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Raphael’s tapestries briefly return to Sistine Chapel
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Vatican Museums By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — An artistic masterpiece conceived by the Renaissance master Raphael was on display for one week in the Sistine Chapel to help celebrate the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death. "It’s an important moment" and a way to celebrate …
Raphael’s tapestries briefly return to Sistine Chapel
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Vatican Museums By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — An artistic masterpiece conceived by the Renaissance master Raphael was on display for one week in the Sistine Chapel to help celebrate the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death. "It’s an important moment" and a way to celebrate …
Pope adds year of missionary service to Vatican diplomats’ training
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis, adopting a suggestion made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, has decided that every priest preparing for service in the Vatican diplomatic corps must spend a year in ministry as a missionary. In a letter …
British Columbia couple on quarantined cruise ship relying on faith
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Camales-Torrijos family By Agnieszka Ruck VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CNS) — The morning routine hasn’t changed for Marichu and Ding Camales-Torrijos since they and all other passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship were quarantined following discovery of the coronavirus on board. The couple has breakfast delivered by …
Gregory orders McCarrick’s coat of arms removed from Washington cathedral
By Christine Rousselle Washington D.C., Feb 13, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- Disgraced former archbishop Theodore McCarrick’s coat of arms has been earased from the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C. The former cardinal was laicized in 2019 after being found guilty of numerous crimes, including the …
Pope Francis on St John Paul II: ‘I learned from him’
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 13, 2020 / 10:33 am (CNA).- In a newly published book, Pope Francis answers questions about himself and St. John Paul II, saying he learned the importance of joy and mercy from his predecessor, and they are in “total harmony” on the subject of …
To prevent spread of COVID-19, Hong Kong Diocese cancels Masses
IMAGE: CNS Photo/Francis Wong By HONG KONG (CNS) — The threat of spreading the coronavirus has forced Catholic officials in Hong Kong to suspend all church programs Feb. 15-28, including Sunday Masses and the Ash Wednesday liturgy that marks the beginning of Lent. Ucanews.com reported Cardinal John Tong, apostolic administrator …
Vatican releases pope’s Lent, Holy Week, Easter schedule
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis and top officials of the Roman Curia will leave the Vatican March 1-6 for their annual Lenten retreat, the Vatican announced. And, as is customary when first publishing the pope’s calendar for Holy Week, the Vatican did not provide …
Cardinal Dolan pays homage to revered Cuban priest who ministered in N.Y.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Father Stephen Ries By Rhina Guidos HAVANA (CNS) — The moment was anything but intimate, but it was probably the best chance Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan had to pay respects to a revered Cuban-born priest who helped Irish immigrants in New York. The archbishop of New York, followed …
Why Abraham Lincoln held a White House fundraiser for this black Catholic parish
By Jonah McKeown Washington D.C., Feb 12, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- Black Catholic communities have been a part of the Church in the Washington, DC area for centuries. But it wasn’t until the height of the Civil War that black Catholics in DC began the process of founding a …
