ST. AUGUSTINE | Although its pews were packed, there was a moment during Mass Oct. 10, 2021, when the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine held a solemn silence as a couple processed to the altar with two gold crowns. Read more
It will be a ceremony fit for a queen as Catholics flock to the historic chapel at Mission Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine to pay homage to the image of Our Lady of La Leche on the historic celebration of her canonical coronation. Read more
The Diocese of St. Augustine will celebrate its Canonical Coronation at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche Church at Nombre de Dios Mission in St. Augustine. Originally built in 1609, it is the oldest shrine in the United States and was elevated to national shrine status in 2019. It… Read more
ORLANDO | The Catholic faith in the Diocese of Palm Beach continues to shine bright at St. Ann Parish. Just a stone’s throw away from marinas filled with million-dollar yachts, pelicans scooping fish from the Atlantic Ocean, and packed five-star restaurants with seafood delicacies, the lan… Read more
Bioethics professor leads restoration of Miami’s last remaining sandy highland pine forest Read more
PALM BEACH GARDENS | With January being Respect Life Month, the Office of Respect Life Ministry for the Diocese of Palm Beach is participating in a variety of advocacy events that embody the Catholic doctrines of honoring life from conception to natural death. Read more
WINTER PARK | After delivering four healthy girls, Elizabeth and Russ Wilson had no reason to expect the outcome of their 2020 pregnancy would be any different. Read more
Comunicado sobre el Mes del Respeto por la Vida 2021 emitido por el Reverendísimo Joseph F. Naumann, Presidente del Comité de Actividades Pro-Vida de la USCCB Para leer mas
WASHINGTON– El Subcomité de Certificación para el Ministerio y Servicio Eclesial de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos (USCCB) ha tenido una amplia colaboración a lo largo de los años con la Asociación Nacional de Capellanes Católicos (NACC), siendo el fruto más reciente d… Para leer mas
WASHINGTON- En su reunión de septiembre, el Subcomité de Certificación para el Ministerio y Servicio Eclesial de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos (USCCB) aprobó nuevos estándares y procedimientos de certificación integrales para el ministerio de capellanes católicos. La… Para leer mas
Brendan and Patrick McNaughton are fighting climate change, one lawn at a time.Last summer, the twin brothers started “Zero Carbon Lawn Care,” a lawn-care business dedicated to cleaning and beautifying yards with no guilt over the environmental impact. Read more
George Mulcrone of Chicago came to Omaha to visit relatives. “I wasn’t expecting to see the Sistine Chapel,” the parishioner of the Windy City’s St. Walter Church quipped. He was taking in “Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition” and its 34 life-size reproductions offering visitors an immersive look at the frescoes that adorn the ceiling of the chapel at the Vatican and took Michelangelo four years to complete — from 1508 to 1512. Read more
CATONSVILLE, Md. (CNS) — When Audrey Powers went boldly into space Oct. 13 with the... Read more
A person’s wealth or lack thereof should not be the determining factor when it comes to receiving health care, Pope Francis said. Speaking to members of Rome’s Biomedical University Foundation Oct. 18, the pope said that health care facilities, especially those run by the Catholic Church, “are called to bear witness to the fact that there are no lives that are unworthy or that should be discarded because they do not fit the criterion of usefulness or the demands of profit.” Read more
Pope Francis said he knows “it often annoys people” when he promotes Catholic teaching on social issues like poverty, migration and ecology, but he is going to keep doing so because the Gospel demands it. Read more
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — The president of the Polish bishops’ conference said that in meetings... Read more
As she sold dried fish from her stand at the Kimironko market in Kigali, Rwanda, Therese Mukabunane narrated how hundreds of desperate residents in her hometown of Gikongoro died at the hands of priests and nuns during the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered by Hutu extremists. Read more
An English cardinal led tributes to a Catholic member of Parliament who was knifed to death while meeting local people in his constituency. Sir David Amess, a member of the governing Conservative Party and one of the most prominent Catholic politicians in the U.K. Parliament, was stabbed repeatedly by a man who sprinted into his offices at noon Oct. 15. Read more
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Two Philippine dioceses announced they would close cemeteries on All Saints’... Read more
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