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Father Marko Rupnik, SJ, in an interview with EWTN in 2020. / EWTNRome Newsroom, Dec 5, 2022 / 05:45 am (CNA).A prominent Jesuit priest and artist had his ministry restricted, reportedly after an investigation by his religious order into allegations of abuse against religious sisters in Slovenia.The Jesuits said in a statement dated Dec. 2 that the order has barred 68-year-old Father Marko Ivan Rupnik, SJ, from hearing confessions or conducting spiritual direction since the Vatican received a co...

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The Vaticans Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Dec. 3, 2022. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Dec 3, 2022 / 13:10 pm (CNA).Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Vatican. A large hand-carved wooden nativity scene was unveiled in St. Peter Square on Saturday night at the Vaticans Christmas tree lighting ceremony.Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga presided over the ceremony on Dec. 3. Due to heavy rain and thunderstorms, the celebration took place inside Vatican Citys Paul VI Hall with ...

Pope Francis spent time in silent prayer in front of a nativity scene handmade by artisan craftsmen in Guatemala on Dec. 3, 2022. / Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Guatemala to the Holy SeeVatican City, Dec 3, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).Pope Francis blessed a nativity scene on Saturday that was handmade by artisan craftsmen in Guatemala.Guatemalas Minister of Foreign Affairs Mario Búcaro led a delegation that traveled from the Latin American country to be present for the nativity scenes inauguratio...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Making churches accessible and services understandable is important, but having wheelchair...

Null / ShutterstockBoston, Mass., Dec 2, 2022 / 17:15 pm (CNA).As Californias three-year window to file child sex abuse lawsuits past the statute of limitations nears its conclusion, 66 Catholic clergy and religious have been named in 116 lawsuits in Alameda County, which covers the area between San Francisco and San Jose.Additionally, 14 of the clergy members and religious identified in the lawsuits are named for the first time, the law firm of Jeff Anderson & Associates announced Nov. 28.&...

RYE, N.Y. (CNS) — Ten years ago, Newtown, Connecticut was catapulted into the national spotlight...

A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier, from the Kobe City Museum collection. / Public Domain.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 3, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).How far would you go to serve God? Would you be willing to travel to the ends of the earth, with nothing but the guarantee of hardship, deprivation, and persecution? Todays feast celebrates the life of St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of missionaries and missions, who led an unlikely life of adventure and heroism, ful...

Null / Credit: UnsplashCNA Newsroom, Dec 1, 2022 / 16:30 pm (CNA).Father Alberto Reyes, a priest of the Archdiocese of Camagüey, Cuba, recently shared a reflection on Facebook about human dignity as experienced in his homeland.He noted that "dignity" is one of the most beloved words in the public discourse of this nation. "We are a dignified people, we repeat ad nauseam, although then when you ask: What does dignity mean? people have no idea," he wrote.The Cuban priest expla...

Archbishop Isaías Duarte Cancino / nullCNA Newsroom, Dec 2, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA).The Criminal Chamber of the Colombian Supreme Court of Justice sentenced "in absentia" former FARC leader Luciano Marín Arango, alias Iván Márquez, to 25 years in prison as the orchestrator of the 2002 assassination of Archbishop Isaías Duarte Cancino.Márquez is at large and must be captured in order to serve the sentence.The prelate was archbishop of Cali when he was murdered on March 16, 2002, by ...