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Pope Francis presides at the annual celebration of “first vespers,” or evening prayer, for the vigil of the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on Dec. 31, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 31, 2023 / 12:55 pm (CNA). Pope Francis rang in the new year and gave thanks for 2023 at a…

Pope Francis waves during his Sunday Angelus on Dec. 31, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 31, 2023 / 10:21 am (CNA). In his final Angelus address of 2023, Pope Francis paid tribute to Pope Benedict XVI on the one-year anniversary of his predecessor’s death, saying that the late pontiff continues to bless…

Pope Benedict XVI on April 21, 2007, in Vigevano, Italy. / Credit: miqu77/Shutterstock Chicago, Ill., Dec 31, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). A brilliant thinker and prolific writer, Pope Benedict XVI wrote 66 books in his lifetime. His final work, “What Is Christianity? The Last Writings,” was published in Italian on Jan. 20, just weeks…

The funeral for Pope Benedict XVI, a statue that survived an earthquake, the remarkably well preserved body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, and Pope Francis at World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, were among the top Catholic stories of 2023. / Credit: Paul Badde/EWTN; Facebook Antuan Ilgit SJ; Kelsey Wicks/CNA; Pablo Pilco/EWTN News CNA Staff, Dec…

Tia, Miriam, Emanuel, and Josias (left to right) from the St. Lorenz Catholic Parish in Kempten, Diocese of Augsburg, Germany, December 2023. / Credit: Nicolas Schnall/Kindermissionswerk Frankfurt, Germany, Dec 31, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). For over half a century, every year in Germany — as well as in Switzerland and Austria — hundreds of…