Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News
A Holy Door is an image of God, who awaits the return of his children with open arms, said the archpriest of Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran.
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Catholic News Service
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A member of the protest group FEMEN was arrested after she jumped the barricade around the Vatican Nativity scene, took off her shirt and tried to grab the statue of the baby Jesus.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis has declared as saints 16 Carmelite martyrs executed by guillotine during the French Revolution and confirmed the martyrdom and heroic virtues of five others in a series of decrees published Dec. 18.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis is scheduled to create 21 new cardinals Dec. 7, giving the red hat to prelates ranging in age from 44 to 99 and representing 17 countries.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News
With the opening of the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis’ schedule of liturgies in December and January has expanded.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News
panish Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, who dedicated his priestly life and ministry to building bridges between Catholics and Muslims, died in Rome Nov. 25 at the age of 72.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis will visit the French island of Corsica Dec. 15, the Diocese of Ajaccio announced, although the trip was not immediately confirmed by the Vatican.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis is asking parishes, Catholic institutions and religious congregations in Rome to celebrate the Holy Year 2025 by offering a home to someone who is without.
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With the Holy Year 2025 beginning on Christmas Eve, the Vatican’s 2024 Christmas stamps feature the Jubilee message of hope as well as a prayer for peace.
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Catholic News Service
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When a child dies, there is not much anyone can say to the mother or father, Pope Francis said, but Catholics must pray for them and be close to them.
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Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News
Cardinal Renato Martino, the former Vatican observer at the United Nations and former president of the pontifical councils for justice and peace and for migrants and travelers, died Oct. 28 at the age of 91.
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Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News
Members of the Synod of Bishops elected Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, and Bishop Alain Faubert of Valleyfield, Quebec, to be the North American members of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod.
