Above: Father Serra Celebrates Mass at Monterey; painting by Léon Trousset, 1877. Having come back to California after years abroad, I must admit that the tarnish on the Golden State is exceedingly visible. I was born in New York City, New York, but lived most of my life around Los Angeles. It has not escaped…
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. / Credit: Gio Canto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 15:06 pm (CNA). With Claudia Sheinbaum set to take office as Mexico’s new president on Oct. 1, Catholic Church leadership in the country’s capital is calling on elected officials…
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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, discussed prospects for peace in the war in Gaza Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in a conversation with Bernhard Scholz, president of the Meeting for Friendship Amongst Peoples Foundation. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Meeting for Friendship Amongst People Rome Newsroom, Aug…
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Terrorist attacks in Benue State, Nigeria, have forced residents to flee their villages and, in some cases, seek shelter in local Catholic churches and schools. Pictured here is St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Yelewata. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father William Shom Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 20, 2024 / 12:29 pm (CNA). More than 70…
Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024. / Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 11:21 am (CNA). In his prayer of invocation at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention…
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One hundred and ten years ago, on August 20, 1914, a reformer Pope passed away: Saint Pius X, whose original name was Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto. Born on June 2, 1835, in Riese, Treviso, Sarto embarked on a path of religious service that saw him assume pivotal roles in various ecclesiastical communities. After spending nine years…
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