Pope Francis: ‘May Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego teach us how to always walk together’
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 12, 2021. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, Dec 12, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis prayed on Sunday that Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego would teach Catholics how to “wal… […]
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UN envoy sees new possibilities for Syria political solution
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France’s interior minister condemns threats against Catholics during procession
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. / Pierrot75005 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Nanterre, France, Dec 12, 2021 / 07:45 am (CNA). France’s interior minister on Saturday condemned threats made against Catholics taking part in a Marian procession in the western suburbs of Paris. Gérald Darmanin deplored what he said were “unacceptable acts” during a torchlight […]
On Gaudete Sunday, 5 steps to better mental health…
In modern times, we tend to link our notions of happiness and inner well-being to external circumstances and happenstance. We think that happiness will be found when the things of this world are arranged in the way we like. If we can just accumulate enough money and creature comforts, we think we’ll be happy and […]
Pope Francis: ‘May Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego teach us how to always walk together’
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 12, 2021. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, Dec 12, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis prayed on Sunday that Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego would teach Catholics how to “walk together from the peripheries toward the center,” proclaiming the Gospel together […]
Chicago suburb is home to a major Guadalupe shrine
Photo courtesy of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, Ill. / null Chicago, Ill., Dec 12, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA). Marian devotion is intense among the hundreds of thousands of people who visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe each year on her feast day. Not just her shrine […]
Hail Mary: Faithful Gather Online to Pray the Rosary, Other Catholic Prayers in COVID Times
Participants pray the Rosary together online in May 2021. Catholics began using Zoom to pray together for safety and convenience, but now continue fostering newfound friendships and relationships.
Pope, US Bishops praying for victims of deadly tornadoes
Church leaders respond with prayers, and pledges of assistance after deadly storms left a trail of death and destruction in the United States. Read all
Rejoice in the Silence and Solitude
Rejoice in the Silence and Solitude By Claudia Avila Cosnahan December 10, 2021 A few years ago, I went on retreat at St. Andrew’s Abbey, a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of the Annunciation, in Valyermo, California, just north of Los Angeles County in the Mojave Desert. The monks follow a modern adaptation of the […]