Carrie Gress

1 month ago | catholicworldreport.com | Daniel Payne |Carrie Gress

Denver Newsroom, Apr 25, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- On May 4, the parish community of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Madill, Oklahoma would have celebrated the first anniversary of their new church building. But on April 22, an EF2 tornado pummeled the small-town church, blowing out most of the stained glass windows and tearing off half the roof. It completely destroyed the parish rectory.

1 month ago | catholicworldreport.com | Tessa Gervasini |Carrie Gress

Pope Leo’s ‘greatest generation’ dad served on D-Day tank landing ship By Tessa Gervasini for CNA U.S. Navy LSTs and other vessels unloading at low tide at Normandy, soon after the June 1944 invasion. USS LST-55 is in the center, behind the closest barrage balloon. USS LST-61 is at right. / Credit: Steck, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 17:26 pm (CNA).

2 months ago | catholicworldreport.com | Hannah Brockhaus |Carrie Gress

Pope Francis tells young people ‘learn how to listen’ in video published after death  By Hannah Brockhaus for CNA Pope Francis greets young people gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on April 17, 2024, at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media)Rome Newsroom, Apr 27, 2025 / 17:45 pm (CNA). In a video message published after his death, but recorded in January, Pope Francis encouraged young people to work on listening well to others.

2 months ago | catholicworldreport.com | Christopher Altieri |Carrie Gress

Pope Francis listens to a question from a journalist aboard his flight from Athens, Greece, to Rome Dec. 6, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)Pope Francis, who said he never wanted to be earthly head of the Catholic Church and frequently governed as though he were a simple parish priest, is dead. The 265th successor to St. Peter the Apostle exchanged time for eternity at 7:35am Rome time on 21 April, of complications arising from a respiratory infection.

2 months ago | catholicworldreport.com | Hannah Brockhaus |Tyler Arnold |Carrie Gress

Vice President JD Vance attends Vatican Good Friday service By Hannah Brockhaus , Tyler Arnold for CNA U.S. Vice President JD Vance (right) and his family attend the Vatican’s Liturgy for the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Apr 18, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA).