Vatican: 20 Catholic missionaries killed in 2023
Nahida Anton and her daughter Samar Anton were killed as they were walked to the Missionaries of Charity convent in the compound of Holy Family Parish in Gaza on Dec. 16, 2023. / Credit: Father Gabriel Romanelli/Facebook CNA Staff, Jan 2, 2024 / 18:36 pm (CNA). Twenty Catholic missionaries were murdered in 2023, according to a new Dec. 30 report
Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty in Hong Kong national security trial
Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai. / Credit: Napa Institute CNA Staff, Jan 2, 2024 / 11:10 am (CNA). Jimmy Lai, the embattled Hong Kong Catholic democracy activist, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to all charges leveled against him in his national security trial there. Lai, the Chinese-born founder of the anti-government newspaper Apple Daily, entered a
January 3 2024
Christmas Weekday 1st Reading – 1 John 2:29-3:6 If you know that he is just, then know, too, that all who do what is just are born of him. See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know
Pope Francis reflects on Mary’s motherhood, prays for Nicaragua during New Year’s Angelus
Pope Francis smiles at pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square on Jan. 1, 2023, for his first Angelus of the new year. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 1, 2024 / 09:47 am (CNA). Pope Francis delivered his first Angelus of the new year on Jan. 1, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, by reflecting that the importance
Pope Francis: Entrust 2024 to the Mother of God
Pope Francis at the first Mass of the new year, urged the faithful to entrust 2024 to the Mother of God. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 1, 2024 / 10:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis began the new year by urging his fellow Catholics to entrust 2024 to the Mother of God, who “knows our needs” and always intercedes
January 2 2024
Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church 1st Reading – 1 John 2:22-28 Beloved: Who is a liar, other than he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the Antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son also has the Father. Whoever confesses