Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles serves as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace. / Credit: Joe Bukuras/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 26, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of…

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. / Credit: Gabriele Maltinti/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 26, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA). France’s National Independent Authority for Recognition and Reparation (INIRR) has compensated nearly 850 victims of clergy sex abuse since 2021, according to its latest report released on Wednesday.  The annual report for 2024 states that since 2021,…

Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. / Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School Madrid, Spain, Mar 26, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). The principal of the Regnum Christi Highlands El Encinar school in Madrid, Father Jesús María Delgado, LC, has resigned days after five complaints of sexual abuse involving Father Marcelino de Andrés, former secretary of…

Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson. / Credit: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Mar 26, 2025 / 16:15 pm (CNA). Mel Gibson’s sequel to “The Passion of the Christ” — “The Resurrection of the Christ” — is set to begin production in Italy this August, according to Manuela Cacciamani, CEO of…

Pope Francis waves from a balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, following weeks of hospitalization for bilateral pneumonia. / Credit: Vatican Media/Screenshot Vatican City, Mar 26, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday highlighted the transformative power of God’s merciful love for those who encounter him at the…