An image of St. Hedwig in Wroclaw, Poland. / Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican City, Oct 16, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Readers who find this story through a search engine are probably looking for information about Hedwig, Harry Potter’s snowy owl. But Hedwig of Silesia was not an owl — she was a princess, wife,…

Apparition of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. / Credit: Alacoque, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Oct 16, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). St. Margaret Mary Alacoque — whose feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on Oct. 16 — was a French nun responsible for spreading…

Suspended FBI agent Marcus Allen testifies during a hearing before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government of the House Judiciary Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on May 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 15, 2024 / 18:05 pm (CNA)….