Aparecida Shrine in Brazil inaugurates new Rupnik mosaics
Picture of the Cathedral Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida taken on the day of the patron saint of Brazil, in Aparecida, Sao Paulo State, on Oct. 12, 2022. / Credit: CAIO GUATELLI/AFP via Getty Images ACI Digital, May 15, 2024 / 16:53 pm (CNA). The National Shrine of Aparecida in […]
Church in Mexico wins lawsuit filed by ‘trans’ person seeking baptismal record change
null / Credit: Bart Sadowski/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, May 15, 2024 / 17:34 pm (CNA). A Mexican court has ruled in favor of the Diocese of Querétaro, located in the north-central region of the country, in a lawsuit filed by a person who identifies as transgender and demanded that the diocese change the sex indicated […]
Pro-Life Doctor Disputes New York AG’s Claims That Abortion-Pill Reversal Doesn’t Work
Drew Angerer A pro-abortion rights activist holds a box of mifepristone during a rally in front of the Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, in Washington, DC. In both 2012 and 2018, Delgado co-authored a case series studying Abortion Pill Reversal, which New York Attorney General James takes direct aim at in her lawsuit against […]
Aparecida Shrine in Brazil Inaugurates New Rupnik Mosaics
CAIO GUATELLI Cathedral-Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida The mosaics are presented by the shrine as the work of the Aletti Spiritual Art Center, a sacred art school founded by former Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik in Rome. The designs bear the hallmark signs of Father Rupnik’s work, such as the large […]
It’s been 100 years since the Catholic Church’s first Council in China
On March 30, 1926, Cardinal van Rossum, prefect of Propaganda Fide, announced Pope Pius XI’s decision to consecrate the first six Chinese bishops, a ceremony that was held in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 28 of that year. / Credit: Public Domain Rome Newsroom, May 15, 2024 / 16:17 pm (CNA). One hundred years ago, […]
Pope Francis at general audience: ‘Love is charity’
Pope Francis addresses the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on May 15, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, May 15, 2024 / 09:10 am (CNA). During his general audience on Wednesda… […]
Catholics in Chicago work to preserve historic century-old parish
Outer details of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Chicago. / Credit: Eric Allix Rogers CNA Staff, May 15, 2024 / 12:12 pm (CNA). Catholics and city preservationists in Chicago are scrambling to try to preserve a historic parish on the city’s North… […]
New Catholic college to launch in South Carolina in Fall 2024
Greenville, South Carolina, a scenic city in the foothills of North Carolina’s Saluda Mountains, is growing rapidly. And so is the Catholic population in the area, as local parishes swell with new members, both with […]
Explainer: What exactly is a papal bull?
The Catholic Church has communicated with its flock throughout the centuries by means of papal bulls. But what on earth is a papal bull?
Vatican halts some parish closures in St. Louis following appeals
Stained-glass window at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. / Credit: Ella Manthey/Shutterstock St. Louis, Mo., May 15, 2024 / 14:47 pm (CNA). Two St. Louis parishes that appealed to the Vatican after Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski ordered them to merge last year have had their appeals upheld by the Holy See, reversing the archbishop’s prior […]