
A dedication ceremony for the ultrasound machine donated by the Knights of Columbus to the First Choice Women’s Resource Center in New Brunswick, N.J. / Credit: Knights of Columbus Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2024 / 15:26 pm (CNA). The Supreme Court has denied a New Jersey pro-life pregnancy center’s appeal to keep its donor…
On March 30, 1926, Cardinal van Rossum, prefect of Propaganda Fide, announced Pope Pius XI’s decision to consecrate the first six Chinese bishops, a ceremony that was held in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 28 of that year. / Credit: Public Domain Rome Newsroom, May 15, 2024 / 16:17 pm (CNA). One hundred years ago,…
Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, SJ, archbishop of Hong Kong, China. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez Rome Newsroom, May 15, 2024 / 14:17 pm (CNA). Cardinal Stephen Chow recently visited three Catholic dioceses in mainland China, one year after the bishop of Hong Kong’s first historic trip to Beijing. Chow led a 10-person delegation of Catholics from…
Outer details of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Chicago. / Credit: Eric Allix Rogers CNA Staff, May 15, 2024 / 12:12 pm (CNA). Catholics and city preservationists in Chicago are scrambling to try to preserve a historic parish on the city’s North Side, one that has survived a century of the city’s development including…
Pope Francis addresses the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on May 15, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, May 15, 2024 / 09:10 am (CNA). During his general audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis reflected on charity — what he described as the “culmination” of the…
Gloria Purvis, Cardinal Robert McElroy, Bishop Daniel Flores, and Bishop Robert Barron discuss polarization in the Catholic Church during a panel discussion hosted by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Charities USA, Glenmary Home Missioners, and the Jesuit Conference on May 14, 2024. / Credit: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Live…
Easter Vigil at the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross) in Austria. / Credit: Stift Heiligenkreuz ACI Prensa Staff, May 15, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross) in Austria is the oldest in the world, dating back almost 1,000 years, and currently has more than 100 monks living there….
Our Lady of Medianeira is among 31 flooded churches in the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Brazil. / Credit: Courtesy photo ACI Digital, May 14, 2024 / 18:31 pm (CNA). The heavy rains that have pounded the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul since the end of April have flooded 31 churches in the four…
Members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, biological women’s sports activist Riley Gaines, and lawyers from the Independent Women’s Law Center approach the 10th Circuit Courthouse in Denver on May 14, 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Independent Women’s Forum Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 14, 2024 / 18:11 pm (CNA). Six members of Kappa Kappa…
