Papal preacher Father Roberto Pasolini on Dec. 20, 2024, urged Church leaders to embrace the quality of “littleness” ahead of the Christmas holiday, calling on the faithful to imitate Christ and arguing against the need to feel “important in the… […]
King Baudouin salutes during the playing of the Belgian national anthem on March 31, 1981. / Credit: Marcel Antonisse/Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vatican City, Dec 23, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA).
The Vatican this month officially opened the be… […]
President Joe Biden on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, commuted the death row sentences of more than three dozen federal prisoners, ordering that the formerly condemned inmates serve out life sentences instead of being executed by the government. / Credi… […]
Father Juan Manuel Gutiérrez in interview with “EWTN Noticias” anchor Nathalí Paredes on Dec. 19, 2024. / Credit: EWTN Noticias/Screenshot
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 23, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Juan Manuel Gutiérrez is a Mexican priest who now serves… […]
Daniel Turek, left, and Noah Mullins are two Detroit-area students studying at Grand Valley State University who design and sell Kingdom Kneelers, foam kneeling pads for prayer. Mullins came up with the idea for Kingdom Kneelers after attending … […]
Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie visits Emelyne, a little girl he has sponsored since 2023, in Rwanda. / Credit: Unbound
CNA Staff, Dec 23, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
In 2023, Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie partnered with Unbound, a Catholic child-sp… […]
Cathedral of Christ the King in Reykjavik, Iceland. / Credit: Wirthi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
CNA Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
The Scandinavian island nation of Iceland celebrates its national patron, St. Thorlak Thorhal… […]
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address via a video livestream from his Casa Santa Marta residence within the Vatican due to a cold on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 22, 2024 / 11:50 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on… […]
Altar servers. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 22, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has mandated that girls are not permitted to serve as altar servers in parishes w… […]
Widows who are members of the Widows of Prayer gather together in community in various parts of the country. The group is headquartered in the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and has grown since its founding in 1994 from five widows to 60, with… […]
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