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12 amazing facts about the life of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

July 4, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.” / Credit: Public Domain

CNA Staff, Jul 4, 2024 / 04:00 am (… […]

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The prayer of a holy journalist before dying for the freedom of the Catholic press

May 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Martyred by the Nazis, Dutch St. Titus Brandsma was a journalist who gave his life so that the truths of the faith would not be silenced. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

CNA Newsroom, May 3, 2024 / 13:45 pm (CNA).
World Press Freedom Day is celebra… […]

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Illinois diocese creates Boy Scouts patch honoring Venerable Father Augustine Tolton

March 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Augustus Tolton’s life was explored in an October 2022 episode of EWTN’s “They Might Be Saints.” / Credit: EWTN News Nightly

CNA Staff, Mar 26, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
A priest on his way to sainthood has inspired the creation of a new Sc… […]

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‘Cabrini’ celebrates the saint whose trust in Christ changed New York

March 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

"Cabrini" chronicles the early days of the American mission of Mother Cabrini, Patroness of Immigrants. / Credit: Angel Studios

National Catholic Register, Mar 6, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
“During the past few weeks, dark-featured women,… […]

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St. Agatha, the early Church martyr who tradition says was visited by St. Peter

February 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

This painting of St. Peter visiting St. Agatha was created by Federico Zuccari between 1597 and 1599 for the altar of Sant’Agata in the Milan Cathedral. It was directly commissioned by Milan native Federico Borromeo, a cousin of St. Charles Borr… […]

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Learning from St. Thomas Aquinas, 750 years after his Death

January 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Robin Franssen, 18, of Belgium, is a first-year philosophy student at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. / Credit: Bénédicte Cedergren/EWTN

Rome Newsroom, Jan 28, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Hundreds of students travel annually to Rome… […]

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Pope Francis: Return to God’s Word rather than social media’s ‘violence of words’

January 21, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis presides over Mass for the Sunday of the Word of God in St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 21, 2024. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jan 21, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has called Catholics to spend more time with the saving power … […]

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Here are 5 Catholic practices to help strengthen your faith life in 2024

January 17, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 17, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
In the constant search for spiritual growth and connection to the sacred in everyday life, discovering new ways to strengthen your Catholic faith can be tran… […]

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U.S. bishops express strong support for proposal to name Newman a doctor of the Church

November 16, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

John Henry Newman by Sir John Everett Millais. / Credit: Public domain

CNA Staff, Nov 16, 2023 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, was one of several U.S. bishops who spoke passionately in support this week of… […]

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What is the process for canonization? A guide for All Saints’ Day 

November 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Detail of a mural showing Blessed Stanley Rother being welcomed into heaven at the new Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. / Credit: Joe Holdren/EWTN News

CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Nov. 1 is the solemnity of All Saint… […]

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