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3 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Victoria Isabel Cardiel |James V. Schall
A view of the baldacchino underneath the central dome of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, May 17, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will be celebrated on Sunday, May 18, at 10 a.m. Rome time in St. Peter’s Square, a liturgical event that will mark the official beginning of his ministry as successor of Peter and bishop of Rome.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Eduardo Berdejo |James V. Schall
Cardinal Rueda: A conclave is ‘quite different’ from the election of a president By Eduardo Berdejo for CNA Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, archbishop of Bogota, Colombia. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNAACI Prensa Staff, May 7, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). Colombian Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio pointed out that the atmosphere among the cardinals is “quite different” from what people who associate a papal conclave “with a democratic election of a president” may imagine.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Madalaine Elhabbal |James V. Schall
Canada elects Liberal Party prime minister; life issues fall by wayside By Madalaine Elhabbal for CNA Canada’s prime minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney applauds at a victory party in Ottawa, Ontario, on April 29, 2025. Prime Minister Mark Carney won Canada’s election on April 28, 2025, leading his Liberal Party to a new term in power. / Credit: DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 29, 2025 / 11:57 am (CNA).
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Matthew Becklo |James V. Schall
A glimpse of twenty “unexpectedly Catholic” writersVoyage Comics & Publishing, which has a special focus on graphic novels, has offered a helpful contribution to this literary tradition. (Image of typewriter:Markus Winkler/Unsplash.com; photo illustration: CWR staff)The worlds of Catholic theology and philosophy can, at times, feel overwhelmingly vast.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Hannah Brockhaus |James V. Schall
Vatican releases first photos of Pope Francis after his death By Hannah Brockhaus for CNA The body of Pope Francis lies in state at the Vatican’s Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel, surrounded by Swiss Guards, cardinals, and Vatican officials paying their respects before his transfer to St. Peter’s Basilica for public veneration, Monday, April 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Apr 22, 2025 / 06:55 am (CNA).
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Daniel Payne |James V. Schall
Denver Newsroom, May 28, 2020 / 03:00 am (CNA).- All of Florida’s death row inmates live in the Diocese of St. Augustine. Many are Catholic. At least twice a year St. Augustine’s Bishop Felipe Estevez goes to visit death row inmates himself. So when Estevez issued a pastoral letter this week chronicling the efforts of Catholics in Florida to end the death penalty, and laying out the Catholic case for its abolition, the issue was personal.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kate Quinones |James V. Schall
Colorado’s bishops on immigration: ‘An open border is not a just system’ By Kate Quiñones for CNA The U.S.-Mexico border wall in Arizona. (Credit: Chess Ocampo/Shutterstock)Denver, Colo., Jan 24, 2025 / 14:45 pm (CNA). Following President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders on immigration, Colorado’s Catholic bishops on Friday encouraged the U.S. to balance justice and mercy in its regulation of immigration to the country.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Victoria Isabel Cardiel |James V. Schall
Vatican issues guide on richness of Eastern Catholic Churches By Victoria Cardiel for CNA The Melkite Greek Basilica of St. Paul in Harissa, Lebanon. / Credit: Kevin Jones/CNAVatican City, Jan 24, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches has prepared a pastoral guide for the 2025 Jubilee of the Eastern Churches, to be celebrated May 12–14, in order to make known the richness of the Christian traditions of the Eastern world.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Madalaine Elhabbal |James V. Schall
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 26, 2020 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- As Lebanon continues to deal with fallout from the massive August explosion that devastated parts of the capital, Beirut, advocates for Lebanese Christians call for continued U.S. aid and collaboration with local NGOs, while one State Department official says that conversations about additional aid have stalled. On Oct.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Hannah Brockhaus |James V. Schall
Rome, Italy, Jan 7, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Franciscan Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini is very comfortable with public speaking — it’s basically his job as a Scripture expert called on to give talks and lead retreats around Italy. Yet, just late last year, he began a new adventure, one he finds a bit more intimidating: preaching to Vatican employees, cardinals, and the pope during Lent and Advent. On Nov.
