The Church of St. Luke

Jack Traynor (next to child on first row) as a pilgrim to Lourdes in 1925, two years after his healing. / Credit: Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 14, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).

Here is the story of John Traynor, whose miraculous healing at Lourdes was announced Dec. 8 by the archbishop of Liverpool.

Detail of a 1964 West German postage stamp showing Father Alfred Delp. / Credit: Zabanski/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Even before his ordeal in prison, Father Alfred Delp had preached and written extensively on Advent, even exhorting his people that “all of life is Advent.”

The Virgin of Guadalupe in the new Basilica / Photo credit: David Ramos / ACI Prensa

Puebla, Mexico, Dec 12, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA).

Between Dec. 8–12, an estimated 12 million pilgrims are expected to have visited the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

The bishops of Haiti denounced the “dehumanizing violence” that has plagued the country since the beginning of 2024 and are asking all citizens to “go on with life without becoming discouraged” and to be witnesses of hope. / Credit: Courtesy of Latin American Conference of Bishops (CELAM)

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 12, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).

The bishops of Haiti denounced the “dehumanizing violence” that has plagued the country since the beginning of 2024.

Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church. / Credit: Nickolay Vinokurov/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).

In his letters, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill offers encouragement and congratulations to the new mothers, wishing them “many blessings from Christ.”

The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico. / Credit: David Ramos/CNA

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 12, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).

In the almost 500 years since Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared, her image has become the subject of several popular myths and legends, especially in Mexico.

The most recent murder of a priest in Mexico occurred Oct. 20, 2024. / Credit: Martha Calderón/ACI Prensa

Puebla, Mexico, Dec 11, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA).

Father Omar Sotelo Aguilar noted that “as never before in the history of Mexico, violence has reached worrying levels, striking all sectors of society.”

Philippe Villeneuve, the architect of the restoration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, speaks with EWTN News’ Colm Flynn about his devotion to Our Lady on “EWTN News In Depth.” / Credit: Screenshot/“EWTN News In Depth”

CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2024 / 14:35 pm (CNA).

Architect Philippe Villeneuve shared that without Mary’s guidance, he didn’t think the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris would have been possible.

Trois-Rivières Bishop Martin Laliberté (right), the president of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec, said the bishops there were “deeply concerned about the erasure of people and believing communities from Quebec’s public space” after Quebec Premier François Legault (left) said last week that praying in public parks and streets “is not something we want in Quebec.” / Credit: Lea-Kim Chateauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Michel Montembeault, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2024 / 12:40 pm (CNA).

Bishop Martin Laliberté said the bishops there were “deeply concerned about the erasure of people and believing communities from Quebec’s public space.” 

Father Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche of the Archdiocese of Toledo in Spain is an expert in popular piety. / Credit: Nicolás de Cárdenas/ACI Prensa

Madrid, Spain, Dec 11, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).

Father Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, an expert in liturgy and popular piety, says Pope Francis “has highly valued popular piety” throughout his life.