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Swiss Guard cadets prepare their armor in the guards’ barracks at the Vatican on April 30, 2024. / Credit: Matthew Santucci/CNA Vatican City, May 5, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA). For the newest class of 34 Swiss Guards who will be sworn in on Monday, their service is based on faith and a love for the Church and the pope, as…

In an aerial view, the cargo ship Dali sits in the water after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, in Baltimore. / Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, May 5, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Bishop Brendan Cahill of Victoria, Texas, is inviting Catholics throughout the United…

The “Holy Fire” is passed from inside Christ’s tomb to pilgrims gathered inside the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jersusalem on May 4, 2024, for the annual Orthodox Christian ceremony, held on the day before Easter, according to the Julian calendar. / Credit: Marinella Bandini/CNA Jerusalem, May 5, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Pilgrims…

Pope Francis greets the crowd gathered at St. Peter’s Square on May 5, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 5, 2024 / 09:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis asked for a moment of silence as he spoke from the window of the Apostolic Palace on Sunday for people to thank the Lord for their…

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of Angola’s Archdiocese of Luanda. / Credit: Radio Ecclesia ACI Africa, May 5, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of Angola’s Archdiocese of Luanda has asked the people of God under his pastoral care to dedicate the last Sunday of the month to adoration…