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Pope Francis presides over Pentecost Mass in St. Peters Basilica on May 28, 2023. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNAVatican City, May 28, 2023 / 05:15 am (CNA).On the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis urged Catholics to invoke the Holy Spirit daily to bring harmony to a divided world, a polarized Church, and to broken hearts.Speaking in St. Peters Basilica, the pope explained that the role of the Holy Spirit, both at the beginning of the creation of the world and at all times, is to make "created rea...

Pope Francis delivers the Regina Caeli address from the window of the Apostolic Palace on May 28, 2023. / Vatican MediaVatican City, May 28, 2023 / 07:15 am (CNA).From the Philippines to Portugal, Marian shrines around the world will participate in a special day of prayer this Wednesday for the work of the Synod on Synodality. In his Regina Caeli address, Pope Francis announced that the day of prayer for the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will take place on May 31, the ...

Null / ShutterstockWashington D.C., May 26, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).A freelance journalist who has reported on a surge of violent attacks by radicalized Muslims in Nigeria for CNA recently found himself caught in the middle of a firefight between government soldiers and armed militiamen."With hundreds of bullets flying over my head, and the whizzing gunfire whipping past my ears, lying flat on the ground and crawling on we were swarmed by more than 200 armed terrorists who were dressed in bla...

A young man touches a religious statue to the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, on May 25, 2023, at the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles monastery in Gower, Missouri. / Used with permission.CNA Newsroom, May 26, 2023 / 13:45 pm (CNA).Expert morticians are scratching their heads at the recently exhumed body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, a Benedictine nun who died in 2019 and now appears to be in an unexpected state of preservation.The reactions come a week after the abbess a...

A statue of St. Junipero Serra, which was defaced and torn down by protesters Oct. 12, 2020, at Mission San Rafael Arcangel in San Rafael, California. Courtesy photo.Denver, Colo., May 26, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said Thursday that prosecutors decision to reduce the charge against activists who destroyed a parishs statue of a saint from felony to misdemeanor sends the signal that attacks against the Catholic Church can continue with impunity."I...

Photos of the man who allegedly set a fire at St. Mary's Cathedral and charged at two staff members on May 19, 2023. / Calgary Police DepartmentBoston, Mass., May 26, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).Local police in Canada are asking for the publics assistance in identifying a man who allegedly set a fire and assaulted two men at St. Marys Cathedral in Calgary, located in the western province of Alberta.Police responded early in the morning to reports of a "deliberately set fire" at the cath...

The Vatican on April 2, 2022, announced that Pope Francis had appointed Father Earl K. Fernandes to be the next bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. / Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.Denver Newsroom, May 26, 2023 / 15:40 pm (CNA).Ohios Catholic Diocese of Columbus will close 15 churches as part of a parish reorganization and merger plan, but Bishop Earl K. Fernandes emphasized new possibilities for growth, especially if lay Catholics take on more responsibility for the Churchs futu...

The facade of Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in La Paz, Bolivia. / Credit: Yasemin Olgunoz Berber/ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, May 25, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).Faced with the scandal over allegations of sexual abuse perpetrated by various priests in Bolivia, the countrys bishops acknowledged having been part of the "deep pain caused to innocent persons" and announced the creation of commissions to investigate the cases.In a May 24 statement, the Bolivian Bishops Conference repor...

The loss of St. Bernards Church in Grouard, Alberta, Canada, on May 22, 2023, makes a sad moment for those with memories of the church, said Grouard-McLennan Archbishop Gerard Pettipas. Two men have been arrested in connection with the fire. / Credit: Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan photo/B.C. CatholicVancouver, Canada, May 25, 2023 / 12:15 pm (CNA).The archbishop of Grouard-McLennan in Northern Alberta, Canada, says he is saddened but "not overcome" by the loss of a 121-year-old churc...

Cardinal Mario Grech, who serves as secretary general of the global Synod on Synodality, speaks to EWTN Rome Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser for an exclusive interview that aired on EWTN on May 22, 2023. / EWTN VaticanRome Newsroom, May 25, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).Cardinal Mario Grech, who serves as secretary general of the global Synod on Synodality, says the ongoing process underway in the Church risks missing "a moment of grace" if it focuses on polarizing issues raised during listeni...