CHURCH IN THE WORLD
Pope Francis tells gay man rejected from seminary to ‘go ahead with your vocation’
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jun 4, 2024 / 13:52 pm Pope Francis has reportedly encouraged a 22-year-old gay man to continue to pursue a vocation to the priesthood after he was not accepted into a Catholic seminary. According to the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, the pope responded to an email …
Corpus Christi processions sweep the nation amid National Eucharistic Revival
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jun 3, 2024 / 17:02 pm Catholics across the United States took to the streets over the weekend to celebrate the solemnity of Corpus Christi and share their faith by processing with Jesus in the Eucharist. The Corpus Christi processions took place at a time when …
Where are all the pilgrims? The current state of religious tourism in the Holy Land
By Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Jun 4, 2024 / 07:00 am During the month of May in Jerusalem, the major holidays of the three major religions — Christian Easter, Jewish Passover, and the month of Ramadan — passed with an almost total absence of pilgrims from abroad. The holy sites and the …
Jersey Shore children encounter Jesus at stop on National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
By Sharon Delaney CNA Newsroom, Jun 2, 2024 / 08:15 am With school uniforms pressed, matching hair ribbons, and hands folded in prayer, hundreds of school children from the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, greeted the most special guest imaginable: Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Fresh off a trek across New …
