This statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is on Apparition Hill, overlooking the village of Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina. / Credit: Adam Jan Figel/Shutterstock

National Catholic Register, Sep 19, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA).

More than 40 million pilgrims from around the world have flocked to the small village named Medjugorje since 1981.

Isabel Spruce-Vaughn was arrested twice for praying outside abortion clinics. / Credit:ADF UK

London, England, Sep 19, 2024 / 12:06 pm (CNA).

Bishops of England and Wales have condemned legislation relating to prayer outside abortion clinics, saying it represents a step backward for religious freedom.

The blood of St. Januarius liquefied on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, before a Mass in Naples, Italy, where Archbishop Domenico Battaglia said that the blood of the fourth-century martyr is a powerful reminder that “love is stronger than death.” / Credit: Archdiocese of Naples

Rome Newsroom, Sep 19, 2024 / 10:40 am (CNA).

The archbishop of Naples recalled that Sept. 19 marks the anniversary of St. Januarius’ martyrdom more than 1,700 years ago.

José Masip, co-director of the Congress on Catholics and Public Life. / Credit: Catholic Association of Propagandists

Madrid, Spain, Sep 19, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).

The Congress of Catholics and Public Life has issued a manifesto that calls on Catholics to offer solid foundations to a society that lives “as if God did not exist.”

St. Januarius and the miracle of the liquefaction of his blood contained in a relic. / Credit: Louis Finson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Photo2023, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Naples, Italy, Sep 19, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).

On Sept. 19 and on two other occasions each year the blood of St. Januarius usually liquifies — a miraculous occurrence no one can explain.

Cross overlooking the Casentino Valley. / Credit: Alexey Gotovskiy EWTN / CNA

Rome Newsroom, Sep 18, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).

Crowds gathered on Sept, 17 in the Casentino Valley in Italy for the 800th anniversary celebration of St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata, the wounds of Christ.

The Church of St. James in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. / Credit: Miropink/Shutterstock

Rome Newsroom, Sep 18, 2024 / 12:50 pm (CNA).

The head of the Vatican’s doctrine office will hold a press conference Thursday about the “spiritual experience” at the Marian site, the Vatican said.

Floods severely affected Heiligenkreuz in the Vienna Woods in Austria on Sept. 15, 2024. / Credit: Leopoldinum Seminary

CNA Newsroom, Sep 18, 2024 / 11:52 am (CNA).

Severe flooding across Central Europe has caused widespread damage to historic monasteries and seminaries, with over 20 deaths reported.

The altar of St. Robert Bellarmine in Sant'Ignazio, Rome. / Credit: Carl Bunderson

Rome, Italy, Sep 17, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).

The Church on Sept. 17 celebrates St. Robert Bellarmine, a Jesuit and a cardinal who used his incredible intellect to defend Catholic teaching,

French Catholic priest Abbe Pierre takes part in a demonstration on May 6, 1994. / Credit: JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Staff, Sep 13, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA).

Abbé Pierre died in 2007 and in recent months, numerous allegations have surfaced regarding alleged sexual misconduct by the well-known priest.