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Netflix highlights the fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in France in 2019 in which the crown of thorns that the Roman soldiers placed on the Lord's head was almost lost in a new series called "Mysteries of the Faith." / Credit: "Mysteries of the Faith" trailer/NetflixACI Prensa Staff, Feb 4, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).How can an ancient object connect Catholics to the sacrifice of Jesus? Why does the Catholic Church venerate and safeguard these objects with such care? These questions begin "Mysteries of Faith," a Netflix series that explores the history and meaning of the relics of the saints and the passion of the Lord.In a four-part series, some of the most important relics for Catholicism are presented due to their direct relationship with the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus: the crown of thorns, the holy grail, and a fragment of the holy cross that is preserved in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Additionally, the last episode of the miniseries focuses on the importance of the relics of ...
Young people use mobile devices in isolation from each other at Willowbrook Mall in Langley, British Columbia. In their pastoral letter on social media, the Canadian bishops suggest fasting from screens once a week and taking a "Technology Sabbath." / Credit: Paul SchratzVancouver, Canada, Feb 4, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA).Catholic institutions and media outlets must hold themselves to the highest standards, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a Jan. 24 pastoral letter that focuses on social media.As a communication tool, social media has great potential to "serve a fundamental human good: the building of bridges among people by the sharing of information," the bishops write in "Let Your Speech Always Be Gracious," released on the feast day of St. Francis de Sales, who was known for his graciousness in speech and is patron saint of writers and publishers.The Canadian bishops "applaud the missionary spirit of those who have chosen to witness" through social media, and...
Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus address at St. Peter's on Feb. 4, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Feb 4, 2024 / 09:22 am (CNA).Pope Francis reminded the faithful during the Sunday Angelus that Jesus' example of being "on the move," in his preaching and in performing miracles, is a reminder that God is never distant, but "always close to us."Reflecting on today's Gospel reading from Mark 1:29-39, the pope observed in his exegesis that Jesus, "after teaching in the synagogue, comes out so that the Word he preached can reach, touch and heal people." While acknowledging that the idea of a God that "is distant, cold, indifferent to our fate" is prevalent, the pope underscored that today's reading dispels this notion, revealing to us instead that Jesus shows "to us that God is not a detached master who speaks to us from on high." "On the contrary, he is a Father filled with love who makes himself close to us, who visits our homes, who wants to save ...
Panelists speak at an Oct. 23, 2023, Catholic-organized anti-death penalty event at Xavier University's Bellarmine Chapel in Cincinnati. / Credit: Catholic Mobilizing NetworkCNA Staff, Feb 4, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).An active Catholic anti-death penalty group is engaged in a yearslong mission to spread what its director calls the "fundamental belief" that even convicted murderers should be "treated with dignity" and protected from capital punishment. Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN), which is based in Washington, D.C., describes itself on its website as "a national organization that mobilizes Catholics and all people of goodwill" to "value life over death, to end the use of the death penalty," and "to transform the U.S. criminal justice system from punitive to restorative."Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, the group's executive director, told CNA the organization's mission "is rooted in the Gospel value that every human is created in the image and likeness of God." CMN pro...
Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See Raphael Schutz meets with Pope Francis on February 2, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaCNA Newsroom, Feb 3, 2024 / 14:11 pm (CNA).In a letter addressed to "my Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel" and released today, Pope Francis lamented the "terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the world" that has taken place since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war last October.The Holy Father's fresh declarations on the subject were made in response to a November appeal, signed by several hundred rabbis and scholars, that called on the Catholic Church "to act as a beacon of moral and conceptual clarity amid an ocean of disinformation, distortion and deceit" and to "distinguish between legitimate political criticism on Israel's policy in the past and present and between hateful negation of Israel and of Jews."In his letter, which follows on the heels of the Holy Father's Feb. 2 private audience with Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See Raphael Schu...
null / Diego Cervo/Shutterstock.Rome Newsroom, Feb 3, 2024 / 09:21 am (CNA).The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released a note on Saturday on discerning the validity of the sacraments.The new document signed by Pope Francis and DDF Prefect Cardinal Victor Fernández is titled "Gestis Verbisque," or "Deeds and Words." Fernández wrote in his introduction to the text that the note on the sacraments was written "to help bishops in their task as promoters and custodians of the liturgical life of the particular Churches entrusted to them.""The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith intends to offer in this Note some elements of a doctrinal nature with regard to discernment on the validity of the celebration of the Sacraments, paying attention also to some disciplinary and pastoral implications," he wrote.The 11-page text published only in Italian on Feb. 3 reiterates that for all sacraments in the Catholic Church, the "observance of both matter a...
Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 6, 2023. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Feb 3, 2024 / 10:30 am (CNA).The Vatican announced on Saturday that Synod on Synodality organizers are inviting 300 parish priests to come to Rome for a meeting of "listening, prayer, and discernment" that will help shape the next Synod assembly discussions.The international meeting of priests will take place from April 28 to May 2 with the goal of "listening to and valuing the experience of parish priests"and providing them with "an opportunity to experience the dynamism of synodal work at a universal level."The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops said that the meeting is being organized in response to the first Synod assembly's Synthesis Report, which identified a need to "develop ways for a more active involvement of deacons, priests and bishops in the synodal process during the coming year." The participating priests were selected by their local bishops' conference in...
Joseph Cardinal Zen is bishop emeritus of Hong Kong. / Credit: The World Over with Raymond ArroyoCNA Staff, Feb 2, 2024 / 16:22 pm (CNA).In an interview on "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo" that aired Feb. 1, Cardinal Joseph Zen presented his new book, "Cardinal Zen's Lenten Reflections" and addressed recent controversial matters within the Catholic Church. Zen credited his friend Aurelio Porfiri, who had some of the cardinal's previous pastoral letters and homilies translated for publication, for making the project possible.Asked about the sections of Cardinal Zen's Lenten Reflections that speak about persecution, the 92-year-old bishop emeritus of Hong Kong recalled that "the Church is always persecuted." "Jesus said, 'They don't like you because they don't like me,' so we are going to be persecuted," he pointed out."We should not desire persecution. But when the persecution comes, you have to be happy, because the strength which comes to the martyrs [is] not their ow...
A bronze sculpture of St. Josephine Bakhita, patron of trafficking victims. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAACI Prensa Staff, Feb 2, 2024 / 17:15 pm (CNA)."Journeying in Dignity: Listen, Dream, Act" is the theme of the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking to be held on Feb. 8, a date established by Pope Francis on the feast of St. Bakhita, an African woman who before becoming a nun was enslaved and who is a symbol in the Church of the fight against this scourge, which affects millions of people.St. Josephine Bakhita, Sudanese by birth and naturalized Italian citizen, experienced firsthand the horrors of slavery for much of her life. The name "Bakhita" means "fortunate" and was given to her when she was 9 years old by slave traders, while the name "Josephine" was given to her 12 years later when she was baptized.A press release from the organizers explained that "human trafficking is the process by which people are coerced or lured by false prospects, r...
null / Credit: Father Vytautas Markünas, SDB / CathopicWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 2, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA).Bishop Oscar Solis of the Diocese of Salt Lake City is urging lawmakers to protect the seal of confession when considering legislation that would change sex abuse reporting laws when the reporter is a member of clergy.A proposed bill before the Utah Legislature would extend to members of the clergy the same legal protections when reporting sex abuse that are given to mandatory reporters. Essentially, the legislation would shield clergy from potential civil or criminal liability when reporting a potential abuser if he "reasonably believes that a child is the subject of ongoing abuse or neglect."Unlike similar proposals in 2020 and 2023, the bill would not make the priest a mandatory reporter and would not require the priest to report on information learned when hearing a confession. However, the protection from legal liability would extend to the priest if he were ...
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