Pope Francis announced that his prayer intention for June 2022 is families. / Shutterstock
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 2, 2022 / 11:58 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has announced that his prayer intention for the month of June is families.The choic… […]
Carlo Acutis’ tomb is opened for public veneration in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 1, 2020. Photos courtesy of Assisi diocese. / null
Rome Newsroom, Jun 2, 2022 / 07:25 am (CNA).
Visitors to Assisi can once again see Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first mill… […]
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II stands on the Balcony of Buckingham Palace as the troops march past during the Queen’s Birthday Parade, the Trooping the Colour, as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee celebrations, in London on June 2, 2022. / Jonathan Brady/Getty Images
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 2, 2022 / 06:21 am (CNA).
Pope Francis sent a congratulatory message to Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday coinciding with the United Kingdom’s joyous celebration of the 70th anniversary of her reign.
“On this joyful occasion of your Majesty’s birthday, and as you celebrate this Platinum Jubilee year, I send cordial greetings and good wishes, together with the renewed assurance of my prayers that Almighty God will bestow upon you, the members of the Royal Family and all the people of the nation blessings of unity, prosperity and peace,” the pope said in a telegram to the queen.
Queen Elizabeth, who turned 96 on April 21, is England’s longest serving monarch, having ascended to the throne in 1952 at age 25 after the death of her father, King George VI. Her coronation took place the following year.
On Thursday the United Kingdom began four days of jubilee celebrations, starting with an event called Trooping the Color, a colorful military parade in London that featured 240 horses, a Royal Air Force flyover, and a gun salute. The queen watched the parade from a balcony at Buckingham Palace.
Elizabeth has met four popes as queen, and one (Pius XII) as princess in 1951.
Queen Elizabeth and her late husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, met with Pope Francis in the Vatican in 2014.
The meeting marked the 100th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and the Holy See. After their meeting, Pope Francis gave the couple a facsimile of Pope Innocent XI’s order extending the cult of St. Edward the Confessor, and the queen in turn presented the pope with a large basket of food from the estates surrounding her homes. The items included an assortment of honey, a dozen eggs, a haunch of venison, shortbread, juice, preserves, and Balmoral whiskey.
Bishop Robert Barron. Photo courtesy of DeChant-Hughes Public Relations. / null
Vatican City, Jun 2, 2022 / 04:05 am (CNA).
The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Robert Barron to lead the Diocese of Winona-Roches… […]
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Denver Newsroom, Jun 1, 2022 / 18:29 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Tulsa has requested prayer for all involved in a mass shooting at a medical office building near the city’s Saint Francis Hospital, which has left at least four d… […]
Hand wearing gay pride rainbow wristband making a power fist gesture in front of the US Capitol building in Washington, DC Credit: lazyllama/Shutterstock / null
Denver Newsroom, Jun 1, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See ha… […]
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 1, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Representative Chris Smith [R-NJ] says he is hopeful that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will investigate the University of Pittsburgh’s fetal … […]
Participants at the March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2022. / CNA
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 1, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List is embracing a new name: Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America — or SBA P… […]
Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio says the funeral Mass for Irma and Joe Garcia at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, Texas, June 1, 2022. / CTSA Catholic Television of San Antonio
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Denver Newsroom, Jun 1, 2022 / 14:28 pm (CNA).
Minors in Illinois are no longer required to notify an adult before seeking an abortion, as a repeal signed by the state’s Democratic governor in December took effect June … […]
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