Vatican approves new patron saints for entire Arabian Peninsula — By: Catholic News Agency

The Arabian Peninsula. / Credit: NASA Images/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). The Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments approved the new regional calendar of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia, thereby granting new patron saints for the Arabian Peninsula. The vicariate is a territorial…

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New Frassati Chapel aims to bring perpetual adoration to the nation’s capital — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Charles Gallagher, pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., with Auxiliary Bishop Juan R. Esposito-Garcia at the blessing of the Frassati Chapel on Aug. 9, 2025. / Credit: Steve and Bernadette Dalgetty Washington D.C., Aug 20, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). After years of planning, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Washington, D.C.,…

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