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Oura Church in Nagasaki, Japan. / Credit: Sean Pavone/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). Catholics in Japan have endured centuries of persecution. The currently small — but devout — presence of the Church in Japan is built upon the witness of untold numbers of martyrs, many of whom died en masse….
Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, presides over the solemn Mass for the 1st Sunday of Advent, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2023. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Dec 17, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). A few days before Father Francesco Patton, the custos of the Holy Land, made his entrance into Bethlehem by…
Pope Francis at his general audience on Nov. 22, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 17, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis celebrates his 87th birthday on Sunday, Dec. 17, the third Sunday of Advent, as he continues to reign as the oldest pope in the past century and one of…
Smoke billows over the northern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment from southern Israel on December 14, 2023 amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. / Credit: Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 16, 2023 / 10:59 am (CNA). Two Christian women were killed on Saturday by…
Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu (right) waits prior to the start of a consistory during which 20 new cardinals are to be created by the Pope, on Aug. 27, 2022 at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. ( / Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Dec 16, 2023 / 11:49 am (CNA)….
An icon of St. George and other Christian art pieces on display at The Met’s “Africa & Byzantium” special exhibit. / Credit: Photo courtesy of The Met Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 16, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). This Christmas season, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, commonly known as “the Met,” is displaying one…
Father Jarett Konrade, pastor of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Beloit, Kansas, made an impressive basketball shot during a fundraiser and the moment was the Image of the Week on “EWTN News In Depth.” / Credit: “EWTN News In Depth” CNA Staff, Dec 16, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). Father Jarett Konrade,…
A group of migrants from South America crosses the Rio Bravo border between Mexico and the United States to request asylum. / Credit: David Peinado Romero/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 16, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). The U.S. bishops cautioned against proposals being considered by Congress and the White House to fund aid to Ukraine…
Father Léopold Feyen. / Credit: ANS ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 15, 2023 / 18:45 pm (CNA). The Salesian News Agency (ANS) reported the murder of Salesian missionary Father Léopold Feyen in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. According to the…
Dr. Ernesto Cofiño was a pediatrician in Guatemala and father of five. / Credit: Opus Dei ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 15, 2023 / 17:45 pm (CNA). With the authorization of Pope Francis, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints promulgated on Dec. 14 decrees relating to 11 causes for canonization, among them that of Guatemalan…
