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Pope Francis: ‘We have to keep fighting for women’s equality’
By CNA Staff Rome Newsroom, Nov 6, 2022 / 10:00 am Pope Francis addressed the fight for women’s equality during a press conference aboard the papal plane to Rome on Sunday. Speaking in-flight from Bahrain to Italy Nov. 6, the pope said women are a gift to society — but the …
So, about all those swear words in ‘Father Stu’: A cleaned-up version is on the way!
by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 5, 2022 / 10:00 am A new PG-13 version of Mark Wahlberg’s latest Catholic film, “Father Stu,” is coming back to the big screen Dec. 9 with an aim at widening the audience to include more families with children, according to the movie’s …
Parishioner’s labor of love restores vandalized statue at California church
by Tom Hoffarth Woodland Hills, California, Nov 5, 2022 / 08:00 am In the darkness of an early Saturday morning last March 19, Father Steve Davoren and his golden lab, Blue, came out the back exit of the rectory at St. Mel’s Church in Woodland Hills, California, for a pre-dawn …
Competitors run in the footsteps of the saints in Vatican’s annual 10K race
by Alan Koppschall Rome Newsroom, Nov 5, 2022 / 09:00 am More than 2,400 contestants raced through Rome in the 14th annual All Saints’ Day 10K, the Corsa dei Santi (Race of the Saints), where competitors run the streets traversed by many saints over the centuries. The athletes, professional and …
St. Charles Borromeo: Patron saint of stomach ailments, dieting — and obesity?
by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Nov 4, 2022 / 06:00 am St. Charles Borromeo, whose feast day the Catholic Church celebrates Nov. 4, was a cardinal and a prominent teacher of the Catholic faith. He generously donated much of his considerable wealth to charity, and sacrificed his own health …
Bishop Barron, expressing ‘outrage,’ vows to reconsecrate vandalized cemetery
by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Nov 3, 2022 / 13:03 pm Bishop Robert Barron has pledged to reconsecrate a Catholic Minnesota cemetery vandalized on Halloween night with satanic and vulgar graffiti. “On this feast of All Souls, when the Church honors our beloved dead, I would like to express my …
From ‘real life’: Papal artist unveils painting of Benedict XVI as pope emeritus
by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Nov 3, 2022 / 07:03 am Natalia Tsarkova, official portrait artist to the popes for more than 20 years, likes to work from real life. “I am so meticulous about details. I have to see and touch and feel everything,” she said. But for her …
November 4: St. Charles Borromeo
No age of the Catholic Church’s history is without its share of confusion and corruption. Still, even in moments when disorder may seem overwhelming, individuals and movements eventually arise to propose the faith with clarity and demonstrate it in action. St. Charles Borromeo, a central figure in the Council of …
Why do Catholics pray for the dead? — and other questions about purgatory answered
by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Nov 2, 2022 / 06:00 am On All Souls’ Day, the Catholic Church remembers all those who have died and prays for them in a particular way. But why do Catholics pray for the souls of the dead — not only on Nov. 2 but …
Pope Francis on All Souls’ Day: Do you desire heaven above everything else?
by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Nov 2, 2022 / 06:53 am On All Souls’ Day, Pope Francis urged Christians not to “compromise with the Gospel” but to take Jesus’ words seriously when he says we will be judged by how we treat the poor. “Often, out of convenience or comfort, …
