The Church of St. Luke

The King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on Sept. 4, 2020. / Credit: MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images

Vatican City, Aug 22, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).

After becoming available for free online, 32,000 tickets for the Sept. 29 Mass were snatched up in just 90 minutes, surprising local organizers of the pope’s trip.

Cardinal Peter Erdö. / Credit: Thaler Tamas, CC 30/CNA

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 17:06 pm (CNA).

In an interview ahead of the Aug. 20 feast of St. Stephen of Hungary, Cardinal Peter Erdö recalled how he learned the faith from his parents.

“We cannot remain silent while this dictator closes [1,500] NGOs, suffocating civil society and violating the rights of thousands of citizens,” said Felix Maradiaga, shown here during an interview with AFP in Managua on Feb. 11, 2021. / Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 16:06 pm (CNA).

The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega has canceled the legal status of 1,500 non-profit organizations, including Caritas of Granada.

Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. / Credit: Gio Canto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 15:06 pm (CNA).

Claudia Sheinbaum, who won the June 2 presidential election, will succeed outgoing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux. / Credit: Sistermaryhelen, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).

St. Bernard is considered the last of the Church Fathers in the Western tradition.

“The focus must be on providing care, not providing a cheap death,” Scotland’s bishops declared. Photo of the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh. / Credit: Reinhold Möller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 19, 2024 / 16:20 pm (CNA).

If passed an assisted-dying bill in Scotland would allow terminally ill adults over 16 to be provided with assistance in ending their own lives.

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ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 19, 2024 / 15:20 pm (CNA).

Father Michael Lang, who is from London, shared his motivations for writing this book and the importance of the liturgy in the life of the Catholic Church.

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce. / Credit: ADF UK

CNA Newsroom, Aug 19, 2024 / 11:19 am (CNA).

The settlement comes as the U.K. government is reportedly set to strengthen its crackdown on silent prayer near abortion facilities by labeling it “criminal.”

Galway Bishop Michael Duignan said in a statement on Friday that the news of the stabbing of a Catholic chaplain was “deeply shocking and upsetting.” / Credit: Olliebailie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Aug 16, 2024 / 14:50 pm (CNA).

Father Paul Murphy was reportedly stabbed multiple times on Thursday outside of Renmore Army Barracks in the coastal town of Galway.

The Sistine Chapel. / Credit: marcobrivio.photography/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Aug 15, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).

The famous chapel derives its name from the man who consecrated it: Pope Sixtus IV, who served as the Roman pontiff from 1471 to 1484.