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Rony Roller Circus.

Vatican invites Rome poor to a day at the circus

Feb 11, 2023

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Vatican’s charity office has invited around 2,000 poor and marginalized people to a circus performance in Rome on Saturday. Read more

An ice-cream stand near St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

Pope Francis sends 15,000 ice creams to Rome prisoners

Sep 8, 2021

By CNA Staff

The gelati were delivered by papal almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski. Read more

Papal almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski with homeless people awaiting vaccinations in the atrium of the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican Jan. 20, 2021. Credit: Vatican Media.

Vatican to vaccinate 1,200 people in need during Holy Week

Mar 26, 2021

By Courtney Mares

The Vatican plans to vaccinate 1,200 people living in poverty during Holy Week with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Read more

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“Roadmap to Reality: Carlo Acutis and Our Digital Age” is a new documentary film exploring the life of Carlo Acutis that will be coming to theaters in the spring of 2025.

Carlo Acutis film gains backing from National Eucharistic Congress, McGrath Institute

Pope Francis smiles at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.

Papal trip confirmed: Here is what Pope Francis will do in Corsica on Dec. 15

Archbishop Boris Godziak, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archiparagi of Philadelphia.

Ukrainian archbishop encourages Trump to go to Ukraine

A groom flashes a peace sign at wedding-goers while processing out of St. Mary’s Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, after having his marriage sacramentally blessed at the Marriage Mass on Oct. 19, 2024.

Couples find sacramental marriages ‘in God’s perfect timing’

The relics of St. Thomas Aquinas are kept in Toulouse, France, where the Dominican order was founded.

Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas to visit Washington, DC, on international tour

Farm workers.

Catholic Campaign for Human Development spent $11.4 million over its budget

Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva has over 420,000 followers on Instagram and 130,000 on YouTube.

Priest accused of being involved in alleged plot to assassinate president of Brazil

Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi during an interview with CNA in Rome on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.

Archbishop of Tokyo: An aging society like Japan’s will not be able to survive

President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, photographed here with Kirk Adams and First Lady Jill Biden, in a photo posted to his X account, Nov. 20, 2024.

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood leader Cecile Richards

Missouri’s bishops are urging the state to forgo executing a Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

Missouri bishops urge state to refrain from executing convicted child-killer next month

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