National Eucharistic Congress announces musician Matt Maher, releases updated schedule — By: Catholic News Agency

Recording artist Matt Maher performs in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 30, 2019. / Credit: Jason Davis/Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan 15, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The upcoming National Eucharistic Congress, which hopes to draw hundreds of thousands of people to Indianapolis this summer, will feature Grammy Award-nominated Catholic musician Matt Maher as worship leader,…

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Nicaraguan dictatorship releases Bishop Álvarez, brother bishop, and priests — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matalgalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Archdiocese of Managua ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 14, 2024 / 22:53 pm (CNA). The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega on Sunday released and sent to the Vatican two imprisoned Nicaraguan bishops along with 15 priests and seminarians. Nicaraguan media outlets La Prensa and Confidencial first reported on the…

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Norway monks consecrate new church in area of ancient ruins of Munkeby — By: Catholic News Agency

Consecration of Munkeby monastery church, Norway, on Dec. 5, 2023. / Credit: Ivan Vu/Trondheim Diocese Trondheim, Norway, Jan 14, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Norway’s only male contemplative community of the Cistercian Trappist order consecrated its new church in December, inaugurating a brand-new monastery in the Trondheim Fjord, an inlet of the Norwegian Sea.  The…

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