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Paris is not a city, it's a world, they say, and so is the rich Catholic culture visible in its people and places. We gathered nine names of Parisian saints to accompany Catholics in 2024 -- the year of the Olympics and reopening of iconic Notre Dame Cathedral.
Message for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly from His Grace Most Reverend Francis Leo Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
With world peace under serious threat, Pope Francis called on all nations to observe the Olympic truce and cease all conflicts for the traditional period before, during and after the Olympic Games in Paris.
Pope Francis visits children of Vatican employees attending summer camp
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceChildren of Vatican employees began their summer holidays at a new outdoor sports area and pool as part of an annual summer program.
Vatican approval of apparitions would now be 'exceptional,' doctrine chief says
By Justin McLellan, Catholic News ServiceVatican rulings on allegedly supernatural phenomena, such as Marian apparitions, will continue to be released publicly, but official validation of an event's supernatural status -- as has happened at Lourdes, Fatima and Guadalupe -- would be "exceptional," the Vatican's doctrine chief said.
Synod document seeks responses to welcoming, serving everyone
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceThe working document for the October assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality has called for responses to how all the baptized can better serve the Catholic Church and help heal humanity's "deepest wounds."
Canadian Sister Marie-Leonie Paradis to be canonized on Oct. 20
By Canadian Catholic NewsCanadian Sister Blessed Marie-Leonie Paradis, founder of the Institute of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family of Sherbrooke, will be declared a saint on Oct. 20.
Pope Francis calls drug traffickers 'murderers,' pushes against legalization
While Christians must treat addicts with care and comprehension, drug traffickers who push their products on the vulnerable are "murderers" who are called to conversion, Pope Francis said.
Young Italo-Canadians preserve faith and culture traditions
By Angelica Vecchiato, Register CorrespondentClad with festive aprons and red bandanas, a group of enthusiastic Italo-Canadians rolled up their sleeves to partake in a traditional Italian bread-making workshop on in honour of the culturally significant feast of Santa Maria Salome (St. Mary Salome).
Be grateful, care for the elderly: Pope Francis
The elderly must not be accused of saddling younger generations with their medical expenses and pensions — a notion which foments intergenerational conflict and drives older people into isolation, Pope Francis said.
Vatican norms for Jubilee indulgence include pilgrimage, penance, service
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServicePilgrims passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica during the Holy Year 2025, going to confession, receiving Communion and praying for the intentions of the pope can receive an indulgence, but so can inmates in prison and those who work to defend human life or assist migrants and refugees.
How an adult film star fell in love with Jesus, quit her career and became Catholic
By Gina Christian, OSV NewsBree Solstad, formerly a top pornographic content creator, recently announced her conversion to Catholicism and her decision to walk away from her previous career.
Falling apart as an act of faith
By Leah PerraultNothing grows in a death grip, so dare to let yourself go
Several times in the last year, after speaking on grief and loss, I have been asked a question with variations on the same theme: What do we do when it feels like we cannot go on?