Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 young men and women, inmates at Casal del Marmo juvenile detention center on Rome’s outskirts, during a Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Thursday, April 6, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 11, 2024 / 11:18 am (CNA). Visiting prisoners is one of the Catholic Church’s corporal works of mercy originating with Jesus’ words in the Gospel of […]
An estimated 24,000 people participated in Eucharistic adoration at the SEEK24 conference in St. Louis on Jan. 3, 2024. / Credit: FOCUS CNA Staff, Mar 11, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The 2024 National Eucharistic Congress, taking place July 17–21 in Indianapolis, is expected to draw tens of thousands of people for Masses, worship, talks, workshops, and more to celebrate Christ’s true presence in […]
Suhail Shadi Abu Dawod with Father Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest of Gaza, on the seashore in Gaza last summer 2023. Romanelli, belongs to the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), a Catholic clerical religious institute founded in Argentina on March 25, 1984, which Abu Dawod has petitioned to join. / Credit: Courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli Jerusalem, Mar 11, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). […]
Pope Francis delivers the Angelus address on March 10, 2024. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 10, 2024 / 09:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis said Sunday that governments and civil society have a fundamental duty to help ensure that women are able to accept the gift of life.“Institutions, social and political, have the fundamental duty to protect and promote the dignity of every human being, offering […]
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