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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… […]

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‘So powerful’: Jonathan Roumie on sponsoring African children through Catholic charity

December 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie visits Emelyne, a little girl he has sponsored since 2023, in Rwanda. / Credit: Unbound

CNA Staff, Dec 23, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
In 2023, Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie partnered with Unbound, a Catholic child-sp… […]

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PHOTOS: Gaza Catholic parish prepares for second Christmas under war

December 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

A young girl hangs an ornament on the Christmas tree inside the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli

Jerusalem, Dec 22, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
As Christmas approaches, the Latin Church of the H… […]

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War, economic struggles threaten Bethlehem’s century-old crafts tradition

December 21, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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… […]

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Major religious freedom win for Nigeria: Christian mother acquitted of blasphemy charges 

December 20, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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… […]

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Santa’s tomb? Coffin of St. Nicholas may have been found — but there’s a catch

December 18, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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… […]

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Pope Francis reveals he survived two threats to his life in Iraq

December 17, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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… […]

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One week after regime change, Syrian church bells ring out in hope

December 17, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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 … […]

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Pope Francis appoints new auxiliary bishop for Jordan and the titular see of Siminia

December 17, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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… […]

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Heads of Christian churches in Holy Land call for end of war in Gaza in Christmas message

December 16, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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… […]

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