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Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, chapel and statue. / Credit: Joseph Antoniello, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Sep 10, 2024 / 14:05 pm (CNA). Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio is set to launch a Washington, D.C., program for its students, including residential and learning facilities, the university announced last week.   The Ward and…

French Catholic priest Abbé Pierre appears on the TV programm “La Marche du Siecle” in Paris on Dec. 19, 1988. / Credit: GEORGES BENDRIHEM/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Sep 10, 2024 / 14:50 pm (CNA). A foundation that supports a prominent Catholic movement in France is changing its name after revealing nearly 20 fresh…

Pope Francis during Mass at the Esplanade of Taci Tolu in Dili, Timor-Leste, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Dili, East Timor, Sep 10, 2024 / 13:21 pm (CNA). An estimated 600,000 Catholics attended Pope Francis’ Mass on Tuesday in East Timor, a small island country that is 98% Catholic. The pope celebrated…

The faithful gather at the site of Father Arul Das’ death in the Jamboni jungle on Sept. 2, 2024. / Credit: Anto Akkara Bangalore, India, Sep 10, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA). More than 4,000 Catholics on Sept. 2 assembled in the remote Jamboni jungle to mark the 25-year observance of the death of 33-year-old…

Pope Francis blesses children at the Irmas Alma School in Timor-Leste on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Sep 10, 2024 / 10:45 am (CNA). On the second day of his apostolic visit to East Timor (Timor-Leste), Pope Francis first met with children and religious sisters at the Irmãs Alma School…