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The Sistine Chapel was consecrated to Our Lady of the Assumption: 5 things to know
by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Aug 14, 2022 / 06:47 am On August 15, 1483, Pope Sixtus IV consecrated the Sistine Chapel to Our Lady of the Assumption. Today, as we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, let’s take a closer look at this historic chapel. One of …
Will these African Americans be canonized?
by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Aug 13, 2022 / 06:00 am Among the many Black men and women who have been declared saints in the Catholic Church, not one of them — yet — has been American. But that does not mean there aren’t numerous good candidates for the first …
Reports of at least 40 people killed in church fire in Egypt
by AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Aug 14, 2022 / 05:50 am At least 40 people — most of them children — have died in a fire in a Coptic Orthodox church in Giza Governorate, Egypt, on Sunday, according to government and church officials. Thirty-five children between two and six years of …
August 15: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today, Catholics and many other Christians celebrate the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This significant feast day recalls the spiritual and physical departure of the mother of Jesus Christ from the earth, when both her soul and her body were taken into the presence of God. …
What’s the Assumption, anyway? A CNA Explainer
by Adelaide Mena Washington D.C., Aug 15, 2020 / 03:30 am MT (CNA).- On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into Heaven. But while the feast day is a relatively new one, the …
Who was Joan of Arc?: Answers to your questions about this heroic saint
by Kelsey Wicks Denver Newsroom, Aug 13, 2022 / 11:09 am Visited by St. Michael the Archangel and commissioned by God at the age of 13 to lead the army of France and bring an end to the bloodiest war in European history up to that point, Joan of Arc …
In phone call, Zelenskyy thanks Pope Francis for praying for Ukraine
by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Aug 13, 2022 / 04:45 am Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he spoke with Pope Francis over the phone on Friday and thanked the pope for his prayers and humanitarian support. In a tweet posted on Aug. 12, Zelenskyy wrote that he had …
A ‘non-binary’ Joan of Arc? Theater’s spin on Catholic heroine stirs backlash
by Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 12, 2022 / 16:30 pm Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is re-inventing the story of St. Joan of Arc in an upcoming production called “I, Joan,” in which the French Catholic heroine will be portrayed as a non-binary “queer” character who refers to herself with …
Olivia Newton-John attended Catholic Mass, said ‘favorite prayer’ daily
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2022 / 13:51 pm Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, perhaps best known for her role as Sandy Olsson in the 1978 film “Grease,” shared her favorite prayer last year. She passed away Monday at age 73. The prayer was, she revealed in …
Britney Spears clarifies she asked for a Catholic church wedding: ‘I don’t like being called a liar’
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 10, 2022 / 18:00 pm American pop star Britney Spears said that she asked to get married in a Catholic church in California, pushing back against claims that she never contacted the parish. “There was a lot of backlash saying I never asked …
