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Pope Francis gives a blessing after he delivers his Angelus address to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 26, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 26, 2023 / 11:05 am (CNA). During Tuesday’s Angelus on the occasion of the feast of St. Stephen — the first Christian martyr — Pope Francis…
Liturgical Living in the Home Recently, a young mom asked me how to incorporate all the beautiful feasts and seasons into family life. Now, as I believe this is quite a saintly ambition, it is also not without the potential for undue stress and setting oneself up for failure. These statements are not to discourage…
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The Monastery of Città della Pieve in Italy. / Credit: Monastery of Città della Pieve ACI Stampa, Dec 26, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). Sister Chiara Antonella has a very special story. Blind from birth, she has been able to put this adversity to good use, with love, and she has never given up in…
A stamp printed in United Kingdom in 1999 shows image of the dedicated to the Glastonbury Holy Thorn. / Credit: MarkauMark/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Catholic celebration of Christmas is about God’s entry into our sinful world — a theological truth that is sometimes symbolized, in various forms of…
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null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). New Yorkers will be voting next November on a proposal to enshrine abortion rights into their state constitution. The vote comes as a wave of states attempt to expand abortion access by amending their constitutions following the overturning of Roe v. Wade…
It was on Christmas Eve 800 years ago when St. Francis of Assisi, in a cave near Greccio, Italy, created the first ever live Nativity scene. It is believed that his inspiration to do a live representation of the birth of Jesus came from his stay in the Holy Land in the years 1219 and…
When the first rites of blessing for same-sex couples came out in the Anglican church, they were accompanied by a lot of bluster about how they were not to be equated with marriage rites and that they did not constitute a change in doctrine. In 2003, the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster in Canada published…
Painting of St. Stephen’s martyrdom. / Rembrandt CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA). If “Good King Wenceslas” is one of the Christmas hymns you look forward to each year, you probably know which saint is celebrated today — St. Stephen, the first person to die for the risen Christ. Roman Catholics celebrate…
