Archive for April 16, 2022

Dutch flowers decorate St. Peter’s Square for Easter Sunday Mass 2019.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

How the tradition of Dutch flowers at the pope’s Easter Mass was saved

At the start of this year, a Vatican Easter tradition hung in the balance. Read more

Pope Benedict XVI on Aug. 28, 2010.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

5 things to know about Benedict XVI

The pope emeritus was born on April 16, 1927. Read more

"What's the Eucharist?" Kent Shi, a 25-year-old Harvard graduate student, asked that question when he attended eucharistic adoration for the first time. The answer put him on a path to conversion.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras,Shannon Mullen

Finding faith at Harvard: These 5 Easter conversion stories will make your day

This year, 31 people — 17 of whom are students at Harvard — will enter the Catholic Church at a... Read more

Bishop Georg Bätzing at the German bishops’ spring meeting in February 2021. Credit: Sascha Steinbach/epa pool.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

German bishops' president responds to letter warning of schism risk in synodal path

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, president of the German bishops’ conference, responded Thursday to a letter warning the country’s synodal... Read more

Pope Francis prays at the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on April 16, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis at Easter Vigil: The Risen Lord has robbed evil of its power

Pope Francis did not preside over the Easter Vigil Mass, but he delivered the homily and baptized seven people. Read more

Pope Francis at the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on April 16, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Pope Francis

Easter Vigil 2022: Full text of Pope Francis’ homily

Here is the full text of Pope Francis' homily for Easter Vigil 2022. Read more

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Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

What do we know about the presentation of Mary?

Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

Jimmy Lai’s wife, Teresa (left), and retired Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun arrive at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to attend Hong Kong activist publisher Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

Jimmy Lai takes the stand in yearslong Hong Kong national security trial

Senior fellow at the National Catholic Bioethics Center Joseph Meaney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.

Vietnam, with one of the highest abortion rates, leads UN initiative on premature births

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 20, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis reads Ukrainian student’s moving testimony of faith at general audience

Before the wooden coffin is closed, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, the Vatican’s lead master of ceremonies for papal liturgies, place a white veil over the late pope’s face. The action on Jan. 4, 2023, is part of the funeral rites for popes.

Vatican simplifies funeral rite for popes

The Supreme Court of India.

Church leaders will appeal Indian Supreme Court order for tax on salaries of clergy

Argentine President Javier Milei walks past President-elect Donald Trump as they attend the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida.

How will Trump impact abortion, gender, and migration policies in Latin America?

Memorial tree in Mayfouk, Lebanon, in remembrance of Christians killed in the Lebanese civil war.

Red Wednesday in the Land of the Martyrs 

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