Police tape. / Credit: Unsplash Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 15, 2023 / 14:36 pm (CNA). The suspect in the murder of a Nebraska priest was discovered lying on top of the victim forming the shape of a cross as the pastor was bleeding to death, according to an affidavit filed in the Washington County Court….

Catholics celebrate Christmas Mass at the Nativity of Our Lady Church on Dec. 24, 2019, in Macau, China. / Credit: Kit Leong/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 15, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA). The size of the Christian population in China has leveled off after the dramatic increases of the 1980s and 1990s, according to a…

null / Credit: Alexander Hoffmann/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 15, 2023 / 17:15 pm (CNA). An Italian priest named Father Charles Vachetta is credited with writing a novena in 1721 to inspire his parishioners during Advent. Today, that novena is known as the “Christmas novena.” The nine-day prayer begins on Dec. 16 and concludes on…