Archive for October 9, 2024

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By CNA Staff

Celebration of Cardinal Newman’s feast day breaks from tradition

Differing from the traditional practice, the feast day of Cardinal John Henry Newman is not celebrated on the day of... Read more

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By Zelda Caldwell,Zoe Romanowsky

The story of Adele Brise, the seer of the only approved Marian apparition in the U.S.

Oct. 9 is the solemnity of the apparition known as Our Lady of Champion. Read more

Our Lady of Champion statue at the national shrine in Champion, Wisconsin.?w=200&h=150

By Joseph Pronechen

Documentary spotlights 3 bishops who brought Our Lady of Champion shrine to national attention

A new EWTN documentary features the shepherds who brought Our Lady of Champion to the forefront of Marian devotion in... Read more

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra meets with Pope Francis in Vatican City on Aug. 17, 2018.?w=200&h=150

By Julieta Villar

UPDATE: New Vatican document confirms expulsion of Argentine priest from clerical state

Father Ariel Príncipi had been accused of crimes against the Sixth Commandment, which include cases of sexual abuse of minors. Read more

Rome Bishop Baldassare Reina presides at the closing of the diocesan phase of the investigation into the life and virtues of Chiara Corbella Petrillo in Rome on Friday, June 21, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Who is the Rome Diocese’s new vicar general, future Cardinal Baldassare Reina?

As he listed the names of the new cardinals, the pope named “His Excellency Monsignor Baldassare Reina, who will be... Read more

Maureen McKinley helps her children through some study exercises in her family's dining room in Phoenix. McKinley and her husband, Matt, home-school their five children and offer the older children a curriculum that includes Latin.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

States continue to report high levels of home schooling after pandemic boost, study finds

The Johns Hopkins School of Education’s Homeschool Research Lab found that 90% of states that shared numbers reported that home... Read more

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By Daniel Payne

Pennsylvania priest laicized after investigation finds he sexually assaulted two minors

Martin Boylan, 76, was removed from priestly ministry in 2016 after he was accused of sexual assault of a minor. Read more

Pope Francis during the weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square on Oct. 9, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope: ‘Prohibitions of the Spirit’ ensure Church unity is not driven by personal viewpoints

Continuing his catechesis on the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the Church, the pope emphasized that unity cannot be... Read more

Bishop Michael Martin prays with victims of Hurricane Helene while surveying storm damage at Swannanoa, North Carolina, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

North Carolina bishop visits communities hit by hurricane: ‘People are stunned’

Bishop Michael Martin told CNA that he and diocesan staff recently took a trip to several of the harder-hit areas... Read more

The Vatican has announced that the completed restorations on the soaring baldacchino over the central altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini will be unveiled on Oct. 27, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

PHOTOS: Vatican to unveil restored baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 27

Journalists donned hard hats on Tuesday to get a sneak peek of the nearly finished restorations, climbing the scaffolding to... Read more

Anti-death penalty activists, including members of MoveOn.org and other advocacy groups, rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip on Sept. 29, 2015, in Washington, D.C.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in consequential Oklahoma death penalty case

This is the second time Richard Glossip’s contentious death sentence has come before the Supreme Court. Read more

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By Kate Quiñones

United Nations human rights watchdog speaks out against men competing in women’s sports

The United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls demanded that member countries preserve female spaces in sports. Read more