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Pope Francis presides over All Souls’ Mass at cemetery for unborn
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Nov 2, 2024 / 08:34 am Pope Francis marked All Souls’ Day with a Mass at a Roman cemetery on Saturday, making a special visit to the “Garden of Angels.” More than 100 faithful gathered with Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri at the Laurentino Cemetery, the city’s third-largest burial ground, to…
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Catholic diocese in China conducts ‘Red Tour’ of ‘gratitude’ to Communist Party
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 1, 2024 / 12:00 pm A Catholic diocese in China recently announced that it had made a tour of “gratitude” to heroes of the Communist Party of China. The Yibin Catholic Diocese of the Shian Province announced in a press release earlier this month that it had led all of…
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Vatican inquiry into canonization of Father Arrupe, mentor to Pope Francis, begins next month
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2024 / 14:05 pm An investigation into the potential sainthood of a former Jesuit leader and early mentor to Pope Francis will conclude its diocesan-level phase in mid-November, after which the Vatican can start considering the next steps toward his possible beatification. The diocesan tribunal will conclude…
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Pope Francis: Confirmation is the ‘sacrament of witness,’ not the ‘sacrament of goodbye’
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Oct 30, 2024 / 10:40 am Pope Francis addressed thousands of international pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, urging them not to turn the sacrament of confirmation into their “last rites” as Catholics but to use it as “the beginning of an active participation in the Church.” Continuing his…
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Vatican publishes first report on Church safeguarding efforts worldwide
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 29, 2024 / 10:00 am The Vatican issued its first annual report Tuesday assessing the Catholic Church’s policies and procedures to prevent abuse in dioceses worldwide from Africa to Oceania. The 50-page report by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors is the first in an annual series…
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Pope Francis to open Holy Door in Roman prison on feast of St. Stephen for 2025 Jubilee
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Oct 28, 2024 / 13:25 pm Pope Francis will open a Holy Door in Rome’s Rebibbia prison on Dec. 26, the feast day of St. Stephen. It will be the second of five Holy Doors the Holy Father will open during the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope taking place from…
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Pope Francis in Angelus address mourns Catholic priest murdered in Mexico
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 27, 2024 / 11:40 am In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis remembered Father Marcelo Pérez, a priest recently murdered in the violence-stricken region of Chiapas, Mexico. The pope called the slain priest “a zealous servant of the Gospel and God’s faithful people” and said he joined the…
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‘We walk together’: U.S. bishops reflect on last global session of Synod on Synodality
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Oct 26, 2024 / 11:00 am As the second session of the Synod on Synodality draws to a close, U.S. bishops serving as delegates to the synod shared their insights and experiences in a series of interviews this week with EWTN News hosts Catherine Hadro, Matthew Bunson, and Father Thomas…
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Many states ‘burden’ religious freedom of faith-based nonprofits, report finds
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2024 / 11:00 am A legal education group centered on religious freedom released on Friday its 2024 “Faith and Freedom Index,” which found that many states “overburden and are even hostile” toward faith-based nonprofits in the U.S. The Napa Legal Institute’s report found that some states, including Massachusetts,…