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Pope Francis addressed members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on Thursday morning, Feb. 8, 2024, to discuss the importance of liturgical reform as a core feature of the broader “renewal of the Church.” / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 8, 2024 / 11:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis…

Talitha Kum members hold a sculpture of St. Josephine Bakhita in St. Peter’s Square on Feb. 6, 2022. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 8, 2024 / 12:15 pm (CNA). On the 10th International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, Pope Francis urged people to take concrete actions to “combat this global…

St. Josephine Bakhita. / Credit: ACurrell via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 8, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA). On Feb. 8, we celebrate the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, an African nun who was born in Darfur, Sudan, and eventually became an Italian citizen.  Josephine experienced firsthand the horrors of slavery for…

Supporters of abortion rights confront PAAU activists outside of Washington Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2022. / Credit: Katie Yoder/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 8, 2024 / 09:37 am (CNA). Thirty-five pro-life organizations this week asked Congress to “intervene” and demand that the remains of five late-term aborted babies in Washington, D.C., not be…

Pope Francis at the Church of St. Anselm on Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017. / Credit: L’Osservatore Romano ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 8, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis will preside at the Mass and the traditional Ash Wednesday procession on Feb. 14 on Aventine Hill in Rome. The Office of Liturgical Celebrations announced…