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Apr 5, 2025The 492-foot cross at the Valley of the Fallen, the world’s tallest, will remain standing.
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Apr 5, 2025Cardinal Christophe Pierre attended the ceremony and blessed the office, calling on the Holy Spirit to “ignite the talents and gifts of everyone present.”
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Apr 5, 2025On Sunday, April 6, the fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica will display the revered “Veronica’s Veil.”
Pope appoints Bishop John Sherrington as new Liverpool archbishop in England
Apr 5, 2025Pope Francis has appointed Bishop John Sherrington, an auxiliary of Westminster known for his work on moral issues, as the tenth Archbishop of Liverpool, succeeding Archbishop Malcolm McMahon who has served since 2014.
Catholic deacon shares ordeal of spending decade of captivity in Syria prison
Apr 5, 2025On March 2, without any notice, Johnny Fouad Dawoud, a deacon in the Syriac Catholic Church, was released from a Syrian prison after a decade of confinement.
What’s so ‘wrong’ with the Vatican flag?
Apr 5, 2025A commonly-used design for the Vatican flag, flown frequently even at the Vatican itself, contains a small but easily-noticed error. Does it really matter?
Disability rights advocates urge putting the brakes on assisted suicide
Apr 4, 2025Although physician-assisted suicide is still illegal in most parts of the world, the practice is currently legal in about a dozen countries, including 10 U.S. states.
A timeline of abuse allegations against deceased former cardinal Theodore McCarrick
Apr 4, 2025The allegations agains former cardinal Theodore McCarrick span decades and resulted in several criminal charges.
The sickbed as a holy place: Pope Francis reflects on his own illness at Jubilee of Sick
St. Peter’s Basilica to exhibit Veronica’s Veil on April 6
What’s so ‘wrong’ with the Vatican flag?
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Arrest made in murder of Kansas archdiocesan priest
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Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick dies at 94
Apr 4, 2025A spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Washington on Friday shared a statement with CNA in which Cardinal Robert McElroy confirmed McCarrick’s passing.
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Apr 4, 2025Nearly a third of all patients who were prescribed lethal drugs last year in Oregon are unaccounted for.
