Kariye, the former Byzantine Church of St. Savior in Chora in Istanbul in 2020. / Credit: Nathalie Ritzmann ACI MENA, May 9, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Church of St. Savior in Chora was converted into a mosque in 1511, then became a museum in 1948 for 72 years before being reopened this month for Muslim worship ..read more

Servant of God Nino Baglieri. / Credit: ANS/Salesians ACI Prensa Staff, May 8, 2024 / 17:53 pm (CNA). The diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of the Servant of God Nino Baglieri has been closed in Modica, a town in southern Sicily ..read more

Pope Benedict XVI on April 21, 2007, in Vigevano, Italy. / Credit: miqu77/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 11:07 am (CNA). Addressing the court, the defendant said he knew that he did not appear credible but promised that the cross “would come back to Traunstein ..read more

null / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Ahead of Ireland’s elections, speakers urged march attendees to “think pro-life” this year.  ..read more

In 2023 there were more than 275,000 child pornography websites on the internet, with approximately 11,000 photos generated by AI in just one month. / Credit: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash ACI Prensa Staff, May 7, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA). The conference grappled with the fact that youth are increasingly exposed to platforms that contain tools “that can lead to risky behavior ..read more

Naples Archbishop Domenico Battaglia kisses the reliquary containing the blood of St. Januarius on May 4, 2024. / Credit: Chiesa di Napoli ACI Prensa Staff, May 6, 2024 / 16:48 pm (CNA). The miracle of the liquefaction of the blood of St. Januarius, bishop, martyr, and patron saint of Naples, Italy, was repeated in St. Clare Basilica on May 4 ..read more

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa gives the homily at a Mass in which he took possession of his titular church, St. Onuphrius, in Rome on May 1, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, May 3, 2024 / 12:21 pm (CNA). “Peace needs the testimony of clear and strong gestures on the part of all believers, but it also needs to be announced and defended by equally clear words ..read more

Oviedo Archbishop Jesús Sanz Montes accused the government of focusing "in a biased and manipulative way on the problem of pedophilia as something attributable only to the Catholic Church." / Credit: Archdiocese of Oviedo ACI Prensa Staff, May 2, 2024 / 18:50 pm (CNA). Archbishop Jesús Sanz Montes of Oviedo, Spain, delivered a fiery response to the government’s plan to address abuses committed within the Catholic Church ..read more

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa gives the homily at a Mass in which he took possession of his titular church, St. Onuphrius, in Rome on May 1, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, May 1, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The ceremony at St. Onuphrius, the titular church of the papal order of the Holy Sepulchre, was scheduled for April 15 when the conflict in the Middle East worsened ..read more

The Knights of Columbus announced the selection of this icon of St. Joseph holding the Child Jesus as the centerpiece of this year's KofC prayer program. / Courtesy of Knights of Columbus CNA Staff, May 1, 2024 / 04:50 am (CNA). "There could not be a better protector to help you penetrate the spirit of the Gospel into your life…" Pope Pius XII said of Jesus' earthly father ..read more