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Credit: Quisquilia/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 17, 2025 / 11:16 am (CNA). A group of Orthodox churches has joined the Catholic bishops of Washington state in suing the government over its requirement that clergy either violate the seal of confession or face jail time. The Orthodox Church in America, the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North…
Renowned exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth. / Credit: Angela Musolesi (CC BY-SA 4.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 17, 2025 / 11:54 am (CNA). Father Marcello Lanza of the International Association of Exorcists (IAE) recently honored Father Gabriele Amorth on the 100th anniversary of Amorth’s birth as “the most famous exorcist of the 20th century.” “Don Amorth…
The New Jersey State House. / Credit: Felix Lipov/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 17, 2025 / 10:37 am (CNA). The New Jersey government will be allowed to assemble a grand jury to investigate allegations of clergy sexual abuse there, the state Supreme Court said Monday. In a unanimous ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court said a…
Bernardo García is executive director of the Casablanca Declaration. / Credit: “EWTN Noticias”/Screenshot Lima Newsroom, Jun 17, 2025 / 09:42 am (CNA). Bernardo García, executive director of the Casablanca Declaration, a coalition that calls for the universal abolition of surrogacy, said that in reality the practice amounts to “the exploitation of poor women and the…
null / Credit: HoneySkies/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 17, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Nearly 50% of adults in the U.S. have some connection to the Catholic faith, according to new data from Pew Research. “Catholicism’s roots in the United States run deep,” Pew stated in a new report titled “U.S. Catholicism: Connections to the…
The Vatican Gardens at Castel Gandolfo is located on the wooded slopes of the Alban Hills, overlooking the blue waters of a small volcanic crater lake. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Rome Newsroom, Jun 17, 2025 / 06:47 am (CNA). The town of Castel Gandolfo has said Pope Leo XIV will again partake in the centuries-long…
A makeshift memorial for Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, is seen at the Minnesota State Capitol building on June 16, 2025, in St. Paul, Minnesota. / Credit: Steven Garcia/Getty Images CNA Staff, Jun 16, 2025 / 17:40 pm (CNA). A suspected shooter faces federal charges after he was arrested for the…
Cardinal Bechara Boutros Raï. / Credit: Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 16, 2025 / 18:10 pm (CNA). Cardinal Bechara Boutros Raï, patriarch of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, lamented the decline of the Christian population in the Middle East, noting that the Christian presence in the region exerts…
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem (pictured) and Cardinal Dominique Mathieu of the Archdiocese of Tehran–Isfahan in Iran asked for prayers on June 16, 2025, as the conflict between Iran and Israel escalated. / Credit: Courtesy of Custos of the Holy Land Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 16, 2025 / 18:40 pm (CNA). Catholic leaders…
Cardinal Raymond Burke gives the final blessing during the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage Mass in Rome on Oct. 25, 2014. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Jun 16, 2025 / 16:31 pm (CNA). Cardinal Raymond Burke said he has asked Pope Leo XIV to remove measures restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in…
