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Former gay activist: Fiducia Supplicans hurts those ‘struggling for chastity’

January 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Luca Di Tolve. / Credit: Twitter @Lucaditolve

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 19, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Luca Di Tolve, Mister Gay Italy 1990 and a former homosexual activist, posted a reflection on his website regarding the declaration Fiducia Supplican… […]

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Producer shares story of ‘family saint’ with new generation of Catholics

December 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Susan Agostinelli shows Pope Francis a picture of her great, great uncle, Bl. Grimoaldo Santamaria of the Purification, during a meeting at the Vatican on Oct. 6, 2022. The audience was part of a conference on holiness and sainthood hosted by th… […]

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Blind from birth, Sister Chiara Antonella shares her story of music and prayer

December 26, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The Monastery of Città della Pieve in Italy. / Credit: Monastery of Città della Pieve

ACI Stampa, Dec 26, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Sister Chiara Antonella has a very special story. Blind from birth, she has been able to put this adversity to good… […]

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Pope Francis says that he wants to be buried in Marian basilica in new interview

December 13, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis speaks at his general audience Dec. 13, 2023, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Dec 13, 2023 / 10:10 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has said that he wants to be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major … […]

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Italian bishop suspends selecting godparents for baptism and sponsors for confirmation

December 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

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ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 8, 2023 / 19:00 pm (CNA).
In order to study the most appropriate ways to restore the actual purpose of the role of godparents and sponsors, the bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli in Italy… […]

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Climate activists vandalize St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy

December 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

The facade of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy. / Credit: Marco Rubino/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Climate activists on Thursday vandalized the facade of the nearly 1,000-year-old St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Ita… […]

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PHOTOS: Pope Francis honors Virgin Mary on the Solemnity of Immaculate Conception

December 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

A firefighter scales a long ladder to the top of a nearly 40-foot-high column to pay tribute at dawn to the Blessed Virgin with a wreath of flowers on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Dec 8, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
On the… […]

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Italy’s ‘most handsome man’ leaves modeling career to become a priest

December 7, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Edoardo Santini. / Credit: Instagram/Edoardo Santini

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 7, 2023 / 18:10 pm (CNA).
Young Edoardo Santini, considered “the most handsome man in Italy,” has decided to leave his promising career as a model and enter a seminary t… […]

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

December 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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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Climate activists disrupt archbishop’s Mass in Turin

December 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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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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