Vatican releases schedule for Pope Francis’ two-week trip to Asia and Oceania
Pope Francis will travel on Sept. 9 to the small country of East Timor, which has a population that is more than 97% Catholic. In Dili, the country’s capital, Pope…
Christians face ‘devastating’ persecution under Pakistani blasphemy laws, expert says
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jul 5, 2024 / 10:35 am A Catholic leader has called for an end to Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, telling EWTN this week that the accused…
Vatican excommunicates Viganò for schism
By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jul 5, 2024 / 09:35 am The Vatican has officially excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith announced Friday.…
50,000 altar servers headed to Rome for meeting this month
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 5, 2024 / 07:00 am The city of Rome will host an international pilgrimage of the association of altar servers “Coetus Internationalis Ministrantium”…
New film on the life of Blessed Carlo Acutis to hit theaters in 2025
Acutis’ mother, Antonia Salzano Acutis, is also featured in the film. In the press release, she said: “Carlo is a great example to young people today. Today, people feel as…
Novena for peace in the Near East announced for Christians, innocents in region
By Gigi Duncan Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2024 / 11:00 am In response to heightened tensions and violence plaguing the Middle Eastern region, the Philos Project and SpiritualDirection.com announced…
Cardinal calls for beatification, canonization of WWII heroine and nurse from Malaysia
During their imprisonment, Kathigasu and her husband were interrogated and beaten, and Abdon was given the water treatment three times. Kathigasu was beaten and questioned but prayed her rosary, refusing…
Cardinal Rueda: With trust placed in Jesus, you can face the most adverse situations
By Eduardo Berdejo ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 4, 2024 / 09:00 am Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, the president of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference (CEC) and archbishop of Bogotá, opened…
CUA to establish Hispanic ministry chair in honor of Cardinal Seán O’Malley
“That love and dedication to Hispanic and Latino communities has remained an extraordinary example for the Church in America,” Kilpatrick wrote. “We are confident that this chair, once fully funded…
Father of Israeli hostage who met with pope is on a mission to ‘bring them all home’
On April 8, Miran was part of the delegation who met Pope Francis at the Vatican, and on June 13, in Jerusalem, he shared his testimony with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi,…
Charles Carroll of Carrollton: a ‘patriotic’ Catholic Founding Father
Carroll was born on Sept. 19, 1737, as the only son of Charles Carroll of Annapolis and Elizabeth Brooke. The young Carroll spent more than a decade and a half…
12 amazing facts about the life of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
2. At an early age, he joined the Marian Sodality and the Apostleship of Prayer and obtained permission to receive daily Communion, which was rare at the time. 3. At…