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Pope Francis meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Vatican, Oct. 4, 2021. / Credit: Vatican MediaWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 17, 2024 / 18:04 pm (CNA).Pope Francis might be traveling to Turkey next year for the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, according to Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew in comments he made on Thursday.Although the Holy See has not confirmed any travel plans, the ecumenical patriarch told a group of reporters that a c...

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An image of the Sacred Heart in the Church of the Jesu, in Rome. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 16, 2023 / 02:00 am (CNA).The solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus falls on the Friday after the Corpus Christi octave, which in 2023 is on June 16.This year, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, alongside the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is asking parishes across the country to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 16 at Mass or during a Holy Hour with the ...

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the newly elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, meets with reporters in Baltimore on Nov. 15, 2022. / Joe Bukuras/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 15, 2023 / 15:40 pm (CNA).During the first public session of their spring meeting in Orlando, Florida, the U.S. bishops discussed spreading the love of the Eucharist as part of their three-year Eucharistic Revival initiative, the Holy Fathers emphasis on synodality, and the ways in which th...

Archbishop Georg Gänswein / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Rome Newsroom, Jun 15, 2023 / 04:31 am (CNA).The Vatican confirmed Thursday that Pope Francis has asked Archbishop Georg Gänswein to return to Germany as of July 1.The longtime private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI has been told to return to his home diocese of Freiburg in southwest Germany "for the time being," according to a brief statement June 15.The Vatican also said Gänsweins role as prefect of the Papal Household concluded on F...

Scene from "Sound of Freedom" starring Jim Caviezel, out in theaters on July 4, 2023. / Photo courtesy of Angel StudiosDenver, Colo., Jun 15, 2023 / 11:26 am (CNA).Catholic audiences know actor Jim Caviezel for his iconic performances in movies such as "The Passion of the Christ" and "The Count of Monte Cristo." His latest film, "Sound of Freedom," which will be released by Angel Studios in theaters nationwide on July 4, is, in his view, among his best wor...

Father Marko Rupnik, SJ, in an interview with EWTN in 2020. / EWTNVatican City, Jun 15, 2023 / 05:22 am (CNA).The priest and artist Father Marko Rupnik, accused of the physical and psychological abuse of numerous religious sisters, was dismissed from the Jesuits this month, according to the religious order.The Society of Jesus said in a June 15 statement Rupnik was expelled due to his "stubborn refusal to observe the vow of obedience."Rupnik had been asked to change communities and &qu...

Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, CFR (right) encounters protesters during the July 10 "Witness for Life" prayer procession in Brooklyn. / Jeffrey Bruno/Instagram/EWTN Pro-Life WeeklyWashington D.C., Jun 13, 2023 / 16:05 pm (CNA).Pro-life activists are accusing New York Attorney General Letitia James of intimidation and suppressing free speech after the attorney general sued a pro-life group and asked the court to bar members from going within 30 feet of an abortion clinic.The lawsuit, filed...

Pro Vita & Famiglia (Pro Life & Family) headquarters in Rome was vandalized June 10, 2023. / Credit: Pro Vita & FamigliaACI Prensa Staff, Jun 13, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).The Italian association Pro Vita & Famiglia (Pro Life and Family) denounced an attack on its office in Rome after being called "bastards" by the leader of the LGBT Pride demonstration in Italy, Mario Colamarino.On Saturday, June 10, the demonstration in Rome passed in front of the associations office, whe...

Nicaraguan academic and political activist Felix Maradiaga speaks during an interview with AFP in Managua on Feb. 11, 2021. / Credit: STR/AFP via Getty ImagesACI Prensa Staff, Jun 13, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).A Nicaraguan court on June 9 announced the "freezing and forfeiture" of all real estate and of all shares of commercial companies belonging to the 222 political prisoners who were deported to the U.S. in February.The ruling by Criminal Chamber 1 of the Court of Appeals based in Manag...