Vatican announces art contest for Stations of the Cross to be displayed in St. Peter’s Basilica
“Christ Carrying the Cross” by Titian (1490–1576). / Credit: Titian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Dec 29, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). Attention Catholic artists: The Vatican has announced an art competition in which your paintings can be displayed inside of St. Peter’s Basilica along with the works of Renaissance masters Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.The contest winner
Papal Christmas deadline over Syro-Malabar rift is met, but Indian archdiocese simmers
More than 4,000 faithful attended the celebration of the Christmas Mass at the St. George Parish in the suburb of Edappally, India. / Credit: Anto Akkara Kochi, India, Dec 28, 2023 / 14:35 pm (CNA). While most of the approximately 350 parishes and churches in the Archdiocese of Ernakulam in India complied with Pope Francis’ demand that they celebrate a
December 29 2023
Friday, Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas 1st Reading – 1 John 2:3-11 Beloved: And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments. He who says that he knows him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But he that keeps his word, in him
CBCP head shares 5 reasons why Filipinos should watch ‘GomBurZa’
By CBCP News December 28, 2023 Manila, Philippines The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) shared important reasons why “GomBurZa” is a must-watch historical biographical film. Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, CBCP president, shared his insight in a social media post regarding one of the 10 entries in this year’s prestigious Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). He
I Came to You Late: Prayer of the Day for Friday, December 29, 2023
I came to You late, O Beauty so ancient and new. I came to love You late. You were within me and I was outside where I rushed about wildly searching for You like some monster loose in Your beautiful world. You were with me but I was not with You. You called me, You shouted to me, You wrapped
Vatican to publish private homilies of Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Dec 27, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The Vatican will publish the previously uncirculated “private” homilies of the late Pope Benedict XVI in the coming year, the Holy See has announced. The Vatican Publishing House said Dec. 23 that it intends to release “a book of some 130 homilies given by the