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Bottles of bourbon signed by Pope Francis expected to fetch up to $20,000 for charity
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 16:20 pm Two bottles of rare bourbon signed by Pope Francis are projected to net up to $20,000 for several Kentucky charities. Father Jim Sichko, a priest in the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, and a papal Missionary of Mercy, told CNA that the …
What is the Jerusalem Cross?
By Matthew Bunson National Catholic Register, Nov 19, 2024 / 07:00 am The Associated Press recently claimed that President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, had tattoos supposedly connected with Christian nationalism and even white supremacy. It focused especially on the tattoo of a Jerusalem Cross on …
U.S. bishop calls for return to Friday abstinence from meat
By Zelda Caldwell Baltimore, Md., Nov 13, 2024 / 15:50 pm A leading U.S. Catholic bishop on Wednesday called on his fellow bishops to help revive the tradition of abstinence from meat on Fridays as a way to commemorate the upcoming 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ 2015 environmental encyclical Laudato Si …
Warriors to Lourdes May 2025 at No Cost for Veterans
ABOUT THE WARRIORS TO LOURDES PILGRIMAGE Since 2013, the Knights of Columbus has partnered with the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, to sponsor the annual Warriors to Lourdes Pilgrimage. Each year, wounded, ill and injured U.S. warriors (as well as non-wounded) are accepted to participate in a five-day retreat …
Kentucky attorney general backs Catholic church in lawsuit against shrine construction
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2024 / 17:45 pm Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman threw his support behind a Park Hills Catholic church that is embroiled in a legal battle over the proposed construction of a shrine within its property. “It’s not up to the courts to decide how we …
Privacy in the confessional: Is your smartphone listening to your sins?
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 06:00 am Anyone who uses a smartphone has likely experienced the same unsettling phenomenon — a pointedly placed advertisement that seems to show up right after you’ve discussed a topic or product. Could it be true that your phone is “listening” to …
Prayer on Election Day
Gracious and loving God, let your Spirit be with me today. Hear my prayers, and increase in me the will to follow your Son Jesus. Help me to draw on the resources of my faith as I use the opportunities of our democracy to shape a society more respectful of …
‘Novena to the Mother of God for the Nation’ to begin Oct. 27 as election draws near
By Joseph Pronechen National Catholic Register, Oct 21, 2024 / 14:20 pm Beginning on Sunday, Oct. 27, the Eternal World Television Network (EWTN) will launch a nine-day novena in anticipation of the U.S. election on Nov. 5. Catholics and all people of goodwill are invited to join in the “Novena to …
5 ways St. John Paul II changed the Catholic Church forever
By CNA Staff Vatican City, Oct 22, 2024 / 05:00 am You probably know that St. John Paul II was the second-longest-serving pope in modern history with 27 years of pontificate, and he was the first non-Italian pontiff since the Dutch Pope Adrian VI in 1523. But did you know that …
Before he was a saint, John Paul II visited Cincinnati
Staff Report The Catholic Telegraph Before he was a saint, then-Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Kracow, Poland, visited Joseph L. Bernadin Sept. 2, 1976, while the latter was Archbishop of Cincinnati.
