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Did angels really carry the Holy House of Mary to Loreto, Italy?
Posted on 12/10/2025 09:00 AM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The Holy House of Our Lady in the Shrine of Loreto. / Credit: Tatiana Dyuvbanova/Shutterstock
Loreto, Italy, Dec 10, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
What do Galileo, Mozart, Descartes, Cervantes, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux have in common? They all traveled hundreds of miles to visit Mary’s house in Loreto, Italy.
Polish leaders decry EU court ruling as overreach into national family law
Posted on 12/9/2025 14:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
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EWTN News, Dec 9, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
The situation arose when two Polish citizens who had “married” in Germany in 2018 returned to Poland and requested that officials register their union.
Knock Shrine event highlights urgent call to revive First Saturdays practice
Posted on 12/9/2025 13:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Bishop John Keenan speaks at the First Saturdays Conference in Knock, Ireland, on Dec. 6, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of First Saturdays Conference
Dublin, Ireland, Dec 9, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Bishop urges “no half-measures” at First Saturdays’ centenary as hundreds mark 100 years of First Saturdays devotion at Knock Shrine.
At a French shrine for the dead, a quiet revival among the living
Posted on 12/9/2025 12:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Pilgrims gather for Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon in Normandy, France, on Nov. 16, 2025, during the annual “Heaven’s Pilgrimage,” dedicated to prayer for the souls in purgatory. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon
EWTN News, Dec 9, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
As a Normandy basilica is restored, the Shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon sees more pilgrims seeking hope — especially young adults and new Catholics in secular France.
Benedict XVI’s former secretary hopes the pope’s beatification process will open soon
Posted on 12/8/2025 21:28 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI. / Credit: Alan Holdren/EWTN News
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 8, 2025 / 16:28 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, said he hopes the beatification process will begin soon for the German pontiff.
Fátima visionary Sister Lucia’s doctor shares moving conversion story
Posted on 12/8/2025 13:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Sister Lucia of Fátima, left, and Dr. Branca Pereira Acevedo, her doctor for 15 years. / Credit: Sanctuary of Fatima/ HM Television/Home of the Mother
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 8, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Dec. 10 marks the centenary of the Fátima apparitions, an occasion for which the Holy See has granted a jubilee year.
The saint of Christmas and ecumenism: Bari celebrates St. Nicholas
Posted on 12/6/2025 12:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Statue of St. Nicholas, the patron saint of Bari, Italy, at the Pontifical Basilica of St. Nicholas. / Credit: Veronica Giacometti/ACI Stampa
ACI Stampa, Dec 6, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The city of Bari, Italy, celebrates its patron St. Nicholas every Dec. 6 with festivities and Masses.
Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?
Posted on 12/4/2025 18:07 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018. / Credit: Vatican Media
London, England, Dec 4, 2025 / 13:07 pm (CNA).
A policy change concerning restrictions on the old Mass is relevant to the whole of the universal Church, not just England and Wales, said the head of the Latin Mass Society.
Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross
Posted on 12/4/2025 13:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee. / Credit: Iberian Province of the Discalced Carmelites
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 4, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The Iberian Province of the Discalced Carmelites is preparing to celebrate the jubilee year of St. John of the Cross during the 300th anniversary of his canonization.
Finland’s only Catholic bishop appeals for help for his ‘booming’ Church
Posted on 12/4/2025 11:00 AM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Bishop Raimo Goyarrola, the only Catholic bishop in Finland, speaks with CNA in Houston in November 2025 on a fundraising trip for his “mission” Church. / Credit: Amira Abuzeid/CNA
Houston, Texas, Dec 4, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Bishop Raimo Goyarrola has been traveling in the U.S. with Father Jean Claude Kabeza to raise funds to support the Finnish Church, which has seen explosive growth.