Archive for May 4, 2024

Mother Marla Marie stands on the front porch of the sisters’ Mother of the Light convent in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

From the Washington Post to the Maronite convent: Meet Mother Marla Marie

“I wanted to be a journalist to spread the truth,” Mother Marla said of her time at the Washington Post.... Read more

A patient at the new Misky María Palliative Care Hospital located on the outskirts of Lima, Perú.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

New palliative care hospital brings ‘sweetness of Mary’ to poorest in Peru

In the context of the recent news of the death of Ana Estrada, the first person to request and receive... Read more

Professor Mouna Maroun is the first Arab to be elected as the rector of an Israeli university, the University of Haifa. Maroun belongs to the Arab minority in Israel, the Christian minority among Arabs, and the Maronite minority among Christians. She says she is proud of her religious affiliation and wears a golden crucifix around her neck. "My election is an important message that everything is possible in the Israeli academia," she told CNA.?w=200&h=150

By Marinella Bandini

First Arab Christian woman to lead Israel’s University of Haifa

The announcement of Professor Mouna Maroun’s appointment was made amid tensions with Iran and as anti-Israel protests were mounting around... 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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