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Israel unleashed an attack in the northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 12, 2023, in Gaza City, Gaza.

U.S. bishops urge faithful to join in day of prayer and fasting for peace in Holy Land

Oct 16, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

The Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, last week urged Catholics to devote Oct. 17 to prayer. Read more

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Syracuse bishop revives Ember Days, calls for prayer and fasting for vocations

Dec 18, 2020

By Mary Farrow

In a revival of an historic custom of the Church, Bishop Douglas Lucia of Syracuse has invited Catholics of his... Read more

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Fasting and Abstinence at Lent: A CNA Explainer

Mar 5, 2019

By JD Flynn

What does the Church require in Lent, and why? Here are some answers from CNA Read more

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Pope Francis confessing in St. Peter's Basilica.

Hearing the Pope’s Confession: Vatican Confessor Reflects on Sacrament

Pope Francis delivers Angelus message on Dec. 10, 2023.

Pope Angelus: ‘through silence and prayer, we make space for Jesus’ 

Cardinal Robert Sarah, former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

Cardinal Sarah addresses First African Congress on liturgy

Black Elk, daughter Lucy Black Elk and wife Anna Brings White.

The hidden life of Nicholas Black Elk revealed in canonization process

Patrick Norton stands near Sister Annella Zervas' grave, October 2022.

Orphan rescued by Mother Teresa promotes cause of Minnesota nun 

The Vatican unveiled its annual Nativity scene on Dec. 9, 2023, paying special tribute to the origins of the beloved tradition on its 800-year anniversary.

Vatican unveils Nativity scene honoring St. Francis of Assisi and devotion’s 800-year-old origin 

Father Cristiano G. Borro Barbosa , 47, was appointed by Pope Francis as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Boston on Dec. 9, 2023.

Pope Francis appoints Brazilian native as Boston’s new auxiliary bishop  

Pope Francis gazes at a nativity scene during a meeting with two delegations at the Vatican Dec. 9, 2023 — a community from Macra, located in the Alps who provided this year’s Christmas tree, and people from the Diocese of Rieti, who donated this year's Nativity scene.

Pope Francis: Vatican Nativity scene should prompt prayers for the Holy Land 

A pro-life woman kneels in prayer in front of the EMW Women's Surgical Center, an abortion clinic, in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 8, 2021.

Report: Interstate travel for abortion doubled from 2020 to 2023

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World’s ‘largest living Nativity scene’ opens in Colombia

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