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Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who has led the Vatican’s office for choosing bishops for over a dozen years, talks with Hannah Brockhaus, CNA Rome correspondent, and EWTN Rome Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser at the Dicastery of Bishops in Vatican City o...
Farmers and pet owners alike brought out their beloved animals to the Vatican for a special blessing on the feast of St. Anthony Abbot, Jan. 17, 2023. / Alan Koppschall/EWTNVatican City, Jan 17, 2023 / 12:20 pm (CNA).St. Peter's Square was filled with horses, cows, donkeys, dogs, goats, geese, and rabbits on Tuesday for the feast of St. Anthony Abbot.Farmers and pet owners alike brought their beloved animals to the Vatican for a special blessing on Jan. 17.While many American Catholics associate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi with a blessing of animals, in Italy farmers traditionally celeb...
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller (left) and Cardinal George Pell / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/ACI Press and Matthew Rarey/CNA Rome Newsroom, Jan 18, 2023 / 09:13 am (CNA). Cardinal George Pell was the best theologian on Pope Francis’ Council of Cardi...
Tabea Schneider (far left) with a group of other pilgrims who traveled 20 hours by bus from Cologne, Germany, to attend the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI on Jan. 5, 2023, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. / Courtney Mares / CNAVatican City, Jan 5, 2023 / 08:36 am (CNA).Catholics from Germany, France, Ghana, India, Australia, Uganda, and many more countries who attended the funeral Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Thursday have shared their favorite memories of the late pope and why some decided to join in the chants of "santo subito" at the end of the ceremony.More than...
More than 2,400 contestants raced through Rome in the 14th annual All Saints' Day 10K, the Corsa dei Santi (Race of the Saints), Nov. 1, 2022. Competitors ran the streets traversed by many saints over the centuries. / Photo credit: Alan Koppschall / EWTN NewsRome Newsroom, Nov 5, 2022 / 09:00 am (CNA).More than 2,400 contestants raced through Rome in the 14th annual All Saints' Day 10K, the Corsa dei Santi (Race of the Saints), where competitors run the streets traversed by many saints over the centuries.The athletes, professional and amateur, ran by the Colosseum, the Spanish Steps, and other...