Father Pedro Bismarck Chau was appointed as a new auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, on May 30, 2025. / Credit: Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 30, 2025 / 16:23 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Friday appointed Nicaraguan-born Father Pedro Bismarck Chau as auxiliary bishop of the…
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Cardinal Willem Eijk. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA Vatican City, May 30, 2025 / 13:38 pm (CNA). Cardinal Willem Eijk on Friday said the Pontifical Academy for Life should give more attention to the bioethical issues linked to “gender affirming” therapies and “transgender” treatments. The Dutch cardinal, a physician and member of the Pontifical Academy for…
Editor’s note: this analysis comes from a Canadian traditionalist and forms part of our Ukraine Crisis series. Our Conversion of Russia series is aimed at the traditional stance of the Holy See toward Russian Christendom in light of Fatima. In both cases we publish Catholics views from all sides, with an emphasis on solidarity for…
St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. / Credit: Joonas Plaan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) ACI MENA, May 30, 2025 / 12:02 pm (CNA). An appeals court in the Egyptian city of Ismailia has ruled that the monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula have the right to use the…
Above: Tintagel Castle, possible birthplace of King Arthur. King Arthur, since watching The Sword in the Stone as a very young child with my father back in 1963 (though to be fair, all I really remembered until seeing it again a decade later was the haunting opening song) has held a stronghold upon my imagination….
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We can all recall with vivid memory the thundering chariot race that was orchestrated by William Wyler in the 1950’s epic film, Ben-Hur. While the film explores the themes of revenge and Christ’s redemption, the novel plunges the reader into a much deeper experience. Ben Hur, written by Lew Wallace and published in 1880, revolves…
The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library. the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City, is one of the oldest libraries in the world. / Credit: Checco2/Shutterstock Vatican City, May 30, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to…
