A bishop and a priest exchange the sign of peace during Mass. / Credit: Father Lawrence Lew, OP; photo courtesy of Martin Beek via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 18, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The sign of peace is meant to express “the sincere desire to be reconciled among ourselves, to overcome all divisions between us, to be instruments of peace ..read more

Father Benedict Kiely, founder of Nasarean.org, speaks during a panel discussion on Day 2 of The National Conservatism Conference at the Claridge on April 17, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. / Credit: Omar Havana/Getty Images Brussels, Belgium, Apr 17, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Cardinal Gerhard Müller told author Rod Dreher, who was also speaking at the conference, that the attempt to shut down the conference was “like Nazi Germany ..read more

Statue of St. Peter in front of St. Peter's Basilica. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 17, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). The World Meeting of Parish Priests for the Synod on Synodality will be held April 29–May 2 in Sacrofano, Rome ..read more

1960. Varigotti (SV). Father Luigi Giussani with students during the Tower Ray. / Credit: Communion and Liberation Official Site Rome Newsroom, Apr 16, 2024 / 10:30 am (CNA). Archbishop Mario Delpini will hold the first public session of the testimonial phase of Giussani’s cause in the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio on May 9 ..read more

Sachin Jose reaches more than 148,000 people with the Catholic faith with his digital apostolate on X (formerly Twitter). He works as a journalist and social media consultant. Sachin has been reporting on Church topics for over five years. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Sachin Jose CNA Newsroom, Apr 16, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Sachin Jose reaches more than 148,000 people with the Catholic faith through his digital apostolate on X (formerly Twitter ..read more

The popular chocolate Ferrero Rocher actually honors Our Lady of Lourdes. / Canva Stock Images CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). “The success of Ferrero we owe to Our Lady of Lourdes; without her we can do little,” said Michele Ferrero, the company’s founder ..read more

Pope Francis blesses an unborn baby during the Papal Foundation's annual pilgrimage in Rome, Friday, April 12, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Stampa, Apr 15, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). The famous “demographic winter” often mentioned by Pope Francis is evident in many regions of Italy except one: Alto Adige-Südtirol and its capital, Bolzano ..read more

Before the march began, the president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, stressed that “life is a gift from God and as such it is an inalienable right of every human being, which is why it must be protected and supported at every stage of its development.” / Credit: EWTN Polska ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 15, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). On Sunday, 50,000 people congregated on the streets of Warsaw, Poland, for the National March for Life to defend the unborn.  ..read more

Approximately 1,000 people have been working daily on the restoration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, France. / Credit: Sumit Surai, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 15, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA). The reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral is scheduled to begin with a triduum on Dec. 7 that will include the official inauguration ..read more

Jaroslaw Kaczynski (front, center), leader of the Law and Justice political party (PiS) in Poland, takes part in the voting on four draft projects on abortion rights at the Polish Parliament (SEJM) on April 12, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland. / Credit: Omar Marques/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 12, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Lawmakers on Friday advanced four pro-abortion bills to be considered by a special committee in the Sejm, which is Poland’s lower legislative body ..read more