CNA/NCR—St. Andrew, whose feast day is Nov. 30, was one of the two initial disciples of John the Baptist who encountered Jesus at the beginning of John’s Gospel. He was one of Jesus’ closest disciples, but many people know little about him. St. Andrew was the brother of St. Peter, also known as Simon bar-Jonah.…
CNA—The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles have opened a new location at St. Mary’s Abbey in Colwich, Staffordshire, England. Among the founders of this abbey are three great-great-granddaughters of St. Thomas More. An extraordinary history The Benedictines became well-known after the body of their founder, Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died in 2019, was discovered…
Commemorating 700th Anniversary of canonization of St. Thomas Aquinas CNA/Thomastic Institute—The major relics of St. Thomas Aquinas, “The Angelic Doctor,” are on tour and scheduled to make a stop in Washington, D.C., next weekend as part of the commemoration of the 700th anniversary of his canonization. In Washington D.C. Members of the faithful will be able to…
The past days have seen the media launch an attack on an individual, Peter Hegseth, who President Trump has nominated for the cabinet level position of Defense Secretary. The condemnations arise from two tattoos he bears. I don’t know Mr. Hegseth, but I do know a reasonable amount about the tattoo designs. Both of the…
CNA—As Germany marks the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall this year, key witnesses are highlighting the crucial role played by St. John Paul II in bringing about the peaceful revolution that transformed Europe. “I am absolutely convinced that without Pope John Paul II, German reunification would not have been possible,” Martin Rothweiler, director…
Now 32 years after his death, Fr. Peyton’s legacy for promoting the Rosary, especially the family Rosary, is arguably unparalleled in modern times. He is known for relentlessly pursuing every mass media avenue available in his day—from radio to television to holding massive Rosary Rallies in various countries and locations in the U.S. and around…
CNA—Scientists recently named four asteroids after four Catholic religious sisters who helped catalog about 500,000 stars in the Vatican portion of the Carte du Ciel “Celestial Map” star atlas of the early 1900s. Sisters Emilia Ponzoni, Regina Colombo, Concetta Finardi, and Luigia Panceri expected to be working as nurses when they joined the Suore di…
On this Feast of the great Saint Michael the Archangel and ultimate defender of Christ in the hierarchy of Creation, we herein post a truly inspiring and fascinating talk about St. Michael and the Angels, delivered by Fr. Sebastian Walshe O.Praem., a Norbertine priest of St. Michael’s Abbey, located in Santiago Canyon, California. Please share!…
CNA—A two-page letter from 1776 written by St. Junípero Serra failed to sell at a New York auction on Thursday after the auction house declined a $70,000 offer, having expected to fetch around $100,000. Fascination was there, “but it takes bidders with the means and inclination to make the auction sale happen,” said Scott Trepel,…
CNA—One of the most popular Catholic saints of the 20th century, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, commonly known as Padre Pio, was a Capuchin Franciscan friar, priest, and mystic. His tomb can be found in the Sanctuary of St. Mary Our Lady of Grace in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. Padre Pio is known for his deep…
CNA—August 9, 2023, marks the 78th anniversary of the second atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Japan, this time on Nagasaki, a city with a rich history of Christian martyrs from the 16th and 17th centuries. On the day “Fat Man,” the name of the bomb, was dropped, the small Japanese Catholic community …
CNA—When the American military dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945, the city was completely devastated — more than 40,000 people were instantly killed by the blast as well as about 60,000 more in the following five years as a result of radiation-related diseases. Nagasaki Catholics had just gathered for Mass…
CNA—Sister Agnes Sasagawa, a Japanese nun whose purported visions of the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Akita included stark warnings for humanity and instructions to pray the rosary and repent of sin, died Aug. 15 at age 93. A parish priest in Akita, Japan, confirmed to CNA by phone that Sasagawa…
CNA—An immersive 3D audio docuseries telling the true stories of an exorcist and the people he has helped began its second season last month after topping podcast charts. “The Exorcist Files,” hosted by Ryan Bethea and Father Carlos Martins, features dramatic reenactments of the case files of Martins, who is a Catholic priest, an official…
The motto of the modern Olympic Games, “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” was coined by French Dominican friar Louis Henri Didon, who became friends with the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, five years before the 1896 Athens Games. The motto, originally formulated in Latin as “Citius, Altius, Fortius,” was used before the modern Olympic…
CNA—The NFL’s Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis are host to more than 50,000 Catholics to the National Eucharistic Congress taking place July 17–21. The five-day congress is bringing the faithful together to inspire people to encounter Jesus in the Eucharist. The congress has opportunities for attendees to take part in…
July 13 marks the feast day of a dynamic, enthusiastic Catholic layman from the Caribbean who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Known as “Charlie” — abbreviated to just “Chali” in his most intimate circle — from childhood Carlos Manuel “Charlie” Rodríguez exuded a gift and zeal for communicating the tremendous value…
CNA—Relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis, St. Juan Diego, and five other saints will be available for veneration each day of the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis next week. Catholics attending the congress will have the rare opportunity to pray with the relics of Sts. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Manuel González García, Paschal Baylon, Junípero Serra, Juan…
CNA—Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, archbishop emeritus of Lima, Peru, is celebrating 36 years as a bishop and on the occasion has expressed his special gratitude to St. Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei, St. John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI. The cardinal addressed the subject in a July 4 video message from Rome posted…
As a boy, St. Irenaeus of Lyon sat at the feet of St. Polycarp, eagerly listening to the sermons of the early Christian bishop and disciple of the apostle John. Irenaeus grew up to write vastly influential documents that witnessed to the early Church’s understanding of topics ranging from the Old Testament to the Eucharist.…
