PHOTO GALLERY: Jesus’ crown of thorns returns to Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral

Dec 17, 2024 22:18

Covadonga Asturias

the relic was ceremoniously enshrined in a newly designed contemporary reliquary Photo: Diocese Paris

Rebecca Charlier-Alsberge, a lay leader and mother of four

This 115-pound relic, originating from the Romano-Byzantine era between 300 and 800 AD, represents a tangible bridge to antiquity

Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al Assad

Vatican City

Vatican To Open Its First Daycare Center

This new service, inside the Pope’s City, will care for 30 children from 3 to 36 months old. It will open next Spring, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm. The project is in response to a request of Vatican City’s lay employees.

Dec 17, 2024 07:40

Rafael Llanes

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

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PHOTO GALLERY: Jesus’ crown of thorns returns to Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral

UK: the King attends Advent service celebrating faith communities

Bold step in Belgium: laywoman to be named in Mass canon at Masses in the capital city

The 10 Commandments to go to auction in New York: up to $2 million expected in the fight

This is the priest (and the story) in which a miracle was worked that will make Pier Giorgio Frassati a saint

Pope Francis reveals two attacks against him that ended with the death of perpetrators

Syria: Muslim Jihadists Assure They Will Not Go Against Christians

Vatican To Open Its First Daycare Center