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Pope Francis receives Edmundo Uribe on Aug. 26, 2024. The audience took place in the run-up to the International Eucharistic Congress, which will take place in Quito, Ecuador, from Sept. 8–15, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Aug 27,… […]
"We too must overcome despair," said newly installed Caracas, Venezuela, archbishop Raúl Biord Castillo. / Credit: Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM)
Caracas, Venezuela, Aug 27, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA).
On Aug. 24, the new metr… […]
Shroud of Turin featuring positive (left) and negative (right) digital filters. / Credit: Dianelos Georgoudis via Wikimedia Commons
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 27, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA).
A new study from an Italian researcher that analy… […]
A woman shops for fresh produce in a farmers market in Manhattan on Sept. 29, 2021, in New York City. / Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2024 / 13:45 pm (CNA).
The U.S. farm bill — a key part of American domestic policy tha… […]
Vatican and China flags. / Credit: esfera/Shutterstock
Vatican City, Aug 27, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
The Vatican announced Tuesday its “satisfaction” that China has officially recognized Bishop Melchior Shi Hongzhen as bishop of Tianjin. &n… […]
Pope Francis visits the Basilica of St. Augustine in Rome on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Aug 27, 2024 / 12:15 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the Basilica of St. Augustine on Tuesday to pray at … […]
A woman kneels at a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles for the victims on Aug. 24, 2024, close to the scene where at least three people were killed and several injured when a man attacked them with a knife on Aug. 23, 2024, in Solingen, w… […]
Volunteer canvassers Liz Grumbach (center) and Patricia Jones meet Lucy Meyer (left), who signs a petition outside her home in Phoenix on April 13, 2024, as the volunteers go door-to-door for signatures to get the petition for the Arizona Aborti… […]
St. Monica. / Credit: Luis Tristán, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
On Aug. 27, one day before the feast of her son St. Augustine, the Catholic Church honors St. Monica, whose holy example and ferv… […]
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