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Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna, was made a cardinal during the consistory of Oct. 5, 2019. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA.Rome Newsroom, May 20, 2023 / 11:46 am (CNA).Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has been asked by Pope Francis to head a peace mission between Russia and Ukraine on behalf of the Vatican, the Holy See press office director said Saturday."The timing of such a mission, and its modes, are currently being studied," Matteo Bruni said in a brief statement to journalists May 20.Bruni said Pope Francis hopes the operation, which will be carried out in agreement with the Secre...

Statue of Virgin Mary in Medjugorje, Bosnia Herzegovina. / Gnuckx via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).Rome Newsroom, May 20, 2023 / 08:42 am (CNA).An institution has been formed in Rome to study alleged Marian apparitions and other supernatural phenomena in the Catholic Church.The International Observatory on Marian Apparitions and Mystical Phenomenon (OISA) was established in April and is part of the Pontifical International Marian Academy.The objective of the observatory is to research alleged Marian apparitions and other phenomena, such as the apparent crying or bleeding of Marian statues and images, wh...

St. Anne's Gate / Wikimapia.orgCNA Newsroom, May 18, 2023 / 15:13 pm (CNA).An unidentified man is in custody after driving a car at high speed through a gate at the Vatican Thursday, the Holy See press office said.A guard stationed at the Santa Anna entrance fired his weapon in the direction of the vehicle's front tires, hitting the left front fender, but the vehicle proceeded onto the Vatican grounds until the driver got out at the San Damaso Courtyard, the main courtyard of the Apostolic Palace, the press office said. There the man was blocked and placed under arrest by the Gendarmerie ...

Map of the four routes that will make up the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in summer 2024. / Image courtesy of National Eucharistic CongressWashington D.C., May 18, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).This past Wednesday, the executive team for the National Eucharistic Congress announced it will be launching a National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in the summer of 2024. The pilgrimage will consist of four cross-country eucharistic processions, collectively traversing the entire continental United States over a two-month period.The pilgrimage is being organized by the National Eucharistic Revival campaign in con...

After receiving criticism a Manhattan Catholic church has changed the name of an art display from the title "God is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey" to "A Queer Spiritual Journey." / CNA/Beyond My Ken|Wikipedia|GFDLBoston, Mass., May 18, 2023 / 14:51 pm (CNA).Following concerns expressed by the Archdiocese of New York, a Manhattan Catholic church has changed the name of an art display from "God Is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey" to "A Queer Spiritual Journey."The alteration of the display at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle comes following a firesto...