Archive for March 23, 2024

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By CNA Staff

How to obtain a plenary indulgence during Holy Week 2024

A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus to remove temporal punishment... Read more

The exterior of St. Joseph's in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

‘It’s a minor miracle’: Parishioners purchase historic church from Pennsylvania diocese 

The Society of St. Joseph of Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, announced earlier this month that the society had purchased the... Read more

Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Courtesy photo.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Catholic medical school at Benedictine College seeks accreditation, eyes 2027 opening

A new Catholic, osteopathic medical school that will be housed on the campus of Benedictine College hopes to open in... Read more

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By AC Wimmer

Synodal standoff: German bishops and Vatican commit to resolution roadmap

The Vatican and the German bishops have announced they will work together to resolve the controversial German Synodal Way.  Read more

Pope Francis greets staff and families of RAI, Italy’s national public broadcasting company, March 23, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Matthew Santucci

Pope Francis implores public broadcasters to serve the common good and combat ‘fake news’

The pope spoke of “the devious plans of those who seek to influence public opinion in an ideological manner, lying... Read more

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Swiss Guard cadets prepare their armor in the guards' barracks at the Vatican on April 30, 2024.

An afternoon with the new Swiss Guards: Preparing for a mission of faith and service 

In an aerial view, the cargo ship Dali sits in the water after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, in Baltimore.

Special remembrance of Baltimore bridge collapse victims to take place on National Maritime Day

Pope Francis greets the crowd gathered at St. Peter's Square on May 5, 2024.

Pope Francis: Let us thank the Lord for our friends

The "Holy Fire" is passed from inside Christ's tomb to pilgrims gathered inside the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jersusalem on May 4, 2024, for the annual Orthodox Christian ceremony, held on the day before Easter, according to the Julian calendar.

‘Holy Fire’ ceremony at Jesus’ tomb marks beginning of Orthodox Easter celebrations

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of Angola’s Archdiocese of Luanda.

Angola archdiocese announces monthly Eucharistic adoration ahead of Church’s 2025 Jubilee

A patient at the new Misky María Palliative Care Hospital located on the outskirts of Lima, Perú.

New palliative care hospital brings ‘sweetness of Mary’ to poorest in Peru

Professor Mouna Maroun is the first Arab to be elected as the rector of an Israeli university, the University of Haifa. Maroun belongs to the Arab minority in Israel, the Christian minority among Arabs, and the Maronite minority among Christians. She says she is proud of her religious affiliation and wears a golden crucifix around her neck. "My election is an important message that everything is possible in the Israeli academia," she told CNA.

First Arab Christian woman to lead Israel’s University of Haifa

Mother Marla Marie stands on the front porch of the sisters’ Mother of the Light convent in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

From the Washington Post to the Maronite convent: Meet Mother Marla Marie

Father Roger Landry, Catholic chaplain at Columbia University, discusses the protests at Columbia University in New York City on EWTN’s “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” on May 2, 2024.

Columbia’s Catholic chaplain: Campus protests were pushed by ‘explicitly communist’ outsiders

President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jesuit Father Greg Boyle on May 3, 2024.

Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jesuit priest for work with youth

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