The Church of St. Luke

Anglican minister Vivian Schwanke De Oliveira in the entrance procession of the Mass for the installation of the archbishop of Chapecó in Brazil. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of Chapecó/Screenshot

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb 18, 2025 / 16:15 pm (CNA).

The Archdiocese of Chapecó has acknowledged what it called an “isolated incident of inadvertent violation of liturgical norms.”

Notorious former international pickpocket Víctor Sono Neira. / Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa

Lima Newsroom, Feb 16, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).

Víctor Sono Neira spent years trapped in addiction and crime as an international pickpocket. Today, at the age of 72, he is a living testimony to God’s mercy and forgiveness.

A man attempted to stab the 38-year-old pastor of Holy Ghost Parish in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Feb. 9, 2025. The suspect has been charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon, and disturbing an assemblage of persons. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Catholic Register

Winnipeg, Canada, Feb 13, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA).

The suspect approached and attempted to stab the 38-year-old pastor of with a knife near the altar.

The image of the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes that is seen but is not there. / Credit: Courtesy of Guadalupe García Corigliano

Lima Newsroom, Feb 11, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA).

Those who visit the chapel of the Our Lady of Lourdes shrine in the city of Alta Gracia in Córdoba province, Argentina, witness a phenomenon that has no explanation.

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Puebla, Mexico, Feb 11, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

Being invited to the wedding is often a cause for joy, but for many Catholics, being invited to a same-sex wedding can precipitate a deep internal conflict.

Bishop Rolando Álvarez in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 10, 2025 / 17:00 pm (CNA).

The Nicaraguan government has lashed out at the Vatican following an interview Bishop Rolando Álvarez gave last week to the Spanish-language edition of EWTN News in Rome.

Approximately 200 Venezuelan migrants cross the Rio Grande seeking to surrender to the Border Patrol in their pursuit of humanitarian asylum on March 31, 2023. / Credit: David Peinado Romero/Shutterstock

Caracas, Venezuela, Feb 8, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

The bishops of the U.S. and Venezuela are opposed to the Trump administration’s looming elimination of temporary protected status for recent Venezuelan immigrants.

Archbishop Charles Scicluna (left) and Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu (right). / Credit: Claudio Reyes/AFP/Getty

Lima Newsroom, Feb 4, 2025 / 13:50 pm (CNA).

The Sodality of Christian Life announced Feb. 1 that Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu apostolic commissioner to carry out the dissolution process.

Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani is pictured here during a 2017 liturgical celebration in Lima, Peru. / Credit: Eduardo Berdejo/ACI Prensa

Lima Newsroom, Feb 3, 2025 / 13:50 pm (CNA).

An article published by Spanish newspaper El País reported an accusation of alleged sexual abuse against Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, which he denied.

The Metropolitan Cathedral Santiago Apóstol and the National Palace in Managua, Nicaragua. / Credit: Martin Thurnherr, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Lima Newsroom, Jan 30, 2025 / 17:35 pm (CNA).

The dictatorship’s order reportedly was carried out on the night of Jan. 28, forcing some 30 cloistered nuns belonging to the Order of St. Clare to leave their monasteries.