Archive for December 27, 2022

Nativity scene commissioned by Pope Nicholas IV in 1292. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

First known Nativity scene figurines are on display in Rome

The first known Nativity scene figurines are housed in the Basilica of St. Mary Major. Read more

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By Jonah McKeown

Here are your favorite Christmas carols (kind of)

For the second year in a row, we at CNA conducted an informal poll on social media to determine which... Read more

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By Hannah Brockhaus

PHOTOS: Italian play recalls St. Francis’ Nativity in Greccio

On Dec. 26, actors in Greccio, Italy put on a play telling the story of how St. Francis of Assisi... Read more

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at night in Washington, DC.?w=200&h=150

By Katie Yoder

D.C. basilica offers virtual tour of the joyful mysteries for Christmas

Five chapels inside the vast Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception depict the five Joyful Mysteries, juxtaposed... Read more

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Larry Hogan, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland, greets supporters before casting his ballot in the state primary election at Davidsonville Elementary School on May 14, 2024, in Davidsonville, Maryland.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom attends an event with fellow governors in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

California governor: Pope Francis told me he was ‘proud’ of state’s death penalty moratorium

School children read about the life of Blessed Carlo Acutis at the celebration of his new shrine at St. Dominic Parish in Brick, New Jersey. Oct, 1, 2023.

Movie on Blessed Carlo Acutis and his love for the Eucharist opens this weekend

The National Eucharistic Revival recleased a detailed map of the upcoming pilgrimage routes ahead of the National Eucharistic Congress.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage: When is it passing through your town?

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions.

Fernández: Vatican’s new apparitions guidelines stress ‘caution’ in discernment process

Representatives from the pro-life movement and their supporters gather to demonstrate in Parliament Square on May 15, 2024, in London.

Pro-lifers rally in London amid consideration of abortion amendments

Philosophical-Theological University of Bressanone in Italy.

Vatican overturns own decision on seminary dean

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