Archive for December 4, 2022

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By Katie Yoder

The hidden message in ancient ‘O Antiphons’ of Advent

An emeritus Texas bishop is highlighting an Advent message hidden in the O Antiphons — prayers that are said in... Read more

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By Jonah McKeown

The mighty Mississippi was once named ‘River of the Immaculate Conception.’ Here’s why

“Immaculate” is not a word most people would use to describe the Mississippi River’s famously muddy waters. But Father Jacques... Read more

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By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis: It’s never too late to begin again

“Let us not let this Advent go by like days on the calendar, because this is a moment of grace,”... Read more

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By Joe Bukuras

Catholic student center in Nebraska receives shooting threat, signed ‘Jane’s Revenge’

A Catholic campus ministry center at the University of Nebraska received a death threat Saturday morning in a note signed... Read more

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Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals from across the world at a consistory in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 30, 2023.

5 Italians to be elevated as cardinals by Pope Francis at Dec. 7 consistory

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus address on the first Sunday of Advent, Dec. 1, 2024.

‘Raise your heads,’ Pope Francis tells faithful in first Advent message amid multiple conflicts

The Daughters of St. Paul during their annual Christmas concert.

Daughters of St. Paul Christmas concerts aim to remind audience of the ‘closeness to God’

Father Francis Browne/The Titanic.

The Jesuit priest who captured the last photos of the Titanic afloat

Lectionary on altar table at Mass

With Advent 2024, the odd-numbered liturgical Cycle C begins. What does this entail?

Pope Francis meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Vatican on Oct. 4, 2021.

A path toward unity: Pope Francis proposes joint Catholic-Orthodox celebration of Nicaea anniversary

Soren and Ever Johnson run Trinity House + Cafe and Trinity House Communications in Leesburg, Virginia, and shared with CNA how their mutual love of St. John Paul II led them to open Trinity House and dedicate their lives to full-time ministry.

JP II-inspired cafe celebrates 10 years of ‘bringing riches of the faith’ to public square

Workshop of Gerard Seghers, “Saint Andrew,” ca. 1637.

St. Andrew the Apostle: 8 things to know and share

Advent wreath.

Advent 2024: 4 Catholic resources to help you grow in your faith

As they have for many years, members of St. Vincent de Paul, known as Vincentians, served housands of people on Thanksgiving day around the country.

Giving thanks by giving food: Society of St. Vincent de Paul volunteers serve those in need

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