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Exorcists: 9 practices to avoid when fighting the devil
By Eduardo Berdejo ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 12, 2025 / 07:00 am The International Association of Exorcists has expressed concern over several erroneous practices, including those carried out by some priests, which confuse the faithful who seek help when possibly facing extraordinary actions of the devil. The association, which has some 900 exorcist …
Godparent Guide
Requirements to be a Catholic Godparent: “Each child may have a godfather and a godmother, the word ‘godparents’ is used in the rite to describe both.” (Rite of Baptism for Children 6) Only one godparent is necessary. The godparent must be a fully initiated Catholic (Baptized, Confirmed, received Eucharist), at …
Pope Francis names Cardinal Robert McElroy to lead Washington, D.C., Archdiocese
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jan 6, 2025 / 06:08 am Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, bishop of San Diego, to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., the Vatican announced Monday. The 70-year-old cardinal, who holds doctorates in moral theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and in political science from …
SEEK to be held next year in Colorado, Ohio, and Texas
By Kate Quiñones Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan 3, 2025 / 19:35 pm Next year’s SEEK Conference is scheduled to be held in Denver; Columbus, Ohio; and Fort Worth, Texas, the annual Catholic event announced this week. Denver is the headquarters of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), which runs …
Opening Mass Ushers in Jubilee Year 2025
With beautiful Christmas decor adorning the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains in Cincinnati, the Opening Mass for the Jubilee Year 2025 began with solemnity and joy at 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 29, 2024. The Knights of Columbus led the grand procession toward the altar, followed by Archbishop …
U.S. bishops designate National Shrine as Jubilee 2025 pilgrimage site
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 14:25 pm The U.S. bishops on Tuesday designated the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., as a special pilgrimage site for the 2025 Jubilee Year. A jubilee is a special holy year of grace and pilgrimage that happens …
Book Review: Here I am/Light of the Sacraments
Each week, as we pray the Nicene Creed together at Sunday Mass, we declare our belief in the one God who made all things—visible and invisible. In the human person, the visible body and the invisible soul are intrinsically linked. What is good for one is good for the other …
‘Online to get people offline’: Experts show how Carlo Acutis modeled faithful use of tech
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 10:55 am An online presentation Tuesday sponsored by the National Eucharistic Revival explored the question of how Catholics can use technology for good, inspired by the life of soon-to-be-saint Carlo Acutis. Acutis, a young Italian who died in 2006, is due to be canonized …
Los Angeles priest experienced miracle that paved way for Pier Giorgio Frassati’s canonization
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Dec 16, 2024 / 17:50 pm When a seminarian was injured while playing basketball in 2017, he had no idea it would one day contribute to the cause for canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. Father Juan Gutierrez, 38, then a seminarian at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, …
Cardinal Cupich asks Catholics ‘to receive holy Communion standing’ in Chicago Archdiocese
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 13, 2024 / 17:45 pm Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago in a letter published this week in the archdiocesan newspaper urged Catholics to stand while receiving holy Communion and not make gestures that draw attention to oneself. In the letter, published in the Chicago …
