Archive for December 23, 2021

The opening of Tampa Hope, an emergency homeless shelter of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Petersburg in Tampa, Fla., Dec. 13, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

For Tampa's homeless, small cottages could give hope for a better future

A new housing complex of small cottages and tents aims to help several hundred homeless people in Tampa, in a... Read more

Seminarians of the FSSP's International Seminary of St. Peter.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

EWTN documentary highlights chart-topping Christmas album from Germany, 'Sancta Nox'

A documentary airing on EWTN this Christmas will bring viewers to a seminary in Bavaria, home to an internationally diverse... Read more

Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, in London, England, on March 14, 2011. Credit: Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis accepts Cardinal Turkson’s resignation as head of Vatican’s social development office

The dicastery will be led for now by Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny. Read more

Pope Francis addresses members of the Roman Curia at the Vatican on Dec. 23, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis: Roman Curia needs ‘synodal conversion’

He said that Vatican officials should set an example for Catholics worldwide. Read more

Cardinal Pietro Parolin attends an ordination at the Basilica of Sant'Eugenio in Rome, Sept. 5, 2020.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Vatican tightens COVID-19 rules for offices of Roman Curia

Cardinal Parolin issued a decree outlining the new measures. Read more

Pope John Paul I in an undated file photo.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis to beatify ‘smiling pope’ John Paul I in September 2022

The pope who reigned for 33 days will be beatified in St. Peter’s Basilica. Read more

An Indian Christian prays in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, on Dec. 9, 2018.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Report finds rising anti-Christian violence in India

Christians were the targets of 305 violent incidents in nine months. Read more

Patrick Kelly, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, delivers his first Supreme Knight's Report during the organization's 139th Annual Convention, Aug. 3, 2021. Credit: Knights of Columbus/screenshot.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Urgent appeal from Supreme Knight: Start this novena on Christmas Eve for persecuted Christians

The head of the Knights of Columbus is asking for the order's members to consider "a last-minute Christmas gift": saying... Read more

The Monserrate Home is administered by the sisters of the Congregation of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Poor in Colombia.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Colombian bishop repudiates shocking abuse of boy at home run by nuns

The Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia, Héctor Cubillos Peña, expressed his “deep pain and his firm repudiation” of the “serious mistreatment”... Read more

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Trump polls ahead of Biden among Catholic voters with shift in Hispanic vote

Pope Francis meets with 300 priests taking part in the World Meeting of Parish Priests on May 2, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis tells world’s parish priests: The Church could not go on without you

Father Paul Tatu Mothobi, a member the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (CSS/ Stigmatines) and former Media and Communications Officer of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), was found dead of gunshot wounds in South Africa, on April 27, 2024.

Priest shot dead in South Africa; Catholic bishops there decry ‘pandemic’ of murder

Pope Francis shared a stage with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on May 12, 2023, to speak at a two-day conference on “The General State of the Birth Rate,” held at Conciliazione Auditorium close to the Vatican.

Pope Francis to speak at event on Italy’s record-low birth rate

Thousands of pilgrims come together each year to take part in the annual Walk to Mary, which takes place on the first Saturday of May in Wisconsin. The 21-mile pilgrimage starts at the National Shrine of St. Joseph in De Pere, Wisconsin, and ends at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wisconsin.

Walk to Mary pilgrimage brings thousands to ‘grounds where Mary appeared’

God “is our peace” and “prayer leads us to meet him,” said the archbishop of Bogotá, Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio.

Colombian bishops call for day of prayer for peace, reconciliation in violence-torn country

The pro-life flag from the Pro-Life Flag Project (www.prolifeflag.com).

Pro-life roundup: Here’s what happened with abortion at the state level this week

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa gives the homily at a Mass in which he took possession of his titular church, St. Onuphrius, in Rome on May 1, 2024.

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem takes possession of Rome titular church after delays due to war

Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore pack the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen during a concluding listening session on the archdiocese's major parish restructuring plan on April 30, 2024.

Archdiocese of Baltimore concludes traumatic ‘listening sessions’ around restructuring plan

The St. Louis Cathedral, the oldest Catholic cathedral in continual use in the United States, on April 9, 2020, in New Orleans.

Archdiocese of New Orleans suspected of child sex trafficking, warrant shows

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