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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle speaks at a Vatican press conference presenting the 2021 World Mission Day, Oct. 21, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Oct 21, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).While the COVID-19 pandemic led many Catholic dioceses and organizations to find creative ways to communicate the Gospel online, digital evangelization is not a replacement for personal encounter, the head of the Vatican's missionary office has said."There are some facts of life that cannot be digitalized and cannot remain digitalized. We are corporeal beings. We need contact," Cardinal Luis Antonio Ta...

Catholics attend Mass in Ho, Ghana. / James Dalrymple via Shutterstock. Vatican City, Oct 21, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA). The number of Catholics in Asia and Africa continued to grow in 2019, according to newly released statistics.The world populatio...

We survey some of the best examples of sustainable architecture in the world, from India to Europe, to the United States (and everywhere inbetween).

Cardinals and bishops in the Vatican's Synod Hall, Oct. 14, 2015. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.London, England, Oct 15, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).This weekend, dioceses in the U.S. and around the world will formally launch a local consultation process leading to the 2023 synod on synodality in Rome. Supporters bill it as one of the most important events in the Catholic Church since the Second Vatican Council and the greatest consultation exercise in human history.But as the diocesan phase of the ambitious two-year project begins, many Catholics are either wholly unaware of the "synodal path" or...

The tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis in Assisi, Italy. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Rome Newsroom, Oct 12, 2021 / 18:00 pm (CNA).Fifteen-year-old Carlo Acutis died within a week of being diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, offering his suffering for the pope and for the Church. Following his beatification on Oct. 10, 2020, his doctors and hospital chaplain recalled their memories of his final days.Fr. Sandro Villa was the hospital chaplain of St. Gerald Hospital outside of Milan who gave Acutis the Anointing of the Sick and Holy Communion on Oct. 10, 2006, the day before Acutis we...