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Courtney Mares

Catholic News Agency

Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency.

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Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, gives a testimony of Christian persecution Nov. 28, 2018, during a vespers service in the Crypt Church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

World

Catholic archbishop: papal visit could 'change trajectory' of Christian presence in Iraq

Courtney Mares|Dec 18, 2020|3 Min Read

A resident attends a Christmas party in the backyard of St. Martha retirement home in Speyer, Germany, Dec. 16, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Ralph Orlowski, Reuters)

World

Pope Francis calls for 'culture of care' in 2021 World Peace Day message

Courtney Mares|Dec 17, 2020|5 Min Read

Fr. Valentine Oluchukwu Ezeagu. (Photo courtesy of the Congregation of the Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy via CNA)

World

As abducted Catholic priest is freed, congregation prays for kidnappers' conversion

Courtney Mares|Dec 17, 2020|4 Min Read

The outdoor procession at the Holy House of Loreto in Italy on Dec. 9, 2020. (Basilica of the Holy House of Loreto via CNA)

Faith

Holy House of Loreto celebrates feast with illuminated Marian procession

Courtney Mares|Dec 10, 2020|3 Min Read

Giotto’s Nativity is projected on the facade of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. (Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino via CNA)

Faith

Assisi in Advent: illuminated frescoes and a nurse in a nativity scene

Courtney Mares|Dec 9, 2020|4 Min Read

A woman wearing a protective mask prays during Mass at a church in Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 1, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vatican has confirmed Pope Francis will visit Iraq March 5-8. (CNS photo/Abdullah Rashid, Reuters)

Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in 2021

Courtney Mares|Dec 7, 2020|3 Min Read

Sainte-Chapelle, the 13th-century chapel built by French King Louis IX to house Christ's crown of thorns. (Chris Chabot/Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0 via CNA)

World

Catholic bishops welcome 'realistic' new measures for public Masses in France

Courtney Mares|Dec 3, 2020|2 Min Read

Pope Francis leads his general audience in the papal library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Dec. 2, 2020. The pope continued his series of talks on prayer and reflected on the theme of blessings. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis: God is patient and never stops waiting for a sinner's conversion

Courtney Mares|Dec 2, 2020|4 Min Read

The Palais-Royal in Paris, home of the Council of State. (Olive Titus/CC PDM 1.0 via CNA)

World

French Catholic bishops win appeal against 30-person Mass limit

Courtney Mares|Nov 30, 2020|3 Min Read

Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris celebrates the annual chrism Mass at historic St. Sulpice Church April 17, 2019, in the wake of the massive fire that seriously damaged the historic Notre Dame Cathedral. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

French bishops appeal 'unacceptable' 30-person Mass limit

Courtney Mares|Nov 28, 2020|3 Min Read

Parishioners wearing protective face masks hold a banner reading "We want the Mass" during an open-air worship in front of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in Cambrai, France, Nov. 22, 2020. (CNS photo/Pascal Rossignol, Reuters)

World

French bishops press government to review 30-person Mass limit

Courtney Mares|Nov 25, 2020|3 Min Read

Pope John Paul II in 1996. (Vatican Media via CNA)

New book highlights St. John Paul II's influence amid Cold War

Courtney Mares|Nov 18, 2020|5 Min Read

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