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Thousands of pilgrims have flocked to the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old Italian teenager whose use of technology to spread devotion to the Eucharist prompted Pope Francis to hail him as a role model for young people today.
Young Earth creationist organization Answers in Genesis, which operates the Ark Encounter attraction in Kentucky, has expressed doubt over researchers' claims that a boat-like formation found in eastern Turkey could likely be the location of Noah's Ark.
The head of Poland’s influential Catholic bishops’ conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, told Vatican Radio in Rome that “we all want to stay in Europe” and that “no reasonable person wants to leave it.”
The beatification of Carlo Acutis took place Oct. 10, 2020 after a miracle attributed to his prayers and the grace of God. In Brazil, a boy named Mattheus was healed from a serious birth defect called an annular pancreas. His mother, Luciana Vianna, had spent years praying for his healing.
El Salvador’s bishops released more details on four upcoming beatifications, but also encouraged participation at parishes throughout the country, saying the number of people allowed at the ceremony will depend on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Police in northern India arrested two Christians on false charges last month and beat them in custody while reviling them for their faith, sources said.
The ruling is not final.
Archbishop Domenico Battaglia’s appeal followed a spate of deadly violence.
A sprawling wine-making factory from the Byzantine era was uncovered in southern Israel recently. It’s the largest known complex of its kind from that time period in the world. Israeli archaeologists carrying out a salvage excavation before the Israeli coastal city of Yavne could expand, uncovered this huge complex.
Argentina’s bishops called a free performance of Handel’s Theodora held in Buenos Aires “blasphemy” after the leading lady read texts from a feminist famous for so-called queer theology.
