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Church mural showing Catholic martyrs of land dispute in Brazil covered

February 13, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

A mural behind the altar showing artistic depictions of Catholic activists who were killed in land disputes in Brazil was covered by the vicar, who claimed that “most churchgoers don't like to see those drawings while praying.” --- SÃO PAULO – [...]

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1.3M pilgrims pass through St. Peter’s Holy Door in Jubilee’s first month

February 13, 2025 / 6 minutes of reading

Pilgrims pass through the holy door at the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls on Jan. 5, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Feb 13, 2025 / 07:30 am (CNA). Since Pope Francis marked the beginning of the 2025 [...]

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This small diocese is leading the country in vocations to the priesthood

February 13, 2025 / 6 minutes of reading

Priests bow during the consecration at the opening Mass at SEEK25 in Salt Lake City on Jan. 1, 2025. / Credit: Kate Quiñones/CNA CNA Staff, Feb 12, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The small Midwestern diocese of Wichita, Kansas, continues to [...]

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Vatican to project Chinese artist’s portraits of inmates on prison exterior

February 13, 2025 / 5 minutes of reading

The artist Yan Pei-Ming was photographed in his Paris studio in 2016. / Credit:Alfred Weidinger|Flickr|CC BY 2.0 Vatican City, Feb 12, 2025 / 14:20 pm (CNA). A Chinese artist’s paintings of inmates living inside one of Rome’s most well-known pr... [...] --- The [...]

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Pope Francis appoints three new bishops to U.S. dioceses

February 12, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

L-R: Cincinnati Archbishop-elect Robert Casey, Sioux City Bishop-elect John Keehner, Norwich Bishop-elect Richard Reidy. / Credits: Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Diocese of Sioux City, Diocese of Worcester. CNA Staff, Feb 12, 2025 / 13:45 pm (CNA)... [...] --- L-R: Cincinnati Archbishop-elect Robert Casey, [...]

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Pope Francis replaces Archbishop Schnurr in Cincinnati, makes two other appointments

February 12, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

In one of three episcopal appointments in the United States announced on Feb. 12, Pope Francis has appointed a successor to Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati, who has had a checkered tenure, and has been battling cancer since last [...]

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U.S. bishops ask Pope Francis for prayers to build better immigration system

February 12, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the USCCB fall plenary assembly Nov. 14, 2023. / Credit: USCCB video CNA Staff, Feb 11, 2025 / 18:44 pm (CNA). The president of the U.S. bishops’ confer... [...]

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Paris Grand Mosque rector proposes to Pope Francis a meeting between Muslims and Christians

February 11, 2025 / 5 minutes of reading

Pope Francis greets Chems-eddine Hafiz, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, on Feb. 10, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of the Grand Mosque of Paris Vatican City, Feb 11, 2025 / 13:35 pm (CNA). The rector of the Grand Mosque of [...]

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Pope Francis to Paris AI Action Summit: ‘Love is worth more than intelligence’

February 11, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit takes place at the Grand Palais in Paris on Feb. 10–11, 2025. / Credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images Vatican City, Feb 11, 2025 / 10:05 am (CNA). Pope Francis in his message to leaders [...]

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Pope Francis appoints Tucson Bishop Weisenburger as new archbishop of Detroit

February 11, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

Pope Francis on Feb. 11, 2025, named Bishop Edward Weisenburger of Tucson, Arizona, as the new archbishop of Detroit. / Credit: Archdiocese of Detroit CNA Staff, Feb 11, 2025 / 11:05 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Tucson Bishop Edw... [...]

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