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Black Elk, daughter Lucy Black Elk and wife Anna Brings White. / Credit: Public Domain Detroit, Mich., Dec 10, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). Nicholas Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota Sioux warrior, visionary, and Catholic catechist, is known worldwide but has been misunderstood for decades, according to two Jesuit priests who have emphasized Black Elk’s…

Cardinal Robert Sarah, former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA ACI Africa, Dec 10, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). The emphasis of cultural elements over Christian ones during liturgical celebrations is a distortion of the paschal mystery that defines the liturgy, Cardinal Robert Sarah has said. …

Patrick Norton stands near Sister Annella Zervas’ grave, October 2022. / Credit: Patti Armstrong St. Paul, Minn., Dec 10, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pointing toward the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at the Saint Benedict Monastery cemetery in St. Joseph, Minnesota, 61-year-old Patrick Norton recounts the day 13 years ago when he was painting…

The Vatican unveiled its annual nativity scene earlier this evening, paying special tribute to the origins of the beloved tradition on its 800-year anniversary. / Credit: Vatican City, Dec 9, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The Vatican unveiled its annual nativity scene earlier this evening, paying special tribute to the origins of the beloved tradition…

null / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Dec 9, 2023 / 09:50 am (CNA). Pope Francis said today that the Vatican’s nativity scene this year should compel people to think of the Holy Land — both of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago, and also of the conflict currently engulfing the region.  “While we…

Father Cristiano G. Borro Barbosa , 47, has been appointed by Pope Francis as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Boston. Dec. 9, 2023. / Credit: Archdiocese of Boston CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2023 / 10:26 am (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed a priest born and ordained in Brazil to serve as the next…