Madalaine Elhabbal

The custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, lights the first candle of the Advent wreath at the site of the manger inside the Nativity Grotto on Nov. 30, 2024, during the first vespers of the first Sunday of Advent. / Credit: Marinella Bandini

Heads of Christian Churches in Holy Land Call for End of War in Gaza in Christmas Message

Invoking the spirit of Christmas, leaders of Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Syriac, Armenian, and other churches gave thanks to God for...

John Traynor is believed to be the first British Catholic to be cured at Lourdes. / Credit: Courtesy of Hospitality of Our Lady of Lourdes

Healing at Lourdes of British World War I Soldier Declared "miraculous"

Archbishop Malcolm McMahon of Liverpool, England, declared the miraculous healing of John Traynor, a soldier of the British Royal Navy,...

The historic city of Aleppo, Syria. / Credits: STEPANOV ILYA/Shutterstock

Church Leaders Express "hope" that Syrian Regime Will Respect Christian Communities

Rebel forces met with bishops in Aleppo “immediately” after capturing the city, “assuring them that they would respect the various...

The Papal Foundation, a U.S.-based organization that provides funding for Catholic projects around the world, recently announced that it has awarded $800,000 to recipients of its scholarship fund. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Papal Foundation

Papal Foundation Announces $800,000 of Scholarship Awards to 110 Religious and Laypeople

The awards were distributed across 42 countries and helped enable priests, brothers, sisters, and laypeople to pursue their studies at 14 pontifical...

Soren and Ever Johnson run Trinity House + Cafe and Trinity House Communications in Leesburg, Virginia, and shared with CNA how their mutual love of St. John Paul II led them to open Trinity House and dedicate their lives to full-time ministry. / Credit: Migi Fabara

John Paul II-inspired Cafe Celebrates 10 years of "bringing riches of the faith" to Public Square

Last month, Soren and Ever Johnson marked the 10th anniversary of one of the fruits of their ministry: Trinity House...

The rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral is seen on Oct. 25, 2024, in Paris a few weeks before its reopening to the public scheduled for Dec. 8, 2024. / Credit: Chesnot/Getty Images

Notre Dame Bells Ring for the First Time Since Devastating Fire 5 Years Ago

Notre Dame of Paris passed the major milestone today at about 10:30 a.m., just one month away from its highly...

In January 2025, Pope Francis will become the first sitting pontiff to publish an autobiographical memoir, which will be titled “Hope.” / Credit: Penguin Random House

Pope Francis to Release "first memoir published by a sitting pontiff" in January

The original plan had been to release the memoir after his death. However, the pope decided to publish in light...

Catholics join in prayer for the 2019 International Week of Prayer and Fasting at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. / Credit: IWOPF

"Trusting the Lord": Catholics Gather for 32nd International Week of Prayer and Fasting

This year’s event will kick off Oct. 12 with an in-person conference at St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax,...

Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, at a meeting with other Arab bishops on Aug. 28, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Jerusalem Patriarch Announces "day of prayer and fasting" on October 7 Anniversary

“May each of us with the rosary or in whatever form he or she sees fit ... find a moment...

“If we are attacked because of our common baptism, maybe we should also live this common baptism,” said Father Nikodemus Schnabel, abbot of the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” screenshot

Christian Community Comes Closer Together amid Attacks in the Holy Land

Although interreligious dialogue has suffered as a result of the intensification of conflict in the Holy Land, the situation has...