Archive for October 5, 2024

Devout Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie, known for his role as Jesus Christ in "The Chosen," is an executive producer and narrator of the new film "Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story."?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Actor Jonathan Roumie calls Father Flanagan’s mission portrayed in new film ‘timeless’

The film, narrated and produced by Jonathan Roumie will be released for one night only in theaters across the country... Read more

The tomb of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938) in Łagiewniki, Poland.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

10 quotes on suffering and humility from the diary of St. Faustina Kowalska

On Oct. 5 Catholics around the world celebrate the feast of St. Faustina Kowalska, the polish nun who received the... Read more

Among the various ceremonies at the inauguration of the first female Mexican president, Claudia Scheinbaum, in the capital city’s Constitution Plaza — commonly known as Zócalo — a group of Indigenous women performed a “sacred ceremony.”?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Cardinal, exorcists have differing takes on ‘cleansing’ ritual performed on Mexican president 

A Mexican cardinal and three priests have differing takes on the “cleansing” ritual that was performed during the inauguration of... Read more

Mark Houck and other pro-life activists share the severe suffering they have experienced due to the pro-abortion policies of the Biden-Harris administration at the Pray Vote Stand Summit in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Panelists at Pray Vote Stand Summit slam government’s pro-abortion agenda

Pennsylvania pro-life advocate Mark Houck joined panelists at the Pray Vote Stand Summit in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Read more

The Maronite Catholic eparch of Batroun, Bishop Mounir Khairallah, attends a Synod on Synodality press conference on Oct. 5, 2024, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Lebanese bishop makes impassioned plea for peace at synod briefing

Bishop Mounir Khairallah of Batroun shared his personal experience of violence and forgiveness, recounting how his parents were murdered when... Read more

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A worshiper waves the flag of China as Pope Francis leaves following the weekly general audience on June 12, 2019, at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Vatican-China bishop deal renewed for four more years

A pro-life sign is seen on a roadside in Agnew, Nebraska, on May 14, 2024.

Voters in Nebraska will have a choice between two competing abortion measures

Pope Francis meets with other delegates of the Synod on Synodality at a roundtable discussion in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Oct. 17, 2024.

Live updates: The Synod on Synodality debates the Catholic Church’s future

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day.

5 ways St. John Paul II changed the Catholic Church forever

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Saintly superhero: When Marvel Comics told the life story of John Paul II

When asked what Christians can do outside the Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa responded: “Pray and support. Support the Christian community as much as they can.”

Jerusalem cardinal: Two-state solution to end Israel-Hamas war is now ‘unrealistic’

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance listens as Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.

JD Vance at Wisconsin faith rally says Catholics ‘feel abandoned’ by Biden, Harris

Pro-life protestors hold signs outside the Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 10, 2024, advocating against Amendment 3, which would dramatically expand abortion access in Missouri if passed in November.

3 states pick up abortion pill lawsuit against Food and Drug Administration

“Don’t mess with my children,” reads a sign carried by a participant in one of some 30 marches on Oct. 19, 2024, in Colombia to protest the country’s health department memorandom that sanctions sex changes for minors.

Thousands of Colombians protest government’s embrace of gender ideology

Interior of the parish church in the Cuxtitali sector of the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Mexican priest shot dead after celebrating Mass

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