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St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów is depicted as the patron saint of Poland in a miniature painted by Stanisław Samostrzelnik of Mogiła. / Credit: Polona Digital Library|Wikimedia|PD-Art Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 16:53 pm (CNA). Pope Francis during his Wednesday general audience invoked the intercession of St. Stanislaus, patron saint of Poland, for peace…
Father Ricardo Mata. / Credit: Garland Police Department CNA Staff, May 8, 2024 / 14:27 pm (CNA). Police in Texas this week announced the arrest of a priest with the Diocese of Dallas over allegations of inappropriate contact with two minors. The Garland Police Department said on its Facebook page that officers had arrested Father…
Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis Schnurr. / Credit: Archdiocese of Cincinnati CNA Staff, May 8, 2024 / 12:55 pm (CNA). Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis Schnurr has been diagnosed with cancer, the archdiocese revealed this week, with the prelate set to begin preparing for chemotherapy treatment this week. An archdiocesan spokesman told CNA on Wednesday morning that on…
Aboriginal dancers perform an Indigenous welcome ceremony at the opening Mass formally celebrating the start of World Youth Day 2008 at Barangaroo on July 15, 2008, in Sydney. / Credit: Sergio Dionisio/Getty Images CNA Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 10:22 am (CNA). On Tuesday, Australia’s Catholic bishops officially approved a liturgy used in a remote…
Pope Benedict XVI on April 21, 2007, in Vigevano, Italy. / Credit: miqu77/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 11:07 am (CNA). The man arrested for the theft of a pectoral cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his native Bavaria is now facing time behind bars. According to CNA…
The French 19th-century three-masted barque Belem is seen from the Palais du Pharo in the southern port city of Marseille on May 8, 2024, before the Olympic Flame arrival ceremony, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Belem is set to reach Marseille on May 8 and ten thousand torchbearers will then…
Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his Wednesday general audience on May 8, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 09:13 am (CNA). During the papal general audience on Wednesday Pope Francis focused on the importance of the theological virtue of hope, noting that it is both…
null / Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Montana’s Catholic bishops have issued a joint letter denouncing a proposed pro-abortion constitutional amendment they say would pave the way for late-term abortions, partial-birth abortions, and an elimination of the state’s parental notification requirement for minors in Montana. In their May 3 letter,…
null / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Thousands of pro-life activists participated in the Ireland March for Life on Monday, marching from St. Stephen’s Green in central Dublin to the Irish Parliament. The Irish Catholic, a Dublin-based news source, reported that thousands of pro-lifers attended the march. Video of…
Children look on during a procession at the General Assembly that was held in Mingende in the Kundiawa Diocese in 2022. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands CNA Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Children and youth will be central to Pope Francis’ visit…
