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Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024.

Pope Francis ‘deeply saddened’ by New Orleans attack, offers prayers

Jan 2, 2025

By Courtney Mares

The pope sent a condolence message to New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond on Jan. 2 offering prayers for the souls... Read more

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Young Catholics listen as Samantha Kelley gives a talk at SEEK25 on the theology of the body on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

SEEK25 highlights theology of the body as a remedy for modern identity crisis

President-elect Donald Trump with his wife Melania Trump and archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan (left) attend the 79th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Hilton Midtown in New York City on Oct. 17, 2024.

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan will lead prayer at Donald Trump’s inauguration

Catholic Shigemi Fukahori stands in front of the former bell tower of the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, on July 17, 2013.

Shigemi Fukahori, Catholic atomic bomb survivor and peace advocate, dies at 93

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered for Mass on the solemnity of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Pope Francis on Epiphany: The star of the Magi symbolizes the love of God

Pope Francis on Jan. 6, 2025, appointed Father George Kolodziej, SDS, a Polish-born priest with extensive pastoral and counseling experience, as the new bishop of Bunbury, Western Australia.

Pope Francis names Polish priest as new bishop for Western Australia diocese

Pope Francis greets Sister Simona Brambilla, superior general of the Consolata Missionary Sisters, on June 5, 2017 in Clementine Hall at the Vatican.

Pope Francis appoints first-ever woman to head Vatican dicastery

Cardinal Robert McElroy addresses the congregation at Rome’s Church of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali during his formal installation as its titular cardinal on April 23, 2023.

Pope Francis names Cardinal Robert McElroy to lead Washington, D.C., Archdiocese

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What’s next for AI in 2025? Catholic experts weigh in

St. André Bessette (1845–1937) was a brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross, which oversees the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Known as a healer with a great devotion to St. Joseph, he led the effort to build Montreal’s famous Oratory of St. Joseph.

St. André Bessette: First Canadian-born saint was a healer who loved St. Joseph

The SEEK conference, held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City from Jan. 1–5, 2025, is more like a family reunion than a retreat, attendees observed.

‘A great witness’: SEEK25 wraps up in Salt Lake City

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