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“Abortion isn’t wrong because the Catholic Church says it’s wrong,” Bishop Donald Hying of Madison, Wisconsin, pointed out. “The Catholic Church says it’s wrong because it’s inherently wrong.” / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot CNA Staff, Jul 6, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). As the 2024 U.S. presidential election heats up, a Wisconsin bishop is calling…
Documents from the Pontificate of Pius XII released by the Vatican Apostolic Archive. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Jul 6, 2024 / 09:05 am (CNA). Pope Francis has named an Augustinian priest as the new prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archive, which preserves Church documents dating back to the eighth century. The Vatican announced…
Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani is archbishop emeritus of Lima, Perú. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 6, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, archbishop emeritus of Lima, Peru, is celebrating 36 years as a bishop and on the occasion has expressed his special gratitude to St. Josemaría Escrivá, founder…
Catholic men and women kneel down and pray inside the Antipolo Cathedral in the Philippines. / Credit: junpinzon/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Jul 6, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Vatican Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations Archbishop Paul Gallagher said the Holy See would encourage Catholics, particularly political leaders, in the Philippines to “listen to…
null / Credit: Khánh Hmoong via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 6, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Spanish family lawyer Enrique Sainz brought attention this week to a ruling handed down by a Church marriage tribunal in his country that decreed the annulment of a marriage in which the wife had an…
A painting of St. Maria Goretti by Giuseppe Brovelli-Soffredini. / Credit: EWTN/YouTube/screen shot CNA Staff, Jul 6, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). St. Maria Goretti, whose feast is celebrated on July 6, is one of the youngest canonized saints in the Catholic Church. Her powerful testimony of forgiveness shows how someone’s life can dramatically change…
Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka. / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 5, 2024 / 18:40 pm (CNA). The Kansas Supreme Court struck down two abortion-related laws on Friday: one that banned dilation and evacuation abortions and another detailing safety regulations for abortion clinics. The court overturned a 2015 ban of dilation and evacuation, or…
The Progress Pride flag is shown above (center flag) at a White House “Pride” celebration on June 10, 2023. / The White House, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 5, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is backing away from its previous support of sex-change surgeries for minors…
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. / Credit: Walter Breitenmoser/CNA CNA Staff, Jul 5, 2024 / 13:10 pm (CNA). The Pontifical Academy for Life has released a guide that it says will help the faithful in discussing the “religious and moral ethical implications” surrounding euthanasia, assisted suicide, and other controversial end-of-life…
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims at his General Audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 26, 2024 / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Jul 5, 2024 / 11:46 am (CNA). Pope Francis will travel more than 20,000 miles over the course of seven flights during his ambitious 12-day trip to four countries in…
