Pope Francis on Ash Wednesday: ‘Let us return to God with all our heart’
A short procession of priests and cardinals that started at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Anselm on the Aventine with sung prayers of the Litany of the Saints preceded Ash…
Nearly 3 dozen Christians have died in Gaza Strip amid Israel-Hamas war, aid group says
Though attributed to Israeli snipers, the Israel Defense Forces repeatedly denied culpability for the women’s deaths. In addition to the threat of violent conflict, a humanitarian crisis in the region…
Pope Francis: Sloth is a ‘very dangerous temptation’ akin to apathy
Building upon the human dimension of this vice, the pope outlined how in a contemporary understanding it can be closely associated with “the evil of depression,” noting that for those…
Pope Francis to visit prestigious Venice Biennale art exhibition
The Holy See Pavilion will be located at the women’s prison on Venice’s Giudecca island. The exhibition, organized by the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education, is titled “With My…
Ash Wednesday: Leave the ashes on or wash them off?
Father Mauro Carlorosi, an Argentine priest of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri and expert on the subject of divine mercy, told ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, that although…
Major expansions coming to Belmont Abbey College after fundraising feat
The school plans to put $30 million in funding toward new academic programs in nursing, public policy, and finance. Those funds will also be used to support its Belmont House…
Married, churchgoing couples among the happiest, data says
Contrary to popular perception, Wilcox said, data indicate that married men and women are markedly happier than their unmarried counterparts. “We’ve been seeing a lot of stories … talking about…
Another Byzantine-era church in Turkey to revert to mosque
The museum-to-mosque conversion project began in 2020, with plans to implement it by October of that year. Restoration work delayed the project. According to Turkish media, this long-running initiative, dubbed…
Pope Francis: Technological development must promote the human being
Stressing that this is fundamentally an “anthropological” task, the pope stressed that today “we are challenged to develop a culture that, by integrating the resources of science and technology, is…
Pope Francis appoints Father James Ruggieri as bishop of Portland, Maine
He was recently honored with the 2024 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Vision Award by his alma mater, Providence College, for founding St. Patrick’s Academy, a Catholic preparatory high…
Religious sisters urge passage of aid bill to ‘break link’ between trafficking, migration
Adoboe-Herrera left Togo, a small country on the west coast of Africa, at the age of 7 in 2006. He came to the U.S. under the presumption that he would…
The image of Our Lady of Lourdes that’s not there but everyone sees it
“As for the image in the niche, everything remains the same and intact,” the statement said. Pilgrimage, Masses on Feb. 11 Since it was built at the beginning of the…