Archive for December 28, 2023

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By Jonah McKeown

Catholics prepare to converge in St. Louis for SEEK24: Here’s what to expect

More than 18,000 people from across the country have signed up to attend the SEEK24 Catholic conference in St. Louis... Read more

Catholic speaker John O’Leary stands on the set of “On Fire,” his biographical movie, on Dec. 8, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Catholic speaker John O’Leary gets the Hollywood treatment of his life story

The film about John O’Leary’s extraordinary life and recovery wrapped up at the Shrine of St. Joseph in downtown St.... Read more

Patrick Norton pictured with a magazine cover of Mother Teresa, who picked him up from the streets of Bombay as an infant. Later he was adopted by an American family.?w=200&h=150

By Patti Maguire Armstrong

Rescued by Mother Teresa, Minnesota man now shares his incredible stories of two nuns  

Patrick Norton says Mother Teresa’s “yes” to Jesus gave him the life he has today, which includes sharing the story... Read more

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By Daniel Payne,Jonah McKeown

Here’s every state where abortion is on the ballot in 2024

While all eyes are on the 2024 presidential matchup, there are also numerous efforts by abortion activists to add “abortion... Read more

Moral theology professor Joseph Capizzi speaks with Tracy Sabol on “EWTN News Nightly” Dec. 22, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

CUA theology dean: Just war doctrine requires Israel to avoid civilian casualties

Joseph Capizzi, a professor of moral theology and ethics at the Catholic University of America, said the Israeli military “cannot... Read more

More than 4,000 faithful attended the celebration of the Christmas Mass at the St. George Parish in the suburb of Edappally, India.?w=200&h=150

By Anto Akkara

Papal Christmas deadline over Syro-Malabar rift is met, but Indian archdiocese simmers

Protests and disruptions to “unified” Masses mandated by the pope were observed around the archdiocese, but it remains if there... Read more

Oregon resident Jessica Bates appealed a court’s ruling against her in a case alleging that the government is religiously discriminating against her by refusing to allow her to adopt children from the state system.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Oregon mother appeals court ruling in religious discrimination adoption case

Jessica Bates filed a federal lawsuit against the state’s Department of Human Services earlier this year after she was denied... Read more

Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez presides over the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas in the Mexico-Guatemala border region.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Colín

Bishop decries ‘scourge of violence’ by organized crime on Mexico’s southern border

Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez warned that “organized crime keeps people besieged, confined, intimidated, and threatened, harming them more every day.” Read more

Father Patrick Desbois leads Yahad-In Unum, an organization created to the locate the sites of mass graves of Jewish victims of WWII Nazi mobile killing units.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

French priest and Holocaust expert counters attempts to exploit Jesus for anti-Israel agenda

Father Patrick Desbois said in an interview this week that “if he had been born today, Jesus would be a... Read more

A 40 Days for Life volunteer tries to pray for the end of abortion in Madrid in front of the police present on Dec. 28, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

20 riot police sent to remove 10 young people praying rosary at abortion clinic in Spain

The Government Delegation in Madrid mobilized approximately 20 riot police officers to prevent about 10 young people from praying the... 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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