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Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, announced in a video message Aug. 20, 2025, that he will soon open the sainthood cause of Sister Annella Zervas, OSB, making it the first sainthood cause ever opened in the northerly Minnesota diocese. / Credit: Diocese of Crookston; Joanne Zervas National Catholic Register, Aug 26, 2025 / 13:23…
null / Credit: maxim ibragimov/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 26, 2025 / 13:53 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced a new initiative that will “meet families where they are” as it helps them reclaim the Sabbath as a day dedicated to prayer and rest. The initiative, “Reclaiming Sundays: Recover Sunday as…
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Just like any other attempt to convene a pan-Orthodox synod (i.e., council) of the Eastern national Churches, the so-called “Pan-Orthodox Council of Constantinople” (held in Istanbul from May 10 to June 8, 1923 and pictured above) was doomed to fail from the very beginning.[1] For among the most important invited churches, several were absent: the…
The Catholic bishops are backing a suit by a coalition of Apache Stronghold, a coalition of Native Americans and their supporters, in their lawsuit against the federal government. The lawsuit argues that their freedom of religion was violated when the federal government announced its intention to sell formerly protected land in Arizona to a mining…
The Vatican Gardens at Castel Gandolfo. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 26, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to inaugurate on Sept. 5 Borgo Laudato Si’, a development dedicated to the care of creation inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’. Located in Castel Gandolfo, the area will…
Celebrations for the geast of the Virgin Mary, Assiut–Egypt, August 2025. / Credit: ACI MENA ACI MENA, Aug 26, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Monastery of the Virgin Mary in Assiut, in southern Egypt, holds special significance. It is considered to be the final stop of the Holy Family’s journey in Egypt and includes…
