[ad_1] Source A 1775 painting of the fireworks over Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, painted by Jakob Philipp Hackert. / Credit: Public Domain Rome Newsroom, Jun 29, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). For the past 500 years, the Vatican has celebrated the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul with a bang with a spectacular fireworks show…

[ad_1] Source Pilgrims walk the Kansas Camino, which goes from Wichita to Father Emil Kapaun’s home parish in rural Pilsen, Kansas. / Credit: Diocese of Wichita Whether you’re on break from school or taking a well-deserved vacation, summertime often brings a different rhythm to life and an opportunity to deepen your relationship with God. Without…

[ad_1] Source A map of Nigeria. / Credit: SevenMaps/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2024 / 18:50 pm (CNA). Religious freedom activists are criticizing the Biden State Department for continuing to leave Nigeria off its “countries of particular concern” (CPC) watchlist, despite the department’s own report highlighting the violent persecution of Christians in the country. One expert…

[ad_1] Source St. Irenaeus of Lyon. / Credit: Wolfymoza via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) On June 28, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Irenaeus of Lyon, who as a boy sat at the feet of Polycarp, eagerly listening to the sermons of the early Christian bishop and disciple of the apostle John. The boy Irenaeus grew…

[ad_1] Source Rachel Levine, then a nominee for assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies before her confirmation hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25, 2021. / Credit: Caroline Brehman/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 26, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). President Joe…

[ad_1] Source null / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 25, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA). Recently a community of Poor Clare nuns in Spain announced their decision to leave the Catholic Church, thus committing the canonical crime of schism and incurring excommunication. Italian Archbishop Carlo María Viganò is also undergoing a Vatican extrajudicial…

[ad_1] Source null / Credit: Zolnierek/Shutterstock The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against the establishment of a virtual Catholic charter school, which would have been the first of its kind in the nation. In the U.S., charter schools are free, publicly funded schools that have greater flexibility in their operations and management than traditional public schools. Buoyed by favorable…

[ad_1] Source Father David Waller will become the first bishop ordinary of the Walsingham Ordinariate. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 25, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). In a first, a former Anglican priest has been consecrated as a bishop in the Ordinariate of Our…