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Pope Francis at general audience: ‘The Spirit is the protagonist’ of evangelization

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Pope Francis speaks at his general audience on Dec. 6, 2023, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Dec 6, 2023 / 09:22 am (CNA).
Pope Francis’ multi-week catechetical series on the essential components of the pr… […]

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Canonization cause advances for ‘God’s architect,’ Antoni Gaudí

December 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

The Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain, designed by architect Antoni Gaudí, whose cause for beatification is being considered by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. / Credit: Public domain; r.nagy/Shutterstock

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Climate activists disrupt archbishop’s Mass in Turin

December 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Turin Cathedral. / Credit: Eccekevin |Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 4.0

CNA Staff, Dec 4, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Climate activists in Italy over the weekend disrupted a Mass celebrated by Turin Archbishop Roberto Repole, with the demonstrators reading fro… […]

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Hard-living Irish musician Shane MacGowan received last rites before he died, family says 

December 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Shane MacGowan on June 16, 2016, in London, England / Credit: Dave Benett/Getty Images

CNA Newsroom, Dec 1, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
Irish songwriter and former Pogues lead singer Shane MacGowan received last rites before he died Thursday, his fa… […]

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Indi Gregory remembered as ‘true warrior’ at funeral

December 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Indi Gregory. / Credit: Christian Concern

CNA Staff, Dec 1, 2023 / 11:55 am (CNA).
The funeral for Indi Gregory, the 8-month-old baby who lost her life last month after an end-of-life legal battle, was held at Nottingham Cathedral in England on… […]

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This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of December

December 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis meets on April 29, 2023, with children and adults who are visually impaired and have other disabilities at a Catholic institute in Budapest, Hungary, dedicated to Blessed László Batthyány-Strattmann. / Credit: Vatican Media

Denver … […]

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Pope Francis meets with professional soccer team founded by a Catholic religious

November 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis meets with professional soccer players from the Celtic Football Club, a team founded by an Irish Catholic religious brother, on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Nov 29, 2023 / 13:30 p… […]

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More than 130 Masses celebrated in 5 countries to promote Queen Isabella’s canonization

November 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Queen Isabella I of Castile, Spain. / Credit: New World Encyclopedia, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 29, 2023 / 12:55 pm (CNA).
On Nov. 26, 1504, Queen Isabella of Spain — known as “the Catholic” monarch — died, and more than … […]

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Pope Francis greets French abuse victims at Vatican

November 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis uses a cane to walk at his general audience on Nov. 29, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Nov 29, 2023 / 09:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis met a group of abuse victims from France at his residence on Tuesday afternoon after a… […]

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Confronting controversy: German-Polish bishops’ dialogue highlights synodal way tensions

November 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Georg Bätzing addresses journalists on Sept 28, 2023. / Credit: Martin Rothweiler / EWTN Germany

CNA Newsroom, Nov 28, 2023 / 14:05 pm (CNA).
A public dispute between the German Bishops’ Conference president and his Polish counterpart to… […]

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