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Pope Francis at Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square on March 24, 2024. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 24, 2024 / 11:52 am (CNA). Pope Francis offered prayers for the victims of the “vile terrorist attack” in Moscow at the end of his Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican. At least 130 people…
On Palm Sunday, hundreds of priests, bishops, cardinals, and lay people solemnly carried large palm branches in procession through St. Peter Square. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 24, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA). On Palm Sunday, hundreds of priests, bishops, cardinals, and lay people solemnly carried large palm branches in procession through St. Peter…
The daily procession of the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher. Due to the restoration works inside the basilica, Franciscans, as well as other communities, had to change the route of their processions. These are all issues that need to be discussed, as they fall…
A priest holds palms on Palm Sunday. / Grant Whitty via Unsplash. CNA Staff, Mar 24, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). When is Palm Sunday 2024? Palm Sunday is on March 31, 2024. What is the meaning of Palm Sunday? Palm Sunday is the day we remember and honor Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem before his…
Pope Francis greets staff and families of RAI, Italy’s national public broadcasting company, March 23, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 23, 2024 / 13:53 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Saturday spoke on the important role public broadcasting plays in the transmission of information, serving the common good, and as an instrument to…
View of the Vatican from the Tiber / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Mar 23, 2024 / 05:30 am (CNA). The Vatican and the German bishops have announced they will work together to resolve the controversial German Synodal Way. In a joint press release, the two parties on March 22 said further meetings would “develop…
The exterior of St. Joseph’s in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. / Credit: Paula Kydoniefs CNA Staff, Mar 23, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). A group of parishioners in the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, is celebrating this month after acquiring a historic church from the diocese and preserving it as a chapel and place of worship. The Society…
Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Courtesy photo. / null CNA Staff, Mar 23, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). A new Catholic, osteopathic medical school that will be housed on the campus of Benedictine College hopes to open in the fall of 2027, the project’s founding president told CNA this week. Dr. George Mychaskiw, an osteopath…
Holy Week / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 23, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ to remove the temporal punishment due to sin. The indulgence applies to sins already forgiven. A plenary indulgence cleanses the soul as if the person…
Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, (Kate Middleton) arrives to attend the “Together At Christmas” carol service at Westminster Abbey in London on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: Chris Jackson/POOL/AFP ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 22, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The Princess of Wales, Catherine “Kate” Middleton, surprised the world on Friday by publicly announcing that…
