International summit on climate change to bring California, New York governors to the Vatican
Govenor Gavin Newsom of California. / Karl_Sonnenberg/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, May 11, 2024 / 12:38 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s latest bid to tackle climate change will bring together politicians and researchers from around the world for a three-day conference next week, featuring a series of roundtable discussions and culminating in the signing of a new international […]
Numbers, offices, and lots of authority
What’s in a number? When it comes to Scripture, there is often more—much more—to a number than meets the eye. Take, for instance, the number twelve. Although that number doesn’t appear directly in today’s readings, […]
Wildcat
NEW YORK (OSV News) – A blending of historical facts and Southern gothic fiction proves unstable in the biographical and literary drama “Wildcat” (Oscilloscope). As a result, director and co-writer Ethan Hawke achieves only mixed results as he seeks to introduce viewers to the life and works of Catholic author Flannery O’Connor. Given the high […]
Tabernacle Untouched at Oklahoma Parish Hit by Powerful Tornado
A powerful tornado hit St. Mary’s Catholic Church in rural Barnsdall, Oklahoma, on May 6. The sanctuary light was also still burning post-storm.
LEGO Announces Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral Set
Lego announced on May 7 a set of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, joining the ranks of LEGO’s models of world-famous monuments, including the Taj Mahal and the Great Pyramid of Giza. The 4,383-piece set, part of the LEGO Architecture Collection, joins the ranks of LEGO’s models of world-famous monuments.
Diebus Saltem Dominicis: Sunday after Ascension Thursday – What’s up?
The Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, forty days after His Resurrection, was once graced with its own Octave. In 1955 Pius XII suppressed all but the Octaves of Christmas, Easter and Pentecost. These three remain now in the Roman Church’s Vetus Ordo. However, the Octave of Ascension dated back only to the 15th […]
Tabernacle untouched at Oklahoma parish hit by powerful tornado
A powerful tornado hit St. Mary’s Catholic Church in rural Barnsdall, Oklahoma, on May 6, 2024. / Credit: Daniel McCay/Eastern Oklahoma Catholic CNA Staff, May 11, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). A rural Oklahoma parish hit this week by a powerful tornado suffered serious damage, especially to its parish hall. But amid the rubble, broken […]
LEGO announces Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral set
Lego announced on May 7, 2024, a set of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, joining the ranks of LEGO’s models of world-famous monuments including the Taj Mahal and the Great Pyramid of Giza. / Credit: LEGO Group CNA Staff, May 11, 2024 / 07:00 am (… […]
Apostolate champions care of creation and souls in support of Catholics in rural areas
null / Credit: terazitu/Shutterstock St. Paul, Minn., May 11, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Jerry Laughlin, 46, who took over a fifth-generation farm near Imogene, Iowa, in 1999 and hopes to move more into farming crops for food rather than industrial… […]
Bishops speak of ‘moral crisis’ before March for Life in Victoria, British Columbia
Archbishop J. Michael Miller celebrates Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Delta before the March for Life in Victoria, British Columbia, on May 9, 2024. He prayed that they “may be worthy and effective messengers of hope.” / Credit: Paul Schratz V… […]