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Deacon Nathan Ledoux and his friend Michael Figura at the National Art Gallery in London on Dec. 27, 2023. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Deacon Nathan LedouxRome Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). Christmas abroad for American seminarians studying in Rome can offer a chance to travel, serve Mass with the pope, or spend more time with their fellow students.During the first three years of […]

The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, lights a candle in the Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza during his visit there on Dec. 22, 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of JerusalemJerusalem, Dec 23, 2024 / 17:15 pm (CNA). The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, met with journalists for his Christmas press […]

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, speaks with EWTN News during an interview at the Vatican on Dec. 11, 2024. / Credit: EWTN NewsCNA Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). The head of the Vatican’s office for Eastern Catholic Churches offered a stark assessment of the situation facing Christians in the Holy Land and Syria, warning of […]

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. / Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA). President-elect Donald Trump during a speech on Sunday, Dec. 22, vowed to sign executive orders to end transgender surgeries for children, to prevent biological […]

“Hollywood Priest: The Story Of Father ‘Bud’ Kieser,” is scheduled to air on PBS World at 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday, Dec. 25, and is also available on demand for subscribers to PBS Passport. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Paulist Productions.CNA Staff, Dec 23, 2024 / 15:40 pm (CNA). Father Bud Kieser stood 6 feet 7 inches tall and had a tendency to lean forward over […]

null / Credit: AstaforovE/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Dec 23, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis expressed his appreciation for the ball sport of bocce during an audience with representatives of the Italian Bowling Federation on Dec. 20, praising its social aspects and emphasizing that, unlike other sports dominated by billionaire stars, bocce allows “normal people” to excel.“I admit that I […]

Credit: Casimiro PT/ShutterstockVatican City, Dec 23, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA). The Knights of Columbus have donated a state-of-the-art mobile broadcasting van to the Vatican, just in time for the start of the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year. The new vehicle, unveiled on Dec. 21, was blessed by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, in a ceremony […]

Papal preacher Father Roberto Pasolini on Dec. 20, 2024, urged Church leaders to embrace the quality of “littleness” ahead of the Christmas holiday, calling on the faithful to imitate Christ and arguing against the need to feel “important in the eyes of others.”  / Credit: Courtesy of Festival BíblicoCNA Staff, Dec 23, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA). Papal preacher Father Roberto Pasolini […]

King Baudouin salutes during the playing of the Belgian national anthem on March 31, 1981. / Credit: Marcel Antonisse/Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsVatican City, Dec 23, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). The Vatican this month officially opened the beatification process of King Baudouin of Belgium, remembered as the humble leader willing to abdicate his throne rather than approve the decriminalization […]

Vatican City - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.D.The Holy Father Francis has appointed the Rev. Fr. Anthony Adoun Hongsaphong, of the clergy of the Apostolic Vicariate of Paksé, currently Professor of the National Major Seminary in Thakeh […]