Father Jean-Pierre Schumacher died 10 minutes after receiving the anointing of the sick at the start of a Mass for the feast of Christ of the King.

With Advent coming during an ongoing pandemic, Christians are called to hold on to hope and foster a season of compassion and tenderness, Pope Francis said.

“We are grateful that the governor has prevented an irreparable mistake.”

At their fall meeting, the U.S. bishops approved a three-year eucharistic revival that will culminate with the National Eucharistic Congress 2024 in Indianapolis.

At the trial’s fourth session Nov. 17, defense lawyer Luigi Panella argued that conversations between the prosecution and Pope Francis regarding the case should be included in the evidence.

Every year in Italy, more and more people choose to go through the process of de-baptism, made available by the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics, to formalize their abandonment of the Catholic Church.