Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, a member of the Council of Cardinals that advises Pope Francis, had been accused of abusing a 17-year-old girl almost 40 years ago.
Many parents brought their young children to the historic July 17–21 gathering in Indianapolis.
Thousands of people lined the streets of Indianapolis July 20 for a one-mile Eucharistic procession, taking the National Eucharistic Revival to the streets.
Before Friday’s revival session, Father Boniface Hicks, OSB, said he hoped the healing prayer service would be “a real personal encounter that reaches the heart.”
The Congress, which has drawn tens of thousands of people to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, is the first such event to be held in the U.S. since World War II.
As part of the celebrations, participants will take part in large-scale Revival Sessions, the capstone of each day of the congress, featuring praise and worship.
Alex Jones, Hallow’s founder, posted on social media Monday afternoon that the app “just got kicked out of the App Store in China.”
An initiative of the Archdiocese of St. Louis as part of the ongoing National Eucharistic Revival, food, clothes, and personal care items were donated to those in need.
“I join the Latin Patriarchate in condemning any targeting of civilians in the [Holy] Family School in Gaza,” Bishop A. Elias Zaidan said in a July 10 statement.
St. Josephine Bakhita Parish was formed from a recent merger of three former parishes, which came into effect in October 2023.
Many families joined the Eucharistic processions and other events in St. Louis this past weekend as part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.
The St. Junipero Serra Route began in San Francisco in May and arrived in the St. Louis area to enthusiastic crowds.
Carroll was the only signer of the Declaration who was Catholic — in a time and place when Catholics faced serious prejudice and marginalization.
Voters in Baltimore will decide this fall whether to approve a $1,000 bonus that parents would receive upon the birth or adoption of a child.
In a statement June 30, the Justice and Peace Commission of the Holy Land suggested Israel’s behavior in Gaza goes beyond the “proportionate use of force.”
The official charitable arm of the U.S. Catholic bishops, CRS has in recent years pushed for more government funds, which make up a substantial portion of its budget.
July 1 is the feast day of St. Junípero Serra, the 18th-century Spanish Franciscan priest who brought Catholicism to California.
A spokesperson for a major Catholic hospital system based in Ohio clarified to CNA this week that the system does not perform abortions.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò said he has “no reason to consider myself separate from communion with the Holy Church and with the papacy.”
“We have been through a lot, but we’re holding it together. And God has been really blessing us a lot on this western route,” pilgrim Jimmy Velasco said.