Vatican runner to compete in half marathon at Med Games
ROME — The daughter of a Vatican employee will represent “the pope’s team” by competing in the half marathon at the Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, on Friday. It will mark the biggest event yet for Vatican Athletics, the latest iteration of the Holy See’s longstanding promotion of sport as an instrument of dialogue, peace […]
Catholic university renames newest dorm for 1st Black grad and wife
NEW ORLEANS — A Jesuit university in New Orleans has renamed its newest residence hall after its first Black graduate, his late wife, and their family. Norman C. Francis graduated from the law school at Loyola University of New Orleans in 1955 and was president of the nation’s only Black and Catholic university — Xavier […]
Syriac Catholic bishops highlight complex challenges in Middle East
BEIRUT — Although security issues in the Middle East have declined in recent years, the challenges that remain are “getting more complex, as we have entered a tunnel whose darkness has not yet subsided,” Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan told the world’s Syriac Catholic bishops. The patriarch said an atmosphere of “anxiety and […]
Speakers: ‘Embracing historical memory’ strengthens church ministries today
Finding healing and exploring ways to work more effectively with diverse communities was the focus of the general session on the second day of the “Alive in Christ: Young, Diverse, Prophetic Voices Journeying Together,” a multicultural national gathering of Catholic ministry leaders in Chicago June 23-26. Over 300 Catholic ministry leaders, young adults and bishops […]
Vatican Debuts Monthly Street Newspaper
Daniel Ibanez/CNA The front page of the new L’Osservatore di Strada, which will be available June 30. Each edition of the street paper will be organized around a theme, and include editorials by people living on the streets, joint articles by both famous writers and marginalized people, reports on Pope Francis, and a section with […]
Winning 2025 Jubilee Year Logo Unveiled After Global Competition
Daniel Ibañez/CNA Pope Francis closes the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 20, 2016. Archishop Fisichella said there were 294 entries from 48 countries entered in the logo competition. Participants ranged in age from six to 83 years old.
The future of the U.S. Catholic Church is Latino. Our youth ministry programs need to reflect that.
“A good youth ministry program in a multicultural space can be where you integrate communities together and allow for them to really have an appreciation for different cultures.”
Sri Lanka’s prophetic Church on the side of a suffering people
The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka appeals for the intervention of the International Community as the nation defaults on debt for the first time in its history and the people call for political change. Read all
The 10 commandments of reverencing the Holy Eucharist…
To attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation. This serious obligation begins for children when they reach the “age of reason.” We adore the Eucharist by our full, active and conscious participation in the Mass. To prepare well for every Mass we attend. The holy sacrifice of the Mass is “Calvary perpetuated” because […]
Overturning Roe v. Wade is a tremendous gift we should praise God for
In today’s episode, Mother Miriam talks about the Dobbs ruling and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.Read More