Archive for August 21, 2022

Pope Celestine V was canonized in 1313 and since 1327 has been buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L'Aquila.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Saint Celestine V and the Catholic Church's first jubilee

Peter of Morrone was an unusual choice for pope: He was not a cardinal but a hermit living in a... Read more

Pope Francis gives his weekly Angelus address on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis calls for ‘peaceful coexistence’ and dialogue in Nicaragua

Pope Francis spoke about Nicaragua, where the Catholic Church has been under harassment by the Ortega regime, after the Sunday... Read more

Pope Francis.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis: ‘The rule of measure is Jesus and his Gospel’

Jesus “wants to tell us that to enter into God’s life, into salvation, we need to pass through him,” Pope... Read more

A screenshot of a YouTube video of Bishop-elect Francois Beyrouti giving a homily on July 31, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis names new bishop for Melkite Greek Catholic Church in U.S.

Bishop-elect Francois Beyrouti grew up in Canada after his family emigrated from Lebanon. Read more

Photo illustration of Nigerian military uniform.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Four religious sisters kidnapped in Nigeria

The Sisters of Jesus the Saviour announced that four of their Sisters were kidnapped in Nigeria’s Imo state on Sunday. Read more

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The Vatican and Microsoft have created a 3D digital model of St. Peter’s Basilica using the latest in artificial intelligence to offer a new way to experience the nearly 2,000-year history of the tomb of St. Peter.

PHOTOS: Discover the history of St. Peter’s Basilica in new Microsoft online AI-enhanced 3D model

Pope Francis delivers remarks at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.

Pope Francis: True devotion to Mary always ‘points to Jesus’

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Pope Francis urges ‘human-centered’ approach to ‘climate finance’ at UN COP29 summit

St. Charles de Foucauld, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and St. John Bosco.

6 Latin American bishops share their favorite saints and how they inspired their ministry

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Catholic woman awarded $12.7 million in religious discrimination lawsuit over COVID vaccine

A photo of St. Frances Cabrini from 1880, the year she founded her order, is seen against a 1913 painting by Harry J. Jansen, “The Steamship Titanic.”

Mother Frances Cabrini: The unsinkable saint who missed the Titanic

The bishop of Santa Clara, Arturo González Amador (center) was elected as the new president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba. He is accompanied in the photo by the conference's vice president, Matanzas Bishop Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz (left) and the conference's new secretary general, Auxiliary Bishop of Havana Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez (right).

In midst of island’s travails, Cuba’s bishops elect new leadership

Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul-Minneapolis.

Bishops elect new treasurer, committee chairs at Baltimore meeting

USCCB president Archbishop Timothy Broglio (left); Bishop Mark Seitz, head of the USCCB migration committee (center); and Bishop Michael Burbidge, chairman of the USCCB’s pro-life committee, speak to media at the USCCB fall plenary assembly on Nov. 12, 2024.  

U.S. bishops will speak out ‘loudly’ if Trump’s mass deportation rhetoric becomes reality

Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Pope Francis’ apostolic nuncio to the United States, addresses the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July 2024.

U.S. nuncio: Bishops must foster missionary zeal

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