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Pope Francis issued a new apostolic letter last Wednesday calling for a “paradigm shift” in theology. The letter, “Ad theologiam promovendam,” was issued motu proprio, or on the pope’s own impulse, adding to the ever-expanding list of such documents since Francis’ election in 2013. The document, dated Nov. 1, generated headlines in the secular media…
Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, SJ, takes possession of his titular church in Rome, the Church of the Gesù, on Dec. 8, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Nov 6, 2023 / 08:55 am (CNA). A cardinal and canon lawyer has denied reports that he is involved in changing the papal election process to make it…
Pope Francis speaks with the Conference of European Rabbis at the Vatican on Nov. 6, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 6, 2023 / 09:46 am (CNA). Pope Francis is continuing to keep a full schedule even as the Holy Father said he was not feeling well during a meeting Monday morning with…
Pope Francis delivers the Sunday Angelus, Nov. 5, 2023 / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 5, 2023 / 06:56 am (CNA). During his Sunday Angelus address on Nov. 5, Pope Francis warned against living a double life, highlighting the dangers it presents for authentic Christian witness and its potential to create a crisis of…
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner, after cutting the ribbon on a new “Pope’s Laundromat” for the homeless. / Credit: Holy See Press Office Rome Newsroom, Nov 5, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis opened two new laundromats for the homeless in the northern Italian city of Turin on Thursday, Nov. 2. The new facilities…
Amanda Achtman’s last photo with her grandfather, Joseph Achtman. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Amanda Achtman CNA Staff, Nov 5, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). When the Canadian government began discussing the legalization of euthanasia for those whose deaths were “reasonably foreseeable,” 32-year-old Amanda Achtman said something in her began to stir. Her grandfather was…
Bishop Robert Brennan blesses Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Brooklyn, New York, with holy water on Nov. 4, 2023, in response to the filming of an indecent music video in the church. Assisting the bishop is Monsignor Joseph Grimaldi, vicar general of the Diocese of Brooklyn. / Credit: John Quaglione/DeSales Media CNA…
Pro-abortion vandalism at Incarnation Catholic Church in Centerville, Ohio, ahead of the Nov. 7, 2023, vote on Issue 1 in the state. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 1, 2023 / 16:53 pm (CNA). Catholic churches, schools, and cemeteries throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati are being targeted by…
null / Credit: Element5 Digital/Unsplash CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 17:30 pm (CNA). A bill recently introduced in the Texas Legislature that has drawn support from the governor would create a publicly-funded education savings account (ESA) for students wishing to attend private schools, a move that the state’s Catholic bishops have urged the faithful…
The Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage, an annual three-day pilgrimage for devotees of the Traditional Latin Mass, concludes on Oct. 29, 2023, with a pontifical high Mass celebrated by Bishop Guido Pozzo at the Church of the Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims in Rome. / Credit: Andrea Zuffellato Vatican City, Nov 1, 2023 / 17:50 pm…
