Archive for May 28, 2023

Depiction of the Holy Spirit in St. Peter’s Basilica.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Everything you need to know about Pentecost

This weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter... Read more

Pope Francis presides over Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on May 28, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

On Pentecost, Pope Francis says Holy Spirit can bring harmony to ‘a polarized Church’

“Let us put the Holy Spirit back at the center of the Church; otherwise, our hearts will not be consumed... Read more

Pope Francis delivers the Regina Caeli address from the window of the Apostolic Palace on May 28, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis encourages Marian shrines around the world to pray for Synod on Synodality

From the Philippines to Portugal, Marian shrines around the world will participate in a special day of prayer this Wednesday... Read more

Thousands of pilgrims have lined up at the Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus in Gower, Missouri, to view the remains of Sr. Wilhelmina Lancaster.?w=200&h=150

By Shannon Mullen

PHOTOS: Thousands visiting Sister Wilhelmina's body over holiday weekend

Up to 15,000 pilgrims expected on Sunday alone, county sheriff says. Read more

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Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

“We think of these stories of saints that have withstood all this persecution as belonging to the Middle Ages,” said Bill McGurn, godfather of Jimmy Lai. “It’s going on right now, and we can see it.”

Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

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Wyoming governor pledges to appeal after judge blocks state pro-life laws

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

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