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Bishops offer prayers for 14 victims of cable car accident in Italy

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The site of the cable car crash on the Mottarone mountain on May 23, 2021. / Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps

Rome Newsroom, May 24, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Fourteen people died in a cable car crash in northern Italy Sunday … […]

As S.C. Catholics challenge state’s Blaine Amendment, scholars argue it was ‘born of bigotry’

May 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Historic court house and post office in Charleston, South Carolina / John Bilous/Shutterstock

Washington D.C., May 23, 2021 / 14:57 pm (CNA).
Catholics and others challenging South Carolina’s Blaine Amendment are right to argue that the amendmen… […]

A cannonball that changed the world: Pope Francis marks 500 years since St. Ignatius’ conversion

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A 16th-century painting of St. Ignatius in armor. / Public domain.

CNA Staff, May 23, 2021 / 12:45 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis said Sunday that the cannonball that wounded Ignatius of Loyola 500 years ago not only changed the saint’s life but also th… […]

Pope Francis: Pray for China’s Christians

May 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis delivers his Regina Coeli address at the Vatican, May 23, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

CNA Staff, May 23, 2021 / 06:40 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for prayers for Christians in China on the eve of the feast of Our Lady o… […]

Full text: Pope Francis’ homily on Pentecost Sunday

May 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis celebrates Pentecost Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, May 23, 2021 / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, May 23, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).
Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ Pentecost Sunday homily, delivered May 23, 2021, at the Basi… […]

Pope Francis: ‘Open your heart to the Holy Spirit’

May 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis celebrates Pentecost Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, May 23, 2021. / EWTN News/Daniel Ibáñez/Vatican Pool

CNA Staff, May 23, 2021 / 04:50 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Sunday urged those who feel trapped by loneliness, despair, and… […]

Brazilian boy who painted pictures of saints to help pay for his medical treatment dies

May 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 7

Daniel Neves, who died May 18, 2021.

Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 22, 2021 / 15:01 pm (CNA).
Daniel Neves, a 13-year-old boy who painted pictures of the saints and the Blessed Virgin Mary to help to pay for his medical treatment, died May 18 after bei… […]

Pope Francis meets European Commission president at the Vatican

May 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis receives European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in a private audience, May 22, 2021. / Vatican Media.

CNA Staff, May 22, 2021 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis received European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in … […]

Cardinal blesses new studio of EWTN affiliate in Croatia

May 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Josip Bozanić blesses the new Laudato TV studio in Zagreb, Croatia. / Courtesy of Laudato TV.

CNA Staff, May 22, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
A cardinal on Wednesday blessed the new studio of an EWTN affiliate in Croatia.Cardinal Josip Bozani… […]

Pope Francis advances causes of China missionary, sister killed by Maoist guerrillas

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A canonization ceremony in St. Peter’s Square, Oct. 15, 2017. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

CNA Staff, May 22, 2021 / 05:55 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Saturday advanced the causes of seven people, including a missionary to China and a sister killed by Mao… […]

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