Archive for October 24, 2024

Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, on the set of EWTN News live from at the Synod on Synodality, Oct. 22, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Cardinal Czerny: Legacy of Synod on Synodality will be a ‘refreshed’ missionary Church

“The central insight of Vatican II is that we are all enjoying equal dignity as Christians by our baptism,” Canadian... Read more

Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence in the film “Conclave,” which opens in theaters Oct. 25, 2024, in the U.S.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Seminary rector responds to ‘Conclave’ movie: why only men can be priests

“Conclave” bills itself as a star-studded mystery-thriller centered on the selection of a new pope for the Catholic Church, but... Read more

A missionary priest of the Order of St. Elijah celebrates a Mass attended by Christians liberated from slavery in a small chapel in Pakistan.?w=200&h=150

By Martin Barillas

Catholic missionary endeavor in Pakistan shares Gospel, frees Christians from slavery

CNA interviewed missionaries who recently returned from Pakistan, where they freed nearly 200 Christians from slavery. Read more

A reconstruction of an ancient church recently discovered in Armenia. The newly discovered church measures about 100 feet across and is shaped like an octagon with “cruciform annexes oriented east-west and north-south,” according to Achim Lictenberger, who noted the discovery of a similar structure from a slightly later period found in Abchazia (Sebastopol).?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Ancient ruins in Armenia might be oldest church in world’s first Christian nation

A team of German and Armenian researchers made a groundbreaking discovery last week of an ancient church in Armenia dating... Read more

Father “Kike” Figaredo with one of the disabled children he helps in Cambodia.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

‘The wheelchair bishop’: Father Kike Figaredo dedicates ministry to disabled in Cambodia

Father Kike Figaredo told ACI Prensa that people are not “disabled” but have “different abilities.” However, “they have special needs”... Read more

Pope Francis speaks at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 23, 2024. An altar painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Francesco de Rhoden inside the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Rome, Italy.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Sacred Heart shows path forward in AI era, Pope Francis says in new encyclical ‘Dilexit Nos’

Pope Francis released “Dilexit Nos,” the first encyclical on the Sacred Heart in nearly 70 years, arguing Catholic devotion offers... Read more

The suspect who allegedly vandalized statues at the St. Therese of Lisieux Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn is seen in footage on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

New York police search for man who damaged statues at Catholic church in Brooklyn

Footage shows the suspect damaging part of the statue with his hands before using a brick to break parts of... Read more

Parents protest the Montgomery County School Board's policy blocking them from opting out their children from pro-homosexual and transgender materials.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Maryland school district pulls LGBTQ books amid legal battle before Supreme Court

Parents from diverse faith backgrounds filed suit in May 2023 after the district announced it would no longer allow parents... Read more

Archbishop Bruno Forte speaks to journalists at the presentation of the encyclical “Dilexit Nos” on Oct. 24, 2024, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Sacred Heart encyclical ‘key’ to Pope Francis’ pontificate, theologian says

Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, Italy, presented Dilexit Nos (“He Loved Us”) at a press conference at the Vatican on... Read more

Firefighters work to extinguish the fire at St. Mary Church in Franklin, Massachusetts, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Federal, state police investigate arson at historic Massachusetts Catholic church

The fire chief said it appeared the church “is going to be out of service for a while,” in part... Read more

Cardinal Robert Prevost speaks to members of the media during a Synod on Synodality briefing on Oct. 23, 2024, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

‘People of God’ should be involved in selecting bishops, cardinal says

Cardinal Francis Prevost said the question of the selection process for bishops and the way in which it is carried... Read more

Theologian Myriam Wijlens, a Synod on Synodality consultant, speaks at an Oct. 23, 2024, press briefing, where she emphasized that Pope Francis has called for “reconfiguring the Church in a synodal way.”?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Analysis: What will the final document of the Synod on Synodality be like?

The Synod on Synodality final document is set to be discussed and voted on this weekend. What will be in... Read more

A smiling Pope Francis is depicted on a sign outside the APEC Haus in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on the occasion of the pontiff's visit, Sept. 7, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

10 inspiring quotes from Pope Francis in his encyclical ‘Dilexit Nos’

Here are some of the most inspiring quotes from Pope Francis in his new encyclical “Dilexit Nos” on the divine... Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, appearing with medical doctors, holds a press conference on Oct. 22, 2024, to speak in opposition to Amendment 4, which would add a right to abortion before the point of viability to Florida’s constitution.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

10 states will vote on abortion on Election Day. Here’s a look at each

Several of the state ballot proposals in front of voters threaten current pro-life protections, particularly a number of proposed constitutional... Read more

Sign outside National Institute of Health, Department for Health and human Services, Washington D.C.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Doctor concealed tax-funded puberty blocker study after it did not show mental health benefits

“I do not want our work to be weaponized,” Johanna Olson-Kennedy said, according to the Times. “It has to be... Read more

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Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior, which has programs for the disabled, elderly, and impoverished, argued caring for those in need is part of its religious mission.

Supreme Court to hear Catholic Charities case on whether serving the poor is religious act

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Cardinal Cupich asks Catholics ‘to receive holy Communion standing’ in Chicago Archdiocese

Pilgrims attend Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 12, 2022, to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and the unborn.

Archbishop Cordileone wants to encourage a devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe in U.S.

Pope Francis meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2021.

Overturning Nancy Pelosi’s Communion ban: It’s too late for an appeal, expert says

Pope Francis blessing a baby during a general audience.

Vatican opens first day care for employees’ children

Statue of St. Lucy at the New Chapel of St. Lucy in Pampanga province, Philippines.

Pope Francis: St. Lucy is an example of female leadership in the Church

Michael P. Warsaw, chairman and CEO of EWTN Global Catholic Network, presents the 2024 Mother Angelica Award to Curtis and Michaelann Martin, co-founders of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, on Dec. 12, 2024.

FOCUS co-founders receive 2024 Mother Angelica Award

Father Augustus Taylor.

Father Gus Taylor, co-founder of Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, dies at 84

Pope Francis stops for a brief prayer in front of the Bethlehem Nativity in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall during its presentation and a meeting with some of the people involved in its creation on Dec. 7, 2024.

Bethlehem artist defends presence of Palestinian keffiyeh in Nativity scene after backlash

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