The ordination of 12 permanent deacons for the Diocese of Nashville “signifies a new chapter and a new beginning,” said Father Luke Wilgenbusch, the diocese’s director of vocations.
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Vatican Sends Relic of True Cross to Britain’s King Charles
As Britain’s King Charles III walks into Westminster Abbey for his coronation, he will walk behind a processional cross containing a relic of Christ’s cross given to the king by Pope Francis.
CRS Calls For International Aid To Be Increased to $73 Billion
In recent testimony, the head of Catholic Relief Services requested that Congress increase international humanitarian aid in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget to almost $73 billion, as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have diminished economic opportunities and caused greater poverty and food insecurity across the world’s poorest nations.
Patriarchs Celebrate Easter At Ancient Mount Nebo, Urge Jordanian Christians To Seek Reconciliation Amid Tensions in Holy Land
Some years ago, Jordan adopted a unique approach to celebrating Christmas and Easter to encourage unity. All Christian denominations agreed to celebrate Western Christmas, but Eastern, or Orthodox, Easter.
Papal Academy Launches Study Center to Evaluate Marian Apparitions
The Pontifical International Marian Academy has created a commission to study and monitor cases of alleged Marian apparitions and other mystical phenomena.
Pope Asks Mentally Disabled, Caretakers To Be Missionaries of God’s Love
Everyone has gifts and talents that can be a public witness to God’s love and mercy, Pope Francis told a group of people with intellectual disabilities and their teachers.
Catholic Leaders Highlight ‘Dramatic Plight’ Facing Refugees and Migrants in Tunisia
The head of Tunisia’s Catholic Church has deplored the plight of African refugees and migrants in his country, amid fears anti-foreigner feeling also could erupt in neighboring states.
Notre Dame Cathedral Was On Fire Four Years Ago; Here is What’s Happening Now
Notre Dame Cathedral will get its spire back by the end of 2023, more than four years after it was devastated by a fire. But to reopen the beloved symbol of France by Dec. 8, 2024, three conditions need to be met.
Pope Francis Condemns ‘Offensive, Unfounded’ Allegations Against JPII in ‘Vatican Girl’ Case
Pope Francis on April 16 criticized what he said were groundless and offensive accusations against his predecessor, St. John Paul II, after the brother of a missing Italian teen aired an audiotape with the allegations on national television.
‘Our Mother Church is the Body of Christ’, Pope Says On Divine Mercy Sunday
The wounds of Christ, still visible after his resurrection, are the greatest sign of God’s love and mercy, Pope Francis said on Divine Mercy Sunday.