The motto of the modern Olympic Games, “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” was coined by French Dominican friar Louis Henri Didon. / Credit: Pixabay / Public Domain ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 26, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). The motto of the modern Olympic Games, “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” was coined by French Dominican friar Louis Henri Didon in the 19th century ..read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Russian Orthodox Church Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev during a state ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on September 22, 2016. / Credit: Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images CNA Staff, Jul 26, 2024 / 17:15 pm (CNA). According to the online news site Novaya Gazeta Europe, Georgy Suzuki, who served as the bishop’s personal assistant between Oct. 2022 and Jan. 2024, was sexually harassed on several occasions by the 58-year-old high-ranking prelate ..read more

Altar servers. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) CNA Newsroom, Jul 25, 2024 / 10:51 am (CNA). The decision, supported by the Archdiocese of Paderborn, has sparked controversy and will likely lead to legal challenges ..read more

After traveling to Istanbul on July 25, 1967, for a celebration at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, the pope visited the Orthodox patriarchal Church of St. George with the ecumenical patriarch, Athenagoras I, Orthodox archbishop of Constantinople, three years after exchanging a kiss of peace together during a pilgrimage and peace tour of the Holy Land. / Credit: Marius Pelletier ACI MENA, Jul 25, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). On July 25, 1967, Pope Paul VI set foot on Turkish soil — the first papal visit to Istanbul since it was called Constantinople.  ..read more

The community of Discalced Carmelites of Lucena in Spain is being forced to leave after the order’s presence of more than 400 years in the city due to lack of vocations. / Credit: Diocese of Córdoba, Spain ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 24, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The 412-year uninterrupted presence of the Discalced Carmelites in the Lucena, Spain, monastery will end ..read more

Participants go on “a walk of Rome” to experience the city’s “art, architecture, history, and beauty.” / Credit: EWTN “Vaticano” screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 24, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA). The Truth & Beauty Project, which was founded in 2017 by John and Ashley Noronha, is a nonprofit that encourages people to encounter truth through beauty ..read more

St. Bridget of Sweden. / Credit: Carlston Marcks, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Jul 23, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). On July 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Bridget of Sweden, a mystic of the Middle Ages who was a wife and mother of eight ..read more

Abbé Pierre died at the age of 94 in 2007. He is now accused of sexually assaulting and harassing numerous women. / Credit: Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 19, 2024 / 17:23 pm (CNA). The famous French priest, who died in 2007, has now been accused of sexual assault and harassment by at least seven victims ..read more

“The Olympic Games are, by their very nature, about peace, not war,” Pope Francis emphasized, noting that “the five intertwined rings represent the spirit of fraternity that should characterize the Olympic event and sporting competition in general.” / Credit: Ibex73, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 19, 2024 / 14:47 pm (CNA). In a message addressed to Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris, Pope Francis expressed his fervent desire that the Olympic Games would foster world peace ..read more

null / Credit: Egor Pasko from Moscow, Russia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 19, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). In a new pastoral letter Bishop Ginés García Beltrán of Getafe, Spain, points out that “rest is good and necessary ..read more