Women baptized by Prem Bhai climb to his memorial singing devotional songs during a 2018 observance of the Catholic missionary. / Credit: Anto Akkara Bangalore, India, Jan 14, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Amid prospects of revival of an anti-conversion law passed in 1978, Christian leaders of Arunachal Pradesh state in northeast India expressed little…

Opus Dei founder St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer in Mexico in 1970. / Credit: Opus Dei/Flickr Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 14, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Opus Dei, the nearly century-old Rome-based personal prelature, has released a lengthy response to the October 2024 book “Opus,” accusing the book of giving “a false picture of Opus…

null / Credit: Freedom Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 14, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The Catholic bishops’ pro-life chair called for forgiveness of women who have had abortions ahead of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, reminding the faithful that “no sin is beyond God’s unfathomable mercy.” Jan. 22 marks the 52nd anniversary of Roe…

From left to right: Auxiliary Bishop of the Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region Matthew G. Elshoff, St. Monica pastor Father Lloyd Torgerson, and Corpus Christi pastor Monsignor Liam Kidney celebrate Mass at St. Monica Church with Corpus Christi’s surviving tabernacle next to the altar on Jan. 12, 2025. / Credit: Paul Escala Seattle,…