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The House of Mary community poses for a photo on Dec. 8, 1994, in St. Peter’s Square, the first time they brought their blue banner with the words “The Immaculate Conception will Triumph” to the Angelus with Pope John Paul II. The group has continued to bring the banner to every Sunday Angelus for 29…
Polonia Castellanos, founder of the Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dec 8, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Growing numbers of Catholics continue to defy Spain’s socialist government by publicly praying the rosary for the country as it faces spiritual, political, and economic turbulence that a pro-life lawyer says…
French President Emmanuel Macron, flanked by president of the public establishment “Rebuilding Notre-Dame de Paris” Philippe Jost (right) and and Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich (left), visits the nave of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral during its reconstruction on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: SARAH MEYSSONNIER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2023 /…
A firefighter scales a long ladder to the top of a nearly 40-foot-high column to pay tribute at dawn to the Blessed Virgin with a wreath of flowers on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Dec 8, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA). On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Pope…
Philadelphia Auxiliary Bishops-elect Keith Chylinski (left), Efren Esmilla, and Christopher Cooke. / Credit: Sarah Webb/Archdiocese of Philadelphia CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2023 / 13:59 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Friday appointed three new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, joining Archbishop Nelson Perez and current Auxiliary Bishop John McIntyre there. The Vatican announced Dec….
Bishop Joseph Strickland. / Credit: Courtesy of the Diocese of Tyler National Catholic Register, Dec 8, 2023 / 10:17 am (CNA). Retired Bishop Joseph Strickland has been advised to leave his former Diocese of Tyler, Texas, but has not been told he can’t say Mass publicly there, he told the National Catholic Register, CNA’s EWTN…
Pope Francis waves from the window of the Apostolic Palace as he gives his Angelus address for the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 8, 2023 / 07:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis announced Friday that the Catholic Church will celebrate its first World Day…
‘Immaculate Conception’ by Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1628. / null CNA Newsroom, Dec 8, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). While the dogma of the Immaculate Conception would not be proclaimed until 1854, the Church in Spain had long venerated Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception. In 1585, a miracle attributed to the Immaculate Conception allowed the Spanish…
Procession from Saint-Jean Cathedral to Fourvière Basilica in Lyon, France, on Dec. 8, 2022. / Credit: Diocèse de Lyon Paris, France, Dec 8, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). Every year, the city of Lyon in southeastern France celebrates the “Festival of Lights” on Dec. 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. With numerous events, including…
Silvio Alvarado with his wife, Paulina, and their two children. / Credit: Courtesy of Silvio Alvarado and Paulina Oña ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 7, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA). In the midst of the public debate over the possible decriminalization of euthanasia in Ecuador, a Christian man who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has…
