CENTENARY OF MAXIMUM ILLUD, NOVEMBER 30, 2019
This Year 2019, the Catholic Church universally will celebrate the Centenary of the promulgation of…
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For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
This Year 2019, the Catholic Church universally will celebrate the Centenary of the promulgation of…
Dear brothers and sisters Greetings and blessings of the Lenten season. “Lent is a new…
‘Glorify the Lord with me; together, let us praise his name.’ (Ps. 34:4) LENTEN MESSAGE…
Andrea de Walderstein (left) and Antonio Boemo are spearheading the recreation of a local lagoon in a Nativity scene for St. Peter’s Square. Walderstein is the Nativity’s architect, designer, and [...]
The traditional ceremony to verify and ascertain that the Holy Door, closed during the last holy year, is intact, sealed, and ready to be reopened at the beginning of the [...]
Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Staff, Dec 3, 2024 / 15:35 [...]
Cardinal-elect Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan, discusses with EWTN News the challenges and hopes of Iran’s small Catholic community ahead of receiving his red hat from Pope Francis. / Credit: [...]
Close to the Pantheon in the heart of Rome, one of the city’s oldest and most popular ecclesiastical tailor shops — Ditta Annibale Gammarelli — is ready for the Dec. [...]
On Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College in Aleppo was hit by a strike. No casualties were reported but panic has reportedly spread among [...]
Smoke of war rises over a residential area in Aleppo. On Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College in Aleppo was hit by a strike. No [...]
Children welcome the custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, upon his entrance into Bethlehem on Nov. 30, 2024, for the beginning of Advent. The custos’ entry was festive, [...]
Christmas tree and Nativity scene in Faraya's Public Square, a town in the Keserwan District of Mount Lebanon, in November 2024. / Credit: Municipality of Faraya ACI MENA, Dec 2, [...]
The Iraqi flag. / Credit: Alyaa99 / CC BY-SA 4.0 ACI MENA, Nov 29, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Recent attempts to amend Iraq's Personal Status Law — a civil [...]
O Jesus, Who has said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened," through the intercession of Mary, Your Most Holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted. (Make your request) O Jesus, Who has said, "All that you ask of the Father in My Name, He will grant you," through the intercession of Mary Your Most Holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask your Father in your name that my prayer will be granted. (Make your request) O ... [...]
St. Clement of Alexandria Feast date: Dec 04 Dec. 4 was once the traditional feast day of an early Christian theological author whose legacy is controversial, but who is cited [...]
Reading 1: Isaiah 26:1-6, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 118:1, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 118:25-27, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 118:8-9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 118:19-21, Gospel: Matthew 7:21, Gospel: Matthew 1:24-27 [...]