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Pope Francis launches Jubilee 2025 with opening of Holy Door

December 24, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2024, officially launching the Jubilee Year 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Dec 24, 2024 / 14:10 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis opened the Holy… […]

‘Christ, the Savior, is here:’ 200 years of ‘Silent Night’ in its Austrian birthplace

December 24, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Silent Night Memorial Chapel in Oberndorf, Austria, in December 2024. The building stands on the rubble of the original St. Nicholas Church, where “Silent Night” was first performed in 1818. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News

Salzburg, Austr… […]

Becoming the mother of God: Did Mary have a choice?

December 24, 2024 Catholic News Agency 7

Greek icon of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, the Theotokos. / Credit: FWA Design/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Dec 24, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Earlier this month, the pro-abortion group “Catholics for Choice” stirred controversy online when it wrote … […]

The little-known story of a saint’s Christmas vision of the infant Jesus in Rome

December 24, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A marble sculpture of St. Cajetan holding the infant Jesus identifies the spot where the saint’s vision occurred in the crypt of the Chapel of the Nativity, the side chapel to the right of the main altar of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome… […]

Pandoro or panettone? 5 American seminarians in Rome share their Christmas traditions

December 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Deacon Nathan Ledoux and his friend Michael Figura at the National Art Gallery in London on Dec. 27, 2023. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Deacon Nathan Ledoux

Rome Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA).
Christmas abroad for American seminarians … […]

PHOTOS: Cardinal Pizzaballa shares Christmas message after Gaza visit

December 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, lights a candle in the Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza during his visit there on Dec. 22, 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Jerusa… […]

Christians in Gaza, Syria ‘need everything,’ Vatican cardinal says

December 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, speaks with EWTN News during an interview at the Vatican on Dec. 11, 2024. / Credit: EWTN News

CNA Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA).
The head of the… […]

Trump vows executive action ‘on Day 1’ to end ‘transgender lunacy’

December 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. / Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 23, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA).
President-e… […]

‘Hollywood Priest’: PBS documentary tells life story of Father Bud Kieser

December 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

“Hollywood Priest: The Story Of Father ‘Bud’ Kieser,” is scheduled to air on PBS World at 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday, Dec. 25, and is also available on demand for subscribers to PBS Passport. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Paulist Pr… […]

Pope Francis praises bocce, calling it a sport for ‘normal people’

December 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

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CNA Staff, Dec 23, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis expressed his appreciation for the ball sport of bocce during an audience with representatives of the Italian Bowling Federation on Dec. 20, praising … […]

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