World Day of Grandparents: Vatican grants plenary indulgence for visiting the elderly
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jul 18, 2024 / 12:15 pm The Vatican has granted a plenary indulgence to anyone who visits a sick, lonely, or disabled elderly person on…
PHOTOS: Pope Francis hangs out with Vatican summer camp kids
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jul 18, 2024 / 11:45 am Pope Francis visited the kids participating in the Vatican’s annual summer camp on Thursday morning, answering their questions and…
Pope Francis adds two vice directors to Vatican communication dicastery
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jul 18, 2024 / 10:18 am Pope Francis on Thursday added two new vice directors to the senior management of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication.…
National Eucharistic Congress begins in Indianapolis: ‘We did this for you, Lord’
Indianapolis, Ind., Jul 18, 2024 / 09:35 am After years of planning and anticipation, the National Eucharistic Congress officially kicked off Wednesday evening with the triumphant culmination of the National…
Spiritual tone at RNC heightened in wake of Trump assassination attempt
By Ken Oliver-Méndez Milwaukee, Wis., Jul 18, 2024 / 09:15 am Acknowledgement of the supernatural is off the charts at this year’s Republican National Convention in the wake of former…
Puebla state in Mexico decriminalizes abortion, archdiocese responds
By Diego López Colín ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 18, 2024 / 07:00 am The Archdiocese of Puebla in Mexico has announced a series of measures that it will take to…
In France, the great Jubilee of the Sacred Heart at Paray-le-Monial draws crowds
By Emma Silvestri Paris, France, Jul 18, 2024 / 06:00 am For 18 months — beginning Dec. 27, 2023, through June 27, 2025 — the small town of Paray-le-Monial in…
American Catholic bishops award $10.5 million in grants from special collection money
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 17, 2024 / 18:05 pm The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on National Collections announced that it has awarded $10.5…
GOP vice presidential pick J.D. Vance on why he became Catholic
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 17, 2024 / 17:35 pm At 39 years old, Ohio Sen. James David “J.D.” Vance, Donald Trump’s newly announced running mate in the…
Possible Biden effort to reform Supreme Court, add term limits draws concern from the right
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 17, 2024 / 17:05 pm President Joe Biden intends to announce plans to reform the United States Supreme Court by adding term limits…
The faith and witness of a young athlete who died running a half marathon
By Diego López Colín ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 17, 2024 / 16:35 pm After learning the tragic news of the death of Mexican athlete Juan Stenner, 32, during the Mexico…
Syro-Malabar Church in India initiates plan to resolve bitter liturgical feud
By Anto Akkara Kochi, India, Jul 17, 2024 / 14:50 pm The simmering liturgical feud over the implementation of the synodal Mass that came close to the issuing of excommunications…