Baltimore, Md., May 21, 2014 / 04:57 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An ongoing lack of security in the Central African Republic is among the challenges facing those who long for peace, said a relief agency staff member who recently visited the violence-ridden na... Read more
Rome, Italy, May 21, 2014 / 04:18 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The French-founded Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools have elected Brother Robert Schieler, an American with extensive education experience, as their new superior general. &ldquo... Read more
Amman, Jordan, May 21, 2014 / 02:26 pm (CNA).- Some 1400 boys and girls from Jordan will receive First Communion during the Mass Pope Francis will celebrate on the first day of his trip to the Holy Land at the Amman International Stadium. “The... Read more
Vatican City, May 21, 2014 / 10:36 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In comments made to CNA, the Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See noted that the presence of both a rabbi and a Muslim in the Pope’s delegation to the Holy Land is a milestone in interreligiou... Read more
Vatican City, May 21, 2014 / 05:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During his general audience address Pope Francis spoke on the Holy Spirit’s gift of knowledge, explaining that it enlightens our human perspective and helps us to see God in the whole of cre... Read more
Vatican City, May 21, 2014 / 03:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, has emphasized that the next synod will not be focused exclusively on the much-talked about issue of Communion for the divor... Read more
Dodoma, Tanzania, May 21, 2014 / 02:17 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Members of the small Christian minority on the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar are suffering intimidation and now fear that their children will be coerced to convert to Islam, one resident said.... Read more
Jerusalem, Israel, May 21, 2014 / 12:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As the Holy Land prepares for the visit of Pope Francis, Catholic seminarians are praying for the visit's success and preparing with great anticipation to assist in a papal Mass. &ldqu... Read more
London, England, May 20, 2014 / 06:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on May 20 appointed Bishop Ralph Heskett of Gibraltar to become the next Bishop of Hallam in England’s South Yorkshire county. Hallam’s retiring bishop John Anthony ... Read more
Rome, Italy, May 20, 2014 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. embassy to the Holy See has partnered with women religious in a new anti-human trafficking campaign being launched ahead of July's World Cup in Brazil. “Combating this scourge... Read more
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