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St. Brigid of Kildare building the Church of the Oak, detail from a window of St. Etheldreda’s Church in London. / Credit: Lawrence OP via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Dublin, Ireland, Feb 1, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA).

In Ireland, Feb. 1 marks the beginning of spring and the celebration of “Lá Fhéile Bríde” — St. Brigid’s Day.

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Dublin, Ireland, Feb 1, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).

St. Brigid has given Ireland one of its most iconic religious and cultural images — the cross that carries her name.

St. John Bosco. / Credit: Public domain

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 31, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).

History notes how much the Freemasons hated St. John Bosco — whose feast the Church celebrates Jan. 31 — but less is known about their attempts to kill him.

The Reichstag building in Berlin, where the Bundestag meets. / Credit: jan zeschky via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

CNA Newsroom, Jan 30, 2025 / 08:45 am (CNA).

The controversy has highlighted divisions within German Catholicism regarding migration policy.

Luigina Siniapi’s numerous supernatural gifts, including bilocation and precognition of events and situations, were recognized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. / Credit: Public domain

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 29, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The Vatican has issued a decree recognizing the heroic virtues of Servant of God Luigina Sinapi, declaring her “venerable.”

Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos of Albania, 95, died on Jan. 25, 2025 in Greece due to a recent illness. He led the Albanian Orthodox church for nearly 33 years. / Credit: Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rome Newsroom, Jan 28, 2025 / 14:25 pm (CNA).

Under Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos’ leadership, after the fall of communism, more than 400 parishes were reopened and several new churches were built.

An illustration of the topic of Thomas Aquinas and AI created by DALL-E, a text-to-image model native to ChatGPT. / Credit: DALL-E/OpenAI

CNA Newsroom, Jan 28, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA).

According to one German theologian, the Catholic saint and doctor of the Church can contribute to contemporary discussions about AI’s risks and role in society.

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Rome Newsroom, Jan 27, 2025 / 17:40 pm (CNA).

The Auschwitz martyrs’ legacy of holiness continues to be a source of inspiration for Catholics worldwide.

The entrance to Auschwitz 1, the infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign. / Credit: Joe Passmore

Krakow, Poland, Jan 27, 2025 / 12:15 pm (CNA).

Jan. 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the concentration camp in which Father Maximilian Kolbe gave his life for another.

Westminster Lord Mayor Robert Rigby speaks to guests at the Companions Café in London on Jan. 16, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Westminster City Council

London, England, Jan 25, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

The Companions of the Order of Malta open their Companions Café twice a week, seeking to put into practice their mission: “to practice our faith and to practice charity.”