Archive for April 27, 2024

Every Tuesday evening at 10 p.m., between 800 and 900 students converge on the historic St. Joseph’s Chapel at Lille Catholic University for a candlelight Mass.?w=200&h=150

By Solène Tadié

‘Little miracle of Lille’: How a candlelight Mass gathers hundreds of young people every week in France

“The good makes no noise,” St. Francis de Sales would say of Lille’s candlelight Mass.  Read more

A view of the modern area of the Catholic cemetery located on the southern hillside of Mount Zion in April 2024. In the background are the buildings of the Arabic neighborhood of Abu Tor.?w=200&h=150

By Marinella Bandini

Franciscans file petition to stop cable cars from passing over Holy Land Catholic cemetery

The Jerusalem Development Authority is exploring the opportunity to use the piece of land in the cemetery to place a... Read more

Facade of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia.?w=200&h=150

By Julieta Villar,Abel Camasca,Andrés Henríquez

Analysis: Jesuit sex abuse scandal in Bolivia could be used politically to repress Church

Journalists from ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, traveled to Bolivia to look into the implications of the case of... Read more

The members of the general board of directors of the Regnum Christi Federation, before its first general convention from April 29 to May 4, 2024, in Rome.?w=200&h=150

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Regnum Christi: ‘It would have been easy to run and hide,’ but the Church is ‘purifiying’ us

The ecclesial movement was shaken to the core by the revelation of numerous cases of sexual abuse and the abuse... Read more

Gia Chacón (right), founder of March for the Martyrs, said the plight of the tens of thousands of Christian Armenians  pushed out of their homes in the disputed Artsakh or Nagorno-Karabakh region hash been "completely overlooked by the mainstream media.”?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

March for the Martyrs raises awareness of persecuted Armenian Christians and more

Marchers are setting out in the nation’s capital on Saturday to call attention to the plight of persecuted Christians throughout... Read more

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.”?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pier Giorgio Frassati could be canonized during 2025 Jubilee, cardinal says

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, announced on April 26 that Frassati’s canonization... Read more

Pope Francis meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her 6-year-old daughter on Jan. 10, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis to attend G7 summit to speak on artificial intelligence

The Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations summit is being held in the southern Italian region of Puglia from June... Read more

Father Leo Riley, 68, continued to serve as a priest for years after a 2020 sexual abuse lawsuit was filed against him and the Diocese of Venice, Florida.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Florida priest continued in active ministry for three years after sex abuse lawsuit filed

Father Leo Riley, 68, continued to serve as a priest for years after a 2020 sexual abuse lawsuit was filed... Read more