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Rome to host 7th Day of the Catacombs, opportunity to reflect on early Christians

February 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

An archaeological guide provided historical information and answered questions during a visit to the catacombs by delegates of the Synod on Synodality. Early Christians gathered within the catacombs for funeral rites and to honor the martyrs. Ro… […]

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PHOTOS: Cardinal Rugambwa takes possession of Rome’s ‘Church of the Artists’

February 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Protase Rugambwa at Santa Maria in Montesanto, Feb. 18 / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Feb 19, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Protase Rugambwa took possession of his titular church, Santa Maria in Montesanto — one of the tw… […]

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Pope Francis issues new regulations setting spending limits for Vatican offices

January 17, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis delivers a message at his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Jan 17, 2024 / 12:50 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis amended the Vatican’s financial… […]

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Conference on anniversary of Benedict’s death focuses on legacy defined by love of Christ

January 2, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Archbishop Georg Gänswein celebrates a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 31, 2023, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Jan 2, 2024 / 11:48 am (CNA).
Friends, schol… […]

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Pope Francis: The Nativity is an example of ‘joy’ and ‘amazement’

December 20, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis speaks at his general audience Dec. 20, 2023, at Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Elizabeth Alva/EWTN

Rome Newsroom, Dec 20, 2023 / 11:25 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Wednesday spoke during his last general audience before Chris… […]

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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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Pope Francis appoints Colombian priest as auxiliary bishop in Archdiocese of Quebec

December 12, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop-elect Juan Carlos Londoño. / Credit: Archdiocese of Quebec

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2023 / 12:15 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis appointed a Colombian-born priest, Father Juan Carlos Londoño, to serve as a new auxiliary bishop in the Ar… […]

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Vatican: Small part of cremated ashes can be kept in personal place in certain cases

December 12, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal-elect Víctor Manuel Fernández was appointed by Pope Francis on July 1, 2023, to become the next prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of La Plata

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2… […]

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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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Cardinal Fernández: Offer yourselves to the Lord ‘like clay ready to be molded’

December 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández celebrates his Mass of titular possession at the Church of Sts. Urban and Lawrence at Prima Porta on the northern outskirts of Rome on Dec. 3, 2023. / Credit: Elizabeth Alva/EWTN

Rome Newsroom, Dec 6, 2023 / 12:… […]

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