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‘Summer Christmas’: Why does the Church celebrate the birthday of St. John the Baptist?

‘Summer Christmas’: Why does the Church celebrate the birthday...

Statue of St. John the Baptist with golden cross, Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech...

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Pope Francis appoints Gänswein to diplomatic role in Baltic states

Pope Francis appoints Gänswein to diplomatic role in Baltic...

Archbishop Georg Gänswein was the personal secretary of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict...

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Pope Francis meets with Opus Dei prelate Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz

Pope Francis meets with Opus Dei prelate Monsignor Fernando...

Pope Francis meets with the prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, at the...

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Pope Francis donates ambulance, opens war trauma center in Ukraine

Pope Francis donates ambulance, opens war trauma center...

Pope Francis blesses the ambulance that he donated in June 2024 to to treat the...

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Pope Francis meets with Russian ambassador to the Vatican

Pope Francis meets with Russian ambassador to the Vatican

Pope Francis meets with Russia’s new ambassador to the Vatican Ivan Soltanovsky...

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EU bishop: Elections show citizens concerned about Ukraine war

EU bishop: Elections show citizens concerned about Ukraine...

At his Angelus address June 9, 2024, Pope Francis asked people to pray for the people...

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Pope Francis meets with leaders of Institute of Christ the King, a Latin Mass group

Pope Francis meets with leaders of Institute of Christ...

Monsignor Gilles Wach (center), prior general of the Institute of Christ the King...

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Pope Francis: Drug cartels are ‘traffickers of death’ and ‘murderers’

Pope Francis: Drug cartels are ‘traffickers of death’ and...

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the...

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Pope Francis unveils plan for Vatican to go solar

Pope Francis unveils plan for Vatican to go solar

Pilgrims shield themselves from the sun at Pope Francis' general audience in St....

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Vatican rules supposed apparitions of Virgin Mary near Rome ‘not supernatural’

Vatican rules supposed apparitions of Virgin Mary near...

Bishop Salvi has determined that the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Trevignano...

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Pope Francis on Prayer for Creation Day: Caring for the environment is an ‘act of love’

Pope Francis on Prayer for Creation Day: Caring for the...

null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 27, 2024 / 14:20 pm (CNA). Pope Francis...

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Pope Francis emphasizes model of St. Juan Diego for Church in Latin America

Pope Francis emphasizes model of St. Juan Diego for Church...

Pope Francis meets with members of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America on...

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Pope Francis to priests: May the chapel be the most visited room in your houses

Pope Francis to priests: May the chapel be the most visited...

Pope Francis meets with priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) on June...

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Archbishop Viganò defies Vatican summons, denounces Pope Francis

Archbishop Viganò defies Vatican summons, denounces Pope...

Archbishop Carlo Vigano. / Credit: Edward Pentin/National Catholic Register CNA...

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Stop using art by Father Rupnik, Cardinal O’Malley tells Vatican officials

Stop using art by Father Rupnik, Cardinal O’Malley tells...

Mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik are displayed at the shrine in Lourdes,...

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Pope Francis to bless ‘pallia’ at Mass on Sts. Peter and Paul’s feast day

Pope Francis to bless ‘pallia’ at Mass on Sts. Peter and...

Archbishops wear the pallium they received from Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica,...

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PHOTOS: Eucharistic procession winds through Vatican streets in honor of protomartyrs of Rome

PHOTOS: Eucharistic procession winds through Vatican streets...

In celebration of the upcoming feast of the protomartyrs of Rome, a Eucharistic...

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Vatican fireworks: A 500-year-old tradition for the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul

Vatican fireworks: A 500-year-old tradition for the solemnity...

A 1775 painting of the fireworks over Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, painted by Jakob...

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‘Open the doors’ of the Church, Pope Francis implores on solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul

‘Open the doors’ of the Church, Pope Francis implores on...

Pope Francis presides over Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the solemnity of Sts....

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Pope Francis asks Sacred Heart of Jesus to convert hearts who want war

Pope Francis asks Sacred Heart of Jesus to convert hearts...

On the last day of June, a month that the Catholic Church dedicates to the Sacred...