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‘Feast of the Miracle’ in Argentina attracts more than half a million pilgrims

More than 300 years old, the feast of Our Lord and the Virgin of the Miracle is one of the most popular in Argentina. / Credit: Archdiocese of Salta, Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sep 17, 2024 / 15:55 pm (CNA). More than...

Pope Francis appoints special envoy for Quebec Archdiocese’s 350th anniversary celebrations

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, archbishop of Marseille, France, as the Holy See’s special envoy for the Quebec Archdiocese’s jubilee celebrations to take place Sept. 20–22, 2024. / Credit: Laurent Coust/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Sep 17,...

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Prominent priest reportedly abducted by dictatorship in Nicaragua

Last year, the Holy See appointed Father Valle as executor...

Church in Mexico calls on government to protect the people from drug cartel violence

Tapachula, Mexico, on the southern border with Guatemala. / Credit:...

Venezuelan elections: Maduro claims victory, opposition claims fraud

Voters around a voting center in Caracas, Venezuela, on July...

Mexican bishop assaulted and robbed on highway

The Diocese of Tehuacán, located in the Mexican state of...

Legionaries of Christ founder almost removed from priesthood in 1950s, Vatican documents show

Father Marcial Maciel. / Credit: DominikHoffmann, CC BY 3.0, via...

U.S.-Mexico border diocese of Matamoros to have new name, co-cathedral in Reynosa

Cathedral of Our Lady of Refuge in Matamoros, Mexico (left),...

Argentina’s primatial see moves from Buenos Aires: What does the change entail?

Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral. / Credit: Carolina Jaramillo/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff,...

10 things to know about the 2024 International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador

Basilica of the National Vow in Quito, Ecuador. / Credit:...

Cardinal Lacroix of Quebec returns to ministry after Vatican investigation finds no abuse

Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec speaks at a press briefing...

Church in Dominican Republic advocates new pro-life penal code 

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First ordinations take place in Nicaraguan diocese since exile of Bishop Álvarez

One priest and seven deacons were ordained July 20 in...

Young adults defying secularism trend in Canadian Church

A recent Cardus study says young Catholics are twice as...

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Pope Francis: More needs to be done to restore dignity to organized crime victims

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‘Catholics for Harris-Walz’ online meeting downplays abortion concerns among faithful

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