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Lourdes offers digital pilgrimage as shrine struggles without pilgrims
by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jul 14, 2020 / 06:00 am MT (CNA).- As global coronavirus cases have surpassed 13 million, Lourdes is offering a digital pilgrimage this week to pray for the sick on the anniversary of its final Marian apparition. The Marian shrine will livestream the rosary in …
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral reopens to pilgrims
by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jul 1, 2020 / 08:00 am MT (CNA).- Pilgrims can walk the Camino de Santiago once again as the pilgrimage’s destination, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, reopened its doors Wednesday. The cathedral, pilgrim welcome center, and public hostels along the Spanish pilgrimage route reopened …
Benedict XVI’s brother Georg Ratzinger has died
by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jul 1, 2020 / 04:30 am MT (CNA).- Benedict XVI’s older brother Georg Ratzinger died Wednesday, just a little more than one week after the pope emeritus’ visit. Msgr. Georg Ratzinger died in Bavaria at the age of 96 on July 1. The pope emeritus …
Pope Francis on feast of Saints Peter and Paul: ‘Only prayer unlocks chains’
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Jun 29, 2020 / 05:30 am MT (CNA).- On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on Monday, Pope Francis urged Christians to pray for one another and for unity, saying “only prayer unlocks chains.” “What would happen if we prayed more and complained less?” …
Scientists confirm Italian crucifix is oldest wooden statue in Europe
By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jun 26, 2020 / 08:30 am MT (CNA).- Scientists confirmed this month that a crucifix in the Italian city of Lucca is the oldest wooden statue in Europe. A radiocarbon dating study conducted by the National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Florence dated the 8-foot …
Religious sisters risk lives to rescue the vulnerable amid pandemic
by Courtney Mares Rome, Italy, Jun 23, 2020 / 10:30 am MT (CNA).- Sister Stan Mumuni dedicates her life to caring for abandoned children with birth defects in Ghana. When the coronavirus pandemic spread to West Africa, she said that she ran to the market to buy soap and supplies, …
Benedict XVI returns to Rome after visiting ill brother in Germany
by Courtney Mares Vatican City, Jun 22, 2020 / 06:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope emeritus Benedict XVI arrived back in Rome Monday after a four-day trip to Germany to visit his ailing brother. The Diocese of Regensburg reported June 22 that 93-year-old Benedict XVI said goodbye to his 96-year-old brother, …
