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Easter Vigil in Dublin, Ireland. / Credit: Archdiocese of Dublin
Dublin, Ireland, Jun 5, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Church leaders in Dublin say Ireland’s increase in adult baptisms is a journey of accompaniment and catechesis.
Sister Angela Musolesi served as an assistant to renowned exorcist priest Gabriel Amorth for 28 years. / Credit: Nicolás de Cárdenas/ACI Prensa
Madrid, Spain, Jun 4, 2025 / 10:47 am (CNA).
A Franciscan nun, Sister Angela Musolesi collaborated for 28 years with the renowned Italian priest and exorcist Father Gabriel Amorth.
Bern, Switzerland. / Credit: SCStock/Shutterstock
Stockholm, Sweden, Jun 3, 2025 / 10:16 am (CNA).
Originally founded a century ago, the Swiss Catholic Women’s Federation was established to preserve Catholic life in families, communities, and the state.
Karol Nawrocki, presidential candidate of the Law and Justice Party (PiS), speaks to supporters following the Polish presidential runoff election on June 1, 2025. / Credit: Marek Antoni Iwaczuk/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
CNA Staff, Jun 2, 2025 / 14:49 pm (CNA).
Karol Nawrocki vowed to maintain close ties between the Polish government and the Catholic Church, saying he views it as a cornerstone of national culture.
In the morning, the Holy Blood is venerated in St. Salvator Cathedral during a Eucharistic celebration, with archbishop of Tehran Cardinal Dominique Mathieu concelebrating. Then during the procession, he carries the reliquary for part of the route on May 29, 2025. / Credit: Thomas P. Reiter
Bruges, Belgium, May 31, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).
The Medieval city of Bruges, Belgium, marked a centuries-old tradition with veneration of the UNESCO-honored Holy Blood Procession on the feast of the Ascension.
Just a mention of Lough Derg summons tales of sleep deprivation, discomfort, and hunger, but it’s a deeply spiritual place of renewal and hope, from which faithful pilgrims often emerge reborn through the rituals of self-purification. / Credit: Lough Derg
Dublin, Ireland, May 31, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Lough Derg is renowned among the faithful for its physically grueling but spiritually uplifting three-day pilgrimage.
An attendee prays the rosary during a demonstration called by the association “La Marche pour la vie” against abortion and euthanasia in Versailles, southwest of Paris, on March 4, 2024. / Credit: GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images
Paris, France, May 31, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The amended version of the law was passed on May 27 with 305 votes in favor and 199 against.
The Paderborn Cathedral in Germany / Credit: By A.Savin / Wikimedia Free Art License
Frankfurt, Germany, May 29, 2025 / 10:48 am (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Paderborn in western Germany expressed regret that the staging had “hurt religious feelings” and has since initiated internal reviews.
The case containing the body of St.Teresa of Ávila after an extraordinary public exposition in 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Discalced Carmelites Iberian Province
Madrid, Spain, May 28, 2025 / 18:11 pm (CNA).
Approximately 93,000 faithful venerated the body of St. Teresa of Jesus (Ávila), which was publicly exhibited May 11–25 for the third time in four centuries.
Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, presides over a celebratory liturgy at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on the occasion of the World Day of Eastern Christians on May 25, 2025. / Credit: L’Œuvre d’Orient
ACI MENA, May 27, 2025 / 17:18 pm (CNA).
On the World Day of Eastern Christians, a liturgy was celebrated at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Sunday, May 25, presided over by Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako.
The Lecceto hermitage near Siena, Italy. / Credit: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
ACI Stampa, May 27, 2025 / 12:18 pm (CNA).
Sister Sara Maria of the Augustinian nuns of Lecceto speaks about the activities of the monastery in the province of Siena and the nuns’ relationship with Leo XIV.
Casamari Abbey in Italy. / Credit: D. Ermacora
Rome, Italy, May 26, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The monastery of Casamari in Italy was built in the 11th century on the foundations of a temple dedicated to Ceres, the Greek goddess of the earth, fertility, and harvests.