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The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, began two years of celebration on the saint’s feast day Jan. 4, 2024. / Credit: Seton Shrine CNA Staff, Jan 5, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA). The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, marked the beginning of two years of…
The National Shrine of St. John Neumann at St. Peter the Apostle Church in Philadelphia. / Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 5, 2024 / 16:40 pm (CNA). Every Jan. 5 the Church celebrates the feast of St. John Neumann, Redemptorist missionary, fourth bishop of the city of Philadelphia,…
Procession for the final Mass at the SEEK conference Jan. 5, 2024, in St. Louis. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA St. Louis, Mo., Jan 5, 2024 / 16:12 pm (CNA). In January 1999, Pope John Paul II visited St. Louis and celebrated Mass in the massive stadium that was at the time the venue for the…
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Rennes Cathedral in Rennes, France, is the seat of the Archbishop of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo. / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 5, 2024 / 14:56 pm (CNA). Nine bishops from France have instructed priests in their dioceses that they may bless homosexual individuals but should refrain from blessing same-sex couples, following new Vatican…
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Chinese flags on barbed wired wall in Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China. / Credit: Jonathan Densford/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Jan 5, 2024 / 13:45 pm (CNA). Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of the Diocese of Wenzhou in the eastern region of Zhejiang, China, was arrested by Chinese security forces on Jan. 2, according to a report by AsiaNews. During his…
WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) – In response to the Vatican’s latest synodal guidelines, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released comprehensive guidelines of its own, suggesting two or three diocesan-wide listening sessions involving Catholics during Lent 2024. This initiative marks a development in the Synod on Synodality — a process that was launched by Pope Francis in October 2021 and…
Bishop David O’Connell of the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey. / Credit: Courtesy of the Diocese of Trenton CNA Newsroom, Jan 5, 2024 / 13:05 pm (CNA). Bishop David M. O’Connell of the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, is recovering in a hospital in Rome after suffering a heart attack Thursday, the diocese said. “He…
