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- PHOTOS: Madrid launches holy year in honor of St Isidore the Farmer 19/05/2022Opening Mass for Archdiocese of Madrid’s Holy Year of St. Isidore on May 15, 2022. / Archdiocese of Madrid/Ignacio Arregui Madrid, Spain, May 19, 2022 / 11:15 am (CNA). Madrid has kicked off a holy year in honor of the 400th anniversary of the canonization of its patron saint, St. Isidore the Farmer.During the jubilee […]
- Pope Francis joined by Bono for launch of international educational movement 19/05/2022Pope Francis meets Bono at the launch of the Scholas Occurrentes International Educational Movement at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, May 19, 2022. / Vatican Media. Rome Newsroom, May 19, 2022 / 09:54 am (CNA). Pope Francis formally launched an international educational movement on Thursday in the presence of U2 singer Bono.The pope inaugurated […]
- ‘I felt I completely lost my soul’: Ex-military nurse battling addiction finds solace at Lourdes 19/05/2022Richard Johnson, left, and his brother Djay attend the 8th annual Warriors to Lourdes pilgrimage on May 10-16, 2022. / Solène Tadié. Lourdes, France, May 19, 2022 / 09:10 am (CNA). In 2001, Richard Johnson suffered a major knee injury during an operation in Kosovo. The military nurse was given strong painkillers, which led him […]
- George Weigel on what the Vatican can learn from JPII’s diplomacy with Russia 19/05/2022St. John Paul II (1920-2005). / Itto Ogami via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0). Rome, Italy, May 19, 2022 / 06:23 am (CNA). John Paul II began his pontificate with the words “Be not afraid” — a phrase that the Polish pope’s biographer believes can be applied to Vatican diplomacy with Russia and China today.George […]
- John Paul II’s mom chose life after her doctor advised an abortion 18/05/2022Karol Wojtyla with his parents. Photo courtesy of the Dicoese of Krakow. / null Rome Newsroom, May 18, 2022 / 12:01 pm (CNA). Over one hundred years ago on May 18, Emilia Wojtyla gave birth to her second son, Karol, after a difficult and life-threatening pregnancy. The child would grow up to be St. John […]