Bassem Giacaman in his shop in Bethlehem in December 2024. The artisans in Bethlehem are almost all Christians. They primarily work with olive wood. Most of the businesses in Bethlehem are family businesses. / Credit: Marinella Bandini
Bethlehe… […]
Nigerian Christian mother of five Rhoda Jatau was acquitted of blasphemy charges after a two-and-a-half-year legal battle. / Credit: Photo courtesy of ADF International
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
A Nigerian Christ… […]
St. Nicholas, by Jaroslav Čermák (1831-1878). / Credit: Galerie Art Praha via Wikimedia (public domain)
CNA Staff, Dec 18, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
After years of excavation work, the leader of an archeological expedition at the Church of St. Nic… […]
Pope Francis meets political authorities, civil leaders, and diplomats in the Republican Palace in Baghdad on March 5, 2021. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI MENA, Dec 17, 2024 / 16:10 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis has revealed that he narrowly escaped two… […]
Holy Mass is celebrated in Mariamite Greek Melkite Catholic Cathedral, Damascus, on Dec. 15, 2024. / Credit: Lama Ghosn/ACI MENA
ACI MENA, Dec 17, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
After more than 13 years of death, oppression, and destruction, the bells … […]
Bishop-elect Iyad Twal was appointed by Pope Francis on Dec. 17, 2024, as auxiliary bishop of the patriarchal diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan and as titular bishop of Siminia. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Vatican City… […]
The custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, lights the first candle of the Advent wreath at the site of the manger inside the Nativity Grotto on Nov. 30, 2024, during the first vespers of the first Sunday of Advent. / Credit: Marinella… […]
The interior of the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem. In the background, the most well-known depiction of Our Lady of the Milk. According to a Christian tradition dating back to the sixth century, the Virgin Mary was nursing the baby Jesus here, and whe… […]
Bishop António Francisco Jaca of the Diocese of Benguela in Angola speaks on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Radio Ecclesia, Angola’s Catholic Radio on Dec. 8, 2024. / Credit: João Vissesse/ACI Africa
Luanda, Angola, Dec 12, 2024 / 07:0… […]
The historic city of Aleppo, Syria. / Credits: STEPANOV ILYA/Shutterstock
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 10, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA).
Catholic Church leaders in the U.S., Rome, and the Middle East have expressed cautious “hope” that the new regim… […]
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