In a statement published Jan. 3, 2025, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of South Africa’s Mthatha Diocese weighed in on the situation of the illegal miners who have been trapped in a mine in South Africa’s North West Province since November. / Credit: SACBC ACI Africa, Jan 7, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The hundreds of illegal…

President Joe Biden speaks during an interfaith prayer service at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, in New Orleans on Jan. 6, 2025, with the families and community members impacted by the New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans. / Credit: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan 7, 2025 /…

null / Credit: Darko Stojanovic via Pixabay, CC0/Public Domain CNA Staff, Jan 7, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). A lawsuit filed in federal court claims that officials in an Ohio city retaliated against a Catholic hospital, violating its constitutional rights in the process, after doctors there refused to perform a drug search on a patient….

Spirits were uplifted and joyful following the concluding Mass at the end of the SEEK25 conference on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, as some 3,500 young Catholics, priests, and religious poured out of the Washington Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C. / Credit: Migi Fabara/CNA Washington D.C., Jan 7, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Some 3,500 young…

People visit the St. Patrick Catholic Church, illuminated with decorative lights on Christmas Eve in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, on Dec. 24, 2024. / Credit: R. SATISH BABU/AFP via Getty Images Bangalore, India, Jan 7, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). In an appeal to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, more than 400 Christian and civil…

Pilgrims cross the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Dec. 25, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, Jan 7, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). More than half a million people have passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, two weeks after its Christmas Eve opening.  Pope Francis,…