By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 10, 2024 / 12:20 pm Brazilian Archbishop Jaime Spengler, OFM, one of the 21 men chosen by Pope Francis to become a cardinal in the next consistory on Dec. 8, confirmed plans for a trial run of an Amazonian rite of the Mass and urged “openness” to …

By Zelda Caldwell, Zoe Romanowsky CNA Newsroom, Oct 9, 2024 / 06:00 am In early June, the U.S. Catholic bishops voted unanimously to begin the process of officially declaring Adele Brise a saint. Brise, an immigrant from Belgium living in northern Wisconsin, witnessed the first and only approved Marian apparition in the …

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 6, 2024 / 07:41 am Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals, including the archbishops of Tehran, Tokyo, and Toronto, at a consistory on Dec. 8. The 87-year-old pope made the announcement from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square after …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2024 / 09:30 am Bishop Mark Beckman of the Diocese of Knoxville in eastern Tennessee — an area heavily impacted by the recent Hurricane Helene — said in an interview with “EWTN News Nightly” this week that the storm’s “devastation” has led to mounting …