St. Anne's Gate / Wikimapia.orgCNA Newsroom, May 18, 2023 / 15:13 pm (CNA).An unidentified man is in custody after driving a car at high speed through a gate at the Vatican Thursday, the Holy See press office said.A guard stationed at the Santa Anna entrance fired his weapon in the direction of the vehicle s front tires, hitting the left front fender, but the vehicle proceeded onto the Vatican grounds until the driver got out at the San Damaso Courtyard, the main courtyard of the Apostolic Palace, the press office said. There the man was blocked and placed under arrest by the Gendarmerie Corps, the press office said.The incident happened after 8 p.m. at one of the main entrances to Vatican City by car. It is located north of St. Peter s Square and next to the Swiss Guard barracks. The press office said the man initially approached the entrance in his vehicle and was turned away because he lacked the proper authorization.Breaking news from Vatican: A man in his 40 s drove a.
Map of the four routes that will make up the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in summer 2024. / Image courtesy of National Eucharistic CongressWashington D.C., May 18, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).This past Wednesday, the executive team for the National Eucharistic Congress announced it will be launching a National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in the summer of 2024. The pilgrimage will consist of four cross-country eucharistic processions, collectively traversing the entire continental United States over a two-month period.The pilgrimage is being organized by the National Eucharistic Revival campaign in conjunction with Modern Catholic Pilgrim, a Catholic nonprofit dedicated to deepening the faith across the country through pilgrimages.The organizers are calling it "our national Emmaus moment," after the biblical passage in which Jesus walked with two of his disciples along the road to Emmaus."The pilgrimage is modeled after the road to Emmaus and is an invitation for pilgrims to enco
After receiving criticism a Manhattan Catholic church has changed the name of an art display from the title "God is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey" to "A Queer Spiritual Journey." / CNA/Beyond My Ken|Wikipedia|GFDLBoston, Mass., May 18, 2023 / 14:51 pm (CNA).Following concerns expressed by the Archdiocese of New York, a Manhattan Catholic church has changed the name of an art display from "God Is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey" to "A Queer Spiritual Journey."The alteration of the display at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle comes following a firestorm online reacting to photos shared on social media in early May, with many critics calling the display "blasphemous."The artwork is still on display at the 19th-century mother church of the Paulist Fathers in a side chapel dedicated to St. Agnes.The description has also changed slightly. The words "God Is Trans" have been removed from the first sentence.The display card for th
Universidad Católica Inmaculada Concepción of the Archdiocese of Managua (UCICAM). / Credit: UCICAM official websiteACI Prensa Staff, May 18, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).The Nicaraguan Ministry of the Interior (Migob) announced in official media the "voluntary dissolution" of the Immaculate Conception Catholic University of the Archdiocese of Managua (UCICAM), which functioned as a formation center for seminarians from the Nicaraguan capital.According to ministerial agreement 77-2023-OSFL, published May 18 in La Gaceta, the regime s official newspaper, the minister of the interior, María Amelia Coronel Kinloch, approved "by voluntary dissolution agreed by its members … the cancellation of legal personality" of the UCICAM.The dictatorship pointed out that the university, registered in the public records since July 2012, had allegedly been in "noncompliance with its obligations since 2015, since they did not report their financial statements and board of directors
A view of Vatican City State - / vaticanstate.vaRome Newsroom, May 19, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).A Vatican magistrate has sentenced the unidentified man who forcibly entered Vatican City on Thursday night to mandatory psychiatric treatment, according to the Holy See press office.The man was taken into Vatican custody on the night of May 18 after driving a car at high speed through a gate at the Vatican, bypassing the checkpoints of both the Swiss Guard and Gendarmes.After being questioned in the presence of his lawyer on Friday afternoon, the man "was taken to the psychiatric ward of Santo Spirito in Sassia Hospital for mandatory medical treatment," the Holy See press office said in a brief statement May 19.The incident leading to the man s arrest happened after 8 p.m. on May 18 at one of the main entrances to Vatican City by car.The entrance at Sant Anna Gate is located north of St. Peter s Square and next to the Swiss Guard barracks. The press office said the man, estimated to