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Church-goers in the archdioceses of New York and Boston will be required to wear masks during the holiday season.

New York, Boston archdioceses: Mask up at holiday Masses

Dec 13, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

Citing a spike in COVID-19 cases and a “likely increase” in cases during the holiday season, the Archdiocese of Boston... Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles venerates an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Catheral of Our Lady of the Angels, Dec. 12, 2017.

Archbishop Gomez: We must build Our Lady of Guadalupe's temple with our lives

Dec 13, 2021

By Kate Olivera

When Our Lady of Guadalupe told St. Juan Diego that she desired a church to be built in the  Americas,... Read more

Jimmy Lai Chee Ying arrving at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court, Hong Kong, Oct. 15, 2020.

Catholic pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai gets jail time for involvement in Hong Kong Tiananmen Square vigil

Dec 13, 2021

By Jonah McKeown

Jimmy Lai, a Catholic and prominent figure in the ongoing pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, has been sentenced to a... Read more

Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

Nearly 2 million pilgrims visited the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City

Dec 13, 2021

By David Ramos

Almost 2 million pilgrims visited the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City between Dec. 1 and her... Read more

Pope Francis meets with the Seraphic Institute of Assisi on Dec. 13, 2021.

Pope Francis: The value of a person is not determined by ability

Dec 13, 2021

By Courtney Mares

In a meeting with disabled children and their caregivers at the Vatican, Pope Francis said that if disability or illness... Read more

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He said what?? Bishop sparks backlash over Santa Claus comments

Dec 13, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

An Italian bishop is on parents' naughty list for telling children that Santa Claus isn't real. Read more

A stained glass window depicting Blessed Marie Rivier in the motherhouse of Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in France.

Pope Francis approves miracle attributed to a French nun who will be made a saint

Dec 13, 2021

By Courtney Mares

The miracle attributed to Rivier, who can now be canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church, involved the healing... Read more

Pope Francis takes part in a moment of reflection for the opening of the synodal path at the Vatican’s New Synod Hall, Oct. 9, 2021.

Synod of Bishops restores resource page link to New Ways Ministry, issues apology

Dec 13, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

The restoration of the link reversed a previous decision to remove the LGBT outreach group from the webpage. Read more

Archbishop Arthur Roche at a Vatican press conference on Feb. 10, 2015.

Vatican liturgy office issues guidelines for catechist ministry

Dec 13, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis created the instituted lay ministry of catechist in May. Read more

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Pope Francis prays for strength for victims, relief workers after Kentucky tornado

Dec 13, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

Kentucky is still trying to get an accurate death toll as relief workers continue to search wreckage for missing people. Read more

Students at The Catholic University of America posing with Delilah the Camel at the school's annual "Greccio" live nativity event on Dec. 12, 2021.

Live nativity scene (camel included) gives Catholic University students a welcome study break

Dec 12, 2021

By Shannon Mullen

On Sunday night, Dec. 12, Delilah the Camel was the B.M.O.C. (Biggest Mammal on Campus) at The Catholic University of... Read more

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.

France’s interior minister condemns threats against Catholics during procession

Dec 12, 2021

By CNA Staff

Gérald Darmanin deplored what he said were ‘unacceptable acts.’ Read more

Photo courtesy of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, Ill.

Chicago suburb is home to a major Guadalupe shrine

Dec 12, 2021

By Kevin J. Jones

Marian devotion is intense among the hundreds of thousands of people who visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe... Read more

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 12, 2021.

Pope Francis: ‘May Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego teach us how to always walk together’

Dec 12, 2021

By CNA Staff

The pope looked ahead to the Jubilee of Guadalupe in 2031. Read more

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 12, 2021.

Pope Francis prays for victims of tornadoes in South and Midwest

Dec 12, 2021

By CNA Staff

The tornadoes struck Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Read more

Emergency workers search through what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on December 11, 2021.

Kentucky bishop asks for prayers, financial support following fatal tornadoes

Dec 11, 2021

By Kate Olivera

A bishop in Kentucky is asking for prayers following a series of fatal storms and tornadoes Dec. 11 that killed... Read more

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How the blind can 'see' Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico

Dec 11, 2021

By CNA Staff

Just inside the entrance to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City is a small area with... Read more

Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrates his first public Mass Dec. 11 since his hospitalization with COVID-19.

Cardinal Burke thanks God for COVID-19 recovery during first public Mass

Dec 11, 2021

By Kate Olivera

Cardinal Raymond Burke thanked God and Our Lady of Guadalupe for his recovery from COVID-19, during his first public Mass... Read more

Pope Francis meets participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Dec. 11, 2021.

Pope Francis: Look out for ‘self-referential’ founders who put themselves ‘above the Church’

Dec 11, 2021

By CNA Staff

He was speaking to members of the Vatican department overseeing consecrated life. Read more

Archbishop Michel Aupetit, pictured in 2019.

Archbishop Aupetit at Paris farewell Mass: ‘I lost my life for the love of Christ’

Dec 11, 2021

By CNA Staff

He directly addressed a media report claiming that he had “lost himself for love.” Read more