Pope Francis prays with members of the Synod on Synodality during one of its meetings in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on the morning of Oct. 12, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Oct 12, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Prayer groups are sponsoring an online platform through which you can “adopt” a Synod…

Pope Francis celebrated Mass on the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, June 29, 2023, where he also blessed the pallia for new archbishops. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 12, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA). The Vatican on Saturday published the schedule for Pope Francis’ consistory to create new cardinals, stating that the…

Ana Finat said writing her conversion story “was very scary,” especially because of the implications for her husband and daughters. / Credit: Courtesy of Ana Finat Madrid, Spain, Oct 12, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Spanish influencer and aristocrat Ana Finat, a descendant of St. Francis Borgia, has just published the story of her…

Pope Francis praying at the Mass in suffrage for the cardinals and bishops who have died in the past year, Nov. 2, 2022. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 12, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis expressed in a letter Saturday a desire that each of the 21 new cardinals to be added in…

Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his Cabinet. / Credit: Official photograph of the Office of the President of Colombia. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 12, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Unidos por la Vida (United for Life) platform in Colombia has called a nationwide march for Oct. 19 in opposition…

null / Credit: stockbob/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 12, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). As with any U.S. election season, the 2024 presidential election is filled with endless “fact checks” and accusations of falsehoods against various politicians. Separating lies from facts is ultimately up to the voter and lying may seem unimportant these days in the…