Italy — where there is a Holy Door instituted by Pope St. Celestine V — emphasized that the jubilee is also a unique time for “personal and community conversion.” In fact, during each ...

Speaking with ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, Father Giuseppe Bonomo, an Italian priest at the Atri ...

Pope Francis closes the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica to mark the ... inspired by his predecessor Pope Celestine V’s “Jubilee” in L’Aquila six years prior, issued a bull of ...

Pope Francis turns 88 on Dec. 17. Depending on how one keeps score ... It’s interesting to note that the last Roman Pontiff to resign voluntarily was not Celestine V in 1294, but Gregory XII in 1415.

Faith, Hope and Charity Parish in Winnetka and pastor at St. Celestine Parish in Elmwood ... scholarship and commitment to service,” Cupich said. “Pope Francis has recognized Archbishop ...

Pope Francis Sunday raised the first Uruguayan national to sainthood from St. Peter's Square when he canonized Mother Francisca Rubatto, an Italian-Uruguayan nun who lived between 1844 and 1904.

Pope Francis recalled the witness of persecuted Christians around the world on Thursday as he celebrated the feast of St. Stephen, the Church’s first martyr. In his Angelus address on Dec.

St. Sylvester was born in Rome around 250 ... Sylvester continued to deny having anything of value, and after the governor died, the guards set him free. Pope Melchiades heard of Sylvester’s courage ...

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