Climate activists vandalize St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy — By: Catholic News Agency

The facade of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy. / Credit: Marco Rubino/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA). Climate activists on Thursday vandalized the facade of the nearly 1,000-year-old St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy, reportedly defacing it with mud and chocolate milk as part of an environmental demonstration.  Demonstrators with…

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Spanish lawyer, mom of 4, challenges country’s rosary ban — By: Catholic News Agency

Polonia Castellanos, founder of the Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dec 8, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Growing numbers of Catholics continue to defy Spain’s socialist government by publicly praying the rosary for the country as it faces spiritual, political, and economic turbulence that a pro-life lawyer says…

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Notre Dame Cathedral expected to reopen one year from today — By: Catholic News Agency

French President Emmanuel Macron, flanked by president of the public establishment “Rebuilding Notre-Dame de Paris” Philippe Jost (right) and and Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich (left), visits the nave of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral during its reconstruction on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: SARAH MEYSSONNIER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2023 /…

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Pope Francis appoints three new auxiliary bishops for Philadelphia Archdiocese — By: Catholic News Agency

Philadelphia Auxiliary Bishops-elect Keith Chylinski (left), Efren Esmilla, and Christopher Cooke. / Credit: Sarah Webb/Archdiocese of Philadelphia CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2023 / 13:59 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Friday appointed three new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, joining Archbishop Nelson Perez and current Auxiliary Bishop John McIntyre there. The Vatican announced Dec….

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