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null / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Dec 9, 2023 / 09:50 am (CNA). Pope Francis said today that the Vatican’s nativity scene this year should compel people to think of the Holy Land — both of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago, and also of the conflict currently engulfing the region. “While we…
Father Cristiano G. Borro Barbosa , 47, has been appointed by Pope Francis as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Boston. Dec. 9, 2023. / Credit: Archdiocese of Boston CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2023 / 10:26 am (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed a priest born and ordained in Brazil to serve as the next…
A pro-life woman kneels in prayer in front of the EMW Women’s Surgical Center, an abortion clinic, in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 8, 2021. / Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 9, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA). More people are traveling outside of their state to receive an abortion after more than 20…
null / Credit: Anneka/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 9, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). Since Dec. 2, the faithful in Barranquilla, Colombia, have been able to visit the staging of “the largest Nativity scene in the world” where 90 actors interpret the moments before and after the birth of Jesus. The Nativity scene is set…
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Fear of Judgment Is the Way of the Saints Over and over in the Eastern Rite is supplication made for “a good defense before the dread judgment seat of Christ.” The Apostle warns, we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the proper things of the body,…
null / Credit: New Africa/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). With Christmas quickly approaching, it’s time to find gifts for the little ones on your shopping list. Faith-based toys and gifts are quickly becoming more and more popular among Catholic families who wish to instill a love of the faith in…
A painting of Franciscan missionary Pedro de Gante with Juan Diego, whom the friar baptized along with Diego’s wife in 1525. / Credit: CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). Many are familiar with the story of St. Juan Diego, whose feast is celebrated on Dec. 9 in the worldwide Church. However, the…
On December 8, 2017, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone celebrated Frank La Rocca’s Mass of the Americas for the very first time in the Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco. Thousands of Hispanic Catholics came on the Saturday before Our Lady of Guadalupe’s great feast day, participating in a 12-mile pilgrimage through the…
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