• Seven good Christmas films you've probably never watched before
    Sunday, December 22, 2024 from Christian Today
    If you fancy a change, here are seven seasonal movies that are less well-known, yet full of Christmas spirit.
  • Christian mother acquitted of blasphemy charges in Nigeria
    Sunday, December 22, 2024 from Christian Today
    A Christian mother of five children in Nigeria who spent 19 months in jail on baseless blasphemy charges was acquitted last week, according to legal advocacy group ADF International.
  • Sri Lankan cardinal mandates male-only altar servers in Colombo Archdiocese
    Sunday, December 22, 2024 from CNA
    Altar servers. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 22, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has mandated that girls are not permitted to serve as altar servers in...
  • Widows of Prayer: How women who have lost their husbands are keeping the faith
    Sunday, December 22, 2024 from CNA
    Widows who are members of the Widows of Prayer gather together in community in various parts of the country. The group is headquartered in the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and has grown since its founding in 1994 from five widows to...
  • PHOTOS: Gaza Catholic parish prepares for second Christmas under war
    Sunday, December 22, 2024 from CNA
    A young girl hangs an ornament on the Christmas tree inside the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli Jerusalem, Dec 22, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). As Christmas approaches, the Latin Church...
  • Pope Francis prays for victims as death toll in German Christmas market attack reaches 5
    Saturday, December 21, 2024 from EWTN News - Vatican News
    Pope Francis prays during Mass at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Dec 21, 2024 / 15:34 pm (CNA). Pope Francis expressed shock and offered prayers after a deadly...
  • Church leaders express shock and sorrow over 'inhuman attack' at German Christmas market
    Saturday, December 21, 2024 from Christian Today
    "Many people throughout Germany and around the world are feeling the horror, grief and sympathy today."
  • Catholic actor David Henrie says mission trip with Cross Catholic Outreach left big impact
    Saturday, December 21, 2024 from CNA
    Catholic actor David Henrie and his wife, Maria, with children during their mission trip to Guatemala with Cross Catholic Outreach. / Credit: Benjamin Rusnak CNA Staff, Dec 21, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Cross Catholic Outreach’s Box of Joy...
  • War, economic struggles threaten Bethlehem’s century-old crafts tradition
    Saturday, December 21, 2024 from CNA
    Bassem Giacaman in his shop in Bethlehem in December 2024. The artisans in Bethlehem are almost all Christians. They primarily work with olive wood. Most of the businesses in Bethlehem are family businesses. / Credit: Marinella Bandini...
  • Pope Francis warns against gossip, celebrates family life in Vatican Christmas messages
    Saturday, December 21, 2024 from EWTN News - Vatican News
    Pope Francis addresses cardinals and senior Vatican officials during his annual Christmas speech to the Roman Curia, Dec. 21, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Dec 21, 2024 / 10:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis delivered Christmas...
  • Two arms of Brazilian bishops’ conference: Throw the book against alleged coup plotters
    Saturday, December 21, 2024 from CNA
    Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 other people, including a Catholic priest, were charged by the country's Federal Police on Nov. 21, 2024, on suspicion of the crimes of violent abolition of the democratic rule of law. /...
  • German bishops respond to deadly Magdeburg market attack, call for prayer and peace
    Saturday, December 21, 2024 from EWTN News - World Catholic News
    Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg in Germany. / Credit: Magdeburg Diocese CNA Newsroom, Dec 21, 2024 / 07:30 am (CNA). German bishops expressed horror after a car attack at Magdeburg Christmas market left five dead and more than 200...
  • A visual tour of the Holy Doors Pope Francis will open for the 2025 Jubilee
    Saturday, December 21, 2024 from EWTN News - Vatican News
    The Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 21, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one...
  • What is Christingle?
    Saturday, December 21, 2024 from Christian Today
    Every year, thousands of children across the UK attend a Christingle service at a local church. This is the story ...
  • Nicky Gumbel, Matt Redman to join 25-hour global Christian event
    Saturday, December 21, 2024 from Christian Today
    "It's so easy to underestimate just how beautiful, powerful, and vast the Church really is," said Redman.
  • God in the ring in Riyadh match-up between Fury and Usyk
    Saturday, December 21, 2024 from Christian Today
    In what is already shaping up to become one of the great boxing rivalries, perhaps one day joining the likes of Pacquiao and Marquez or Ali and Foreman, heavyweight champions Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will on Saturday night face off...
  • Bishop Álvarez celebrates public Mass for Nicaragua
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from EWTN News - World Catholic News
    Exiled Bishop Rolando Álvarez speaks at a Mass in Seville, Spain, on Dec. 19, 2024. / Credit: Padre Erick Díaz ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 20, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). In his first public Mass, celebrated in Seville province, Spain, Bishop...
  • Florida woman convicted in conspiracy targeting pro-life pregnancy resource centers
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from CNA
    Vandalism at a Heartbeat of Miami pregnancy center in Hialeah, Florida, July 3, 2022. / Credit: Heartbeat of Miami CNA Staff, Dec 20, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA). A Florida woman was convicted on Thursday for conspiracy targeting pro-life...
  • Stained-glass windows at Notre Dame to be replaced, new modern design revealed
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from EWTN News - World Catholic News
    French artist Claire Tabouret poses following a press conference after winning with The Atelier Simon-Marq, the selection to create new stained-glass windows in six chapels of the south aisle of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris...
  • UPDATE: Casualties at German Christmas market after car rams crowd
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from EWTN News - World Catholic News
    Police and ambulances stand next to a Christmas market where a car crashed into a crowd injuring between 60 and 80 people, according to a spokesman for the local rescue service, on Dec. 20, 2024, in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. / Credit:...
  • Trump picks CatholicVote president Brian Burch as ambassador to Vatican
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from CNA
    President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 20,2024 that he has chosen CatholicVote president, Brian Burch, to be his ambassador to the Holy See. / Credit: Photo courtesy of CRC Advisors Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2024 / 15:05...
  • Pope Francis appoints 5 new auxiliary bishops for Chicago Archdiocese
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from CNA
    Pope Francis with Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago on Sept. 2, 2015. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 20, 2024 / 14:35 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed five new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Chicago and assigned...
  • Rector of Notre Dame Cathedral blesses creche ahead of Christmas celebrations
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from EWTN News - World Catholic News
    Archpriest of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral Monsignor Olivier Ribadeau Dumas blesses a Nativity scene in the recently reopened cathedral on Dec. 20, 2024, in Paris. / Credit: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20,...
  • PHOTOS: Christmas in Rome as first Jubilee pilgrims arrive in Eternal City
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from EWTN News - World Catholic News
    Christmas lights line a street in Rome, Italy, Dec. 17, 2024. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Rome Newsroom, Dec 20, 2024 / 13:35 pm (CNA). Pope Francis will open five jubilee Holy Doors in the Christmas season between Dec. 24 and Jan. 6.
  • Pope Francis appoints Bishop Gregory Kelly as new bishop of Tyler, Texas
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from CNA
    Bishop Gregory Kelly. / Credit: Scott Wagner Photo LLC, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 20, 2024 / 12:45 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed a new bishop to lead the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, more than a year after the...
  • Study: Many women ‘unprepared’ by health workers for severe pain from chemical abortions
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from EWTN News - World Catholic News
    null / Credit: pim pic/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2024 / 12:15 pm (CNA). “Many felt unprepared for the level of pain they experienced,” the study notes, adding that in many cases, there is “a lack of detailed,...
  • Major religious freedom win for Nigeria: Christian mother acquitted of blasphemy charges 
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from CNA
    Nigerian Christian mother of five Rhoda Jatau was acquitted of blasphemy charges after a two-and-a-half-year legal battle. / Credit: Photo courtesy of ADF International Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). A Nigerian...
  • A Christian and a Jew on why assisted suicide should not be legalised
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from Christian Today
    The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster, discuss the implications of assisted suicide being made legal if Kim Leadbeater's bill succeeds, and why they are against this.
  • Michael Brown apologises after claims of inappropriate relationship with friend's wife
    Friday, December 20, 2024 from Christian Today
    Michael Brown, a Christian author, radio host and founder of the FIRE School of Ministry, has asked for forgiveness regarding allegations of misconduct from a couple of decades ago as a widower has come forward to accuse him of an...
  • Biden to meet with Pope Francis in January to discuss ‘peace’ 
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    Pope Francis meets with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, June 14, 2024, after a session at the G7 summit, which is being held June 13–15 in the southern Italian region of Puglia. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 19:45...
  • Republicans consider FACE Act repeal amid testimony on pro-life targeting
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    An FBI agent stands outside the Houck residence in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 23, 2022. Mark Houck was arrested that day and charged with assaulting a Planned Parenthood escort outside an Philadelphia abortion clinic on Oct....
  • Ohio school district pays $450,000 for forcing teacher to resign over transgender dispute
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    null / Credit: RasyidArt/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 19, 2024 / 15:55 pm (CNA). A school district in Ohio must pay a teacher a $450,000 settlement after it forced her to resign for refusing to participate in the “social...
  • Pope Francis sends special Christmas gift to the people of war-torn Ukraine
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    Pope Francis blesses small mobile medical unit being donated to Ukraine. / Credit: Dicastery for the Service of Charity ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 15:25 pm (CNA). “Martyred” Ukraine has occupied a special place in Pope Francis’...
  • Mother Angelica’s Blessed Sacrament Shrine marks 25th anniversary
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    The faithful adore Christ in the Blessed Sacrament at Adoration Sodality Day at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament National Catholic Register, Dec 19, 2024 /...
  • U.S. bishops designate National Shrine as Jubilee 2025 pilgrimage site
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    The U.S. bishops designated the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., as a special pilgrimage site for the 2025 Jubilee Year on Dec. 17, 2024.  / Credit: Victoria Lipov/Shutterstock CNA Staff,...
  • State tax credit for donations to maternity homes is a money saver, study shows
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    A mom and her baby whom the St. Raymond’s Society helped. / Credit: Courtesy of St Raymond’s Society CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 13:55 pm (CNA). Here’s a roundup of recent pro-life, pro-family, and abortion-related updates.  ...
  • Louisiana priest sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to rape of teenage boy
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    Father Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the 1970s, heading off a long-delayed trial that launched with an indictment last year.  / Credit: New Orleans Police Department CNA Staff, Dec 19,...
  • ‘Online to get people offline’: Experts show how Carlo Acutis modeled faithful use of tech
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    “Roadmap to Reality: Carlo Acutis and Our Digital Age” is a new documentary film exploring the life of Blessed Carlo Acutis and the lessons he offers young people regarding the challenges of the digital world that will be coming to...
  • Priest prevents desecration of the Eucharist during Mass in Honduras
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    The moment a man tries to steal a consecrated host in Honduras. / Credit: Facebook Canal 16 Ocatepeque/Screenshot ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). A priest prevented a man from taking off with an unconsumed consecrated...
  • Lower confirmation ages, stronger catechesis: Dioceses seek to strengthen faith of youth
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    A confirmation Mass is held at St. Mary Parish on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Franklin, Massachusetts. / Credit: St. Mary Parish CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 05:15 am (CNA). The Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, announced it would be...
  • Canada launches ‘national consultation’ on ‘advance requests’ for euthanasia
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from CNA
    null / Credit: sfam_photo/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 04:44 am (CNA). The Canadian government is actively soliciting citizen input for a proposal to legalize “advance requests” in which citizens can prearrange to be euthanized...
  • The meaning and story of some of our most beautiful and historic Christmas carols
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from Christian Today
    The Yuletide carol has a tumultuous history, surviving many ups and downs over the centuries to bring us cheer in the cold winter months.
  • A Christian view of war
    Thursday, December 19, 2024 from Christian Today
    What is the Christian perspective on why wars occur? And is it right for Christians to participate in war?
  • Trump’s HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reassures pro-life senators with policy plans
    Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from CNA
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives for meetings at the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Dec. 16, 2024, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Chip...
  • Following prolonged wait, the blood of St. Januarius liquefies again
    Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from CNA
    St. Januarius and the miracle of the liquefaction of his blood contained in a relic. / Credit: Louis Finson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Photo2023, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 18, 2024 / 17:30 pm...
  • U.S. Supreme Court will hear case on South Carolina defunding Planned Parenthood
    Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from CNA
    U.S. Supreme Court. / Credit: PT Hamilton/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2024 / 16:50 pm (CNA). The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a six-year-old case about whether South Carolina can prevent Medicaid...
  • Pope Francis names Father Roger Landry a monsignor
    Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from CNA
    Monsignor Roger Landry. / Credit: EWTN News/Screenshot Boston, Mass., Dec 18, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Father Roger Landry is now Monsignor Roger Landry — but he says he’s not ready to abandon the title “Father” anytime soon. Landry, 54,...
  • Ten Commandments tablet surpasses estimates at Sotheby’s despite authenticity questions
    Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from CNA
    The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments, dating from A.D. 300 to 800, was sold at Sotheby’s on Dec. 18, 2024, in New York City. Expected to sell for $1 million to $2 million, it went for $5.04 million. Inscribed...
  • France Rushes Aid to Mayotte After Cyclone Chido Leaves Hundreds Feared Dead
    Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from CBN.com - CWN
    MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescuers and supplies to Mayotte on Monday after the tiny French island territory off Africa was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century. Authorities...
  • Pope Francis prays for Cyclone Chido victims in France’s poorest overseas territory
    Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from CNA
    Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for his general audience on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 18, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday prayed especially for Cyclone...
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