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Inaugurated in spring 2023, the Greek Catholic Museum aims to be a unique place to preserve the heritage treasures of Eastern Catholics.

Pope Francis prepares to board an ITA Airlines plane for his approximately 10-hour flight from Rome to Edmonton in western Canada on July 24, 2022. / Daniel Ibañez/CNARome Newsroom, Aug 23, 2022 / 03:27 am (CNA).The Vatican released the logo and motto for Pope Francis September trip to Kazakhstan Tuesday.The motto of the Sept. 13-15 visit, "Messengers of Peace and Unity," is written in Kazakh across the top of the logo and Russian across the bottom.Russian and Kazakh are the two offic...

Pope Francis boards the papal plane to Iraq on March 5, 2021. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.Vatican City, Apr 12, 2022 / 04:35 am (CNA).Pope Francis plans to visit Kazakhstan in September for an interreligious meeting, the Vatican has confirmed.The pope intends to visit the Central Asian country for the seventh edition of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, taking place in the Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan on Sept. 14-15.Kazakhstans President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced th...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The long-awaited document states that any qualified person can lead a Vatican department, not just cardinals.

For most people the easiest practice to consistently fulfill will be the traditional one, to abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year. Fasting and abstinence allows us to empty ourselves so we can be filled with the Lord.

CNA Staff, Apr 12, 2021 / 11:11 am America/Denver (CNA). A Catholic priest of the diocese of El Paso who went missing last week has been found safe. The diocese reported Father Antonio Martinez Ceballos, assistant pastor of Corpus Christi Parish in El Paso’s Lower Valley, missing to the police on April 8. Martinez, who is originally from Colombia, was last seen the evening of April 6 at his parish. Early April 9, the diocese reported that thanks to efforts by the police and the community, Fa...