Pope Francis offers Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 24, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/Vatican Pool. On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis said that the poverty of …
Pope Francis pens Christmas letter to ‘beloved people of Lebanon
Pope Francis holds the flag of Lebanon and prays during his general audience on Sept. 2, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Pope Francis has written a …
St. Joseph the Worker was once out of work, too
Credit: Immaculate/Shutterstock. With mass unemployment still high as the coronavirus pandemic drags on, Catholics can look to St. Joseph as a special intercessor, two priests …
Exiled Belarusian archbishop will be allowed to return for Christmas
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev prays outside the Akrestsin Street pre-trial detention center in Minsk, Aug. 19, 2020. Credit: Catholic.by. Belarusian authorities announced Tuesday that …
First known nativity scene figurines can now be seen in St. Mary Major Basilica
Nativity scene commissioned by Pope Nicholas IV in 1292. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. The first known nativity scene figurines are on display this Christmas in one …
Pope Francis: ‘Christmas is the feast of love incarnate’
Pope Francis at his general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace Dec. 16, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis said this moring …
‘Follow me:’ How John Paul II and Benedict XVI led a Catholic back to the faith
Angelo Ciappelloni. Courtesy photo. “Follow me.” Angelo Ciappelloni heard those words while he stood in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo on April 8, 2005. With hundreds …
How one Croatian cardinal saved thousands of Jewish lives
Cardinal Stepinac. public domain. When Esther Gitman proposed a topic for a Fulbright Fellowship, the administrator taking proposals was incredulous. In her 50s at the …
Sacred music album recorded on eve of coronavirus lockdown storms Christmas charts
The Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School singing at the Carmel Mission in California during the Carmel Bach Festival 2019. Credit: Anita Morrison. When …
2020 – Midnight Mass from Clifton Cathedral
Bishop Lang celebrating Mass. Image Source: CBCEW The traditional Christmas Eve celebration of Midnight Mass comes live from the Cathedral of St Peter and St …
Vatican says COVID-19 vaccines ‘morally acceptable’ when no alternatives are available
Shutterstock. The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith stated today that it is “morally acceptable” to receive COVID-19 vaccines produced using cell lines from …
Why Christians believe in resurrection, not reincarnation
Resurrection of the Flesh, fresco by Luca Signorelli in the San Brizio chapel of Orvieto Cathedral (1499-1502). Every time Christians recite the Apostles’ Creed, they …
Pope Francis urges Roman Curia to confront the ‘ecclesial crisis’
Pope Francis speaks to the Roman Curia Dec. 21, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis urged the Roman Curia Monday not to view the Church …
U.S. Cardinal Dolan urges remembrance of persecuted Christians at Christmas
Refugee children at the Sharia Al Haman Hope Refugee Camp in Duhok, Iraq, March 28, 2015. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. U.S. Catholic leaders have challenged the …
Chesterton fans fundraising to create Father Brown mystery game
Credit: Andrey_Kuzmin / Shutterstock. A group of Catholic board game enthusiasts has launched a new Kickstarter campaign to create a game based on the Father …
Pope Francis: ‘Consumerism has stolen Christmas
Pope Francis, seen through the Vatican’s Christmas tree, delivers an Angelus address. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis advised Catholics today not to waste time complaining …
Vatican’s liturgy congregation stresses importance of Sunday of the Word of God
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. The Vatican’s liturgy congregation issued a note Saturday encouraging Catholic …
Pope Francis to take part in Netflix series on perspectives of the elderly
Pope Francis, April 21, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. A book by Pope Francis about the perspectives of the elderly is the basis for a forthcoming …
Pell says year in jail was a time of ‘grace and gift’
Cardinal George Pell. Credit: Alexey Gotovskiy/CNA Cardinal George Pell discussed the surprises, difficulties, and “gift” of everyday life in jail during a press conference this …
Catholic archbishop: papal visit could ‘change trajectory’ of Christian presence in Iraq
Archbishop Bashar Warda, pictured on Feb. 11, 2015. Credit: Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk. Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda has said that Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to the country could …