Archive for July 4, 2024

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.”?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

12 amazing facts about the life of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

The young Italian who is expected to be canonized in the coming year became a popular role model soon after... Read more

Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Charles Carroll of Carrollton: a ‘patriotic’ Catholic Founding Father

Carroll was the only signer of the Declaration who was Catholic — in a time and place when Catholics faced... Read more

Danny Miran shows the T-shirt with a photo of his son Omri, one of the Israelis kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, and who is still being held hostage in Gaza. On the T-shirt, the Hebrew inscription reads: “Bring them home now!”, the motto of the campaign to bring back the hostages. A few days after Oct. 7, Danny Miran, 79, left his home in northern Israel and joined the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in Tel Aviv. His life’s purpose has become bringing his son back home.?w=200&h=150

By Marinella Bandini

Father of Israeli hostage who met with pope is on a mission to ‘bring them all home’

Danny Miran met Pope Francis at the Vatican in April. In mid-June he shared his testimony with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi... Read more

Dr. Peter Kilpatrick, president of The Catholic University, of America and Cardinal Sean O'Malley.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

CUA to establish Hispanic ministry chair in honor of Cardinal Seán O’Malley

The Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley Endowed Chair for Hispanic Ministry and Evangelization will reside in the School of Theology and... Read more

Archbishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio?w=200&h=150

By Eduardo Berdejo

Cardinal Rueda: With trust placed in Jesus, you can face the most adverse situations

The Christian who places his trust in the cross and resurrection of Christ can face the most adverse situations, Cardinal... Read more

Sybil Kathigasu, potentially Malaysia’s first saint, at age 30. Kathigasu was a devout Catholic who is remembered in Malaysia for protecting information and housing and nursing local members of the anti-Japanese resistance during WWII.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Cardinal calls for beatification, canonization of WWII heroine and nurse from Malaysia

Sybil Kathigasu is a heroine and lay martyr who protected information and housed and nursed local members of the anti-Japanese... Read more

An emergency novena will take place between July 16-24, including the feast days of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Charbel Makhlouf.?w=200&h=150

By Gigi Duncan

Novena for peace in the Near East announced for Christians, innocents in region

The novena, which will take place July 16–24, will implore protection for Christians and all innocent civilians in the region,... Read more