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VOTE NO on ISSUE 1 Prayer events in the Archdiocese
Friday, November 3: 6:00 p.m. in Mt. Adams Steps below Holy Cross Immaculata Join us in praying the steps for an Ohio victory for life on November 7. Praying together allows us to ask for great things. The defeat of Issue 1 is a great thing and all prayers make …
Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage draws Traditional Latin Mass devotees to Rome
By Matthew Santucci Vatican City, Nov 1, 2023 / 17:50 pm More than 1,000 pilgrims gathered in Rome for an annual three-day pilgrimage for those devoted to the Traditional Latin Mass held Oct. 27–29. The Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage takes its name from Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter Summorum Pontficum, which granted …
Four ways to celebrate ‘Holywins’ with your family on the eve of All Saints
By ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 31, 2023 / 04:00 am The celebration of “Holywins” (“Holiness wins“), is an initiative that originated in Paris in 2002 with the aim of celebrating the eve of All Saints on Oct. 31 in a Christian way. Over time, this Catholic celebration has been …
A Call for Prayer and Fasting for Peace
Dear brothers and sisters, may the Lord indeed give us His peace! The pain and dismay at what is happening is great. Once again we find ourselves in the midst of a political and military crisis. We have suddenly been catapulted into a sea of unprecedented violence. The hatred, which …
Catholic pilgrimage group walks and prays the Katy Trail in Missouri
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 14, 2023 / 06:00 am Most Catholics wanting to make a pilgrimage of double- or triple-digit mileage may think they need to take a plane overseas to somewhere like Spain or France. But one pilgrimage group has found the perfect route for a stateside long-distance …
Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem offers to be exchanged for hostages held by Hamas
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 16, 2023 / 06:47 am The Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem has offered to be exchanged for the children being held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas. Speaking to journalists via video conference on Oct.16, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa was asked if he would be …
Southwestern Virginia church named basilica
By Matt McDonald Washington D.C., Oct 14, 2023 / 10:04 am A church in southwestern Virginia known for its architecture, art, and prominent place atop a hill is the latest in the United States to be named a minor basilica. The former St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Roanoke, Virginia, is now …
10 things you should know about Blessed Carlo Acutis
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Oct 12, 2023 / 04:10 am Carlo Acutis, a Catholic Italian teenager who died in 2006, was beatified Oct. 10, 2020, in Assisi, Italy. A gamer and computer programmer who loved soccer and the Eucharist, he has become well known throughout the world. So who …
New study shows that now almost two-thirds of US Catholics believe in Real Presence
By Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 29, 2023 / 18:05 pm A new study shows that almost two-thirds of adult Catholics in the United States believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, a significantly different result from the often-cited 2019 Pew Research study that suggested only one-third …
New book explores J.R.R. Tolkien’s faith and how it imbued his work
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Sep 26, 2023 / 14:50 pm Most people are likely aware — at least vaguely — that J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings,” was Catholic. Fewer, perhaps, know how seriously he took his faith, in a time and place …
