Archive for December 23, 2021

The opening of Tampa Hope, an emergency homeless shelter of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Petersburg in Tampa, Fla., Dec. 13, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

For Tampa's homeless, small cottages could give hope for a better future

A new housing complex of small cottages and tents aims to help several hundred homeless people in Tampa, in a... Read more

Seminarians of the FSSP's International Seminary of St. Peter.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

EWTN documentary highlights chart-topping Christmas album from Germany, 'Sancta Nox'

A documentary airing on EWTN this Christmas will bring viewers to a seminary in Bavaria, home to an internationally diverse... Read more

Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, in London, England, on March 14, 2011. Credit: Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis accepts Cardinal Turkson’s resignation as head of Vatican’s social development office

The dicastery will be led for now by Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny. Read more

Pope Francis addresses members of the Roman Curia at the Vatican on Dec. 23, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis: Roman Curia needs ‘synodal conversion’

He said that Vatican officials should set an example for Catholics worldwide. Read more

Cardinal Pietro Parolin attends an ordination at the Basilica of Sant'Eugenio in Rome, Sept. 5, 2020.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Vatican tightens COVID-19 rules for offices of Roman Curia

Cardinal Parolin issued a decree outlining the new measures. Read more

Pope John Paul I in an undated file photo.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis to beatify ‘smiling pope’ John Paul I in September 2022

The pope who reigned for 33 days will be beatified in St. Peter’s Basilica. Read more

An Indian Christian prays in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, on Dec. 9, 2018.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Report finds rising anti-Christian violence in India

Christians were the targets of 305 violent incidents in nine months. Read more

Patrick Kelly, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, delivers his first Supreme Knight's Report during the organization's 139th Annual Convention, Aug. 3, 2021. Credit: Knights of Columbus/screenshot.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Urgent appeal from Supreme Knight: Start this novena on Christmas Eve for persecuted Christians

The head of the Knights of Columbus is asking for the order's members to consider "a last-minute Christmas gift": saying... Read more

The Monserrate Home is administered by the sisters of the Congregation of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Poor in Colombia.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Colombian bishop repudiates shocking abuse of boy at home run by nuns

The Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia, Héctor Cubillos Peña, expressed his “deep pain and his firm repudiation” of the “serious mistreatment”... Read more

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The rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral is seen a few weeks before its reopening to the public scheduled for Dec. 7, 2024, on Oct. 25, 2024, in Paris.

U.S. President-elect Trump to attend Notre Dame Cathedral reopening in Paris

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador.

Catholic Church in El Salvador calls on president to maintain ban on gold mining

Close to the Pantheon in the heart of Rome, one of the city’s oldest and most popular ecclesiastical tailor shops — Ditta Annibale Gammarelli — is ready for the Dec. 7, 2024, consistory for the creation of new cardinals.

Rome’s famous tailor prepares for the Catholic Church’s new cardinals

A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier from the Kobe City Museum collection.

Remembering St. Francis Xavier’s missionary zeal

Missouri’s bishops said citizens can reach out to the governor’s office to express opposition to the pending execution of Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Missouri convicted murderer’s death row case

According to Venerable English College, during the Catholic persecution in England, students would gather around the “Martyrs’ Picture” in the chapel to sing the Te Deum — a Latin hymn of thanksgiving — whenever news reached Rome of the martyrdom of a former student. This custom continues today on Martyrs’ Day, Dec. 1, when the relics of the martyrs, preserved beneath the altar, are venerated by the students.

English seminary in Rome commemorates Martyrs’ Day on St. Ralph Sherwin’s feast

Smoke of war rises over a residential area in Aleppo. On Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College in Aleppo was hit by a strike. No casualties were reported.

As Aleppo’s Christians face new ordeal, Church leaders call for courage and faith

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Vatican suppresses Carmelite monastery following long-running controversy

Attendees including workers of reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral gather during a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron (center) in the nave of the cathedral in Paris on Nov. 29, 2024.

U.S. churches to ring bells for reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral

The Holy Father's Dec. 2, 2024, letter to Catholics in Nicaragua comes at a critical time for the country.

Pope Francis to Nicaraguan Catholics: Faith and hope work miracles

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