Some things change, some don’t, and it can be hard to know what to do about it. Wise sayings point in different directions: “[I] beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to […]
There is a philosophical problem we’ve faced in the West for some time that can be summarized as follows: “In the movement of post-Kantian thought, conceptual knowledge was indeed called into question. For Schleiermacher, the […]
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 annu… […]
Biagio Conte, a lay missionary based in Palermo, is seen doing a pilgrimage in a almost deserted street on March 20, 2020, in Palermo, Italy. Conte died Jan. 12, 2023, and his Jan. 17, 2023, funeral in Palermo was attended by thousands. / Photo … […]
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Rome Newsroom, Dec 27, 2022 / 08:50 am (CNA).
On Dec. 26, actors in Greccio, Italy, about 50 miles north of Rome, put on a play telling the story of how St. Francis of Assisi created the first living Nativity sc… […]
Fresco by Giotto of St. Francis of Assisi embracing the Child Jesus at Christmas Mass in Greccio in 1223, located in the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy. / Public domain
Rome Newsroom, Dec 23, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA).
It’s a we… […]
Mass in Assisi with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi on the feast of St. Francis, Oct. 4, 2022 Andrea Cova/Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi / Andrea Cova/Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
Rome Newsroom, Oct 4, 2022 / 10:00 am (CNA).
On the feast of St. F… […]
Renowned worldwide for his radical poverty and profound humility, St. Francis of Assisi is among the most famous of God’s saints. It is no wonder, then, that, like his master Jesus of Nazareth, Francis has […]
The year 1968 was a dramatic one, all over the world. In 1968, the president of Peru was deposed in a military coup. His successor lasted several years until he was also deposed during a […]
St. Francis of Assisi. / Bradley Weber via Flickr CC BY NC ND 2.0.
New York City, N.Y., Aug 1, 2022 / 06:18 am (CNA).
Today’s feast of Our Lady of the Angels of Porziuncola and its associated indulgence is a way to focus on the importance of Ma… […]
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