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Assumption of the Virgin Mary, fresco painting in San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, Italy.

The fascinating history of the feast of Mary's Assumption

Aug 15, 2021

By CNA Staff

Today, Catholics around the world mark the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life... Read more

Mikokoro Center, Nagoya, Japan.

Assumption speaks to Japan's Catholics, missionary says

Aug 13, 2013

The Feast of the Assumption is an important celebration for Catholicism in Japan because of its link to both death... Read more

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A perpetrator caught on camera vandalized St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church and School in Bloomer, Wisconsin, the night of July 2-3.

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Archbishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio

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A panel discussion at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C., June 2022.

Women worldwide face sex-based religious persecution

The Valley of the Fallen.

Vox party files complaint against journalist for inciting destruction of abbey in Spain

Eric S. Schmitt, attorney general of Missouri.

Missouri attorney general may sue Kansas City over aid for out-of-state abortions

Sister Paësie, foundress of the Kizito Family.

This religious community helps impoverished children in Haiti

Burkinabé soldiers patrol in Ouagadougou after the January 2022 coup.

At least 22 killed in jihadist attack on village in Burkina Faso

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Human rights advocates respond after Pope Francis says Vatican-China deal ‘moving well’

Bishop Jude Arogundade in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2022 outside the Belmont House, where he attended a breakfast social with U.S. congressmen and religious freedom advocates.

Nigerian bishop, a former New Yorker, calls church massacre ‘my own Sept. 11th’

Sr. Alessandra Smerilli (second from left) and Sr. Nathalie Becquart (third from left) pose with Pope Francis and others during the youth synod in 2018.

Pope Francis announces appointment of women to committee selecting new bishops

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Sr. Alessandra Smerilli (second from left) and Sr. Nathalie Becquart (third from left) pose with Pope Francis and others during the youth synod in 2018.

Pope Francis announces appointment of women to committee selecting new bishops

Bishop Jude Arogundade in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2022 outside the Belmont House, where he attended a breakfast social with U.S. congressmen and religious freedom advocates.

Nigerian bishop, a former New Yorker, calls church massacre ‘my own Sept. 11th’

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Human rights advocates respond after Pope Francis says Vatican-China deal ‘moving well’

The Valley of the Fallen.

Vox party files complaint against journalist for inciting destruction of abbey in Spain

A panel discussion at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C., June 2022.

Women worldwide face sex-based religious persecution