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An aerial view of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. / Credit: arindambanerjee/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 7, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). On the morning of Sunday, Aug. 3, nine people working at an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, were kidnapped. Among them was a lay missionary and a disabled child, barely 3 years old. According…
Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO). / Credit: CENCO ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 7, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) reported that the bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo are demanding justice following the massacre perpetrated by a group linked to the…
St. Hedwig Cathedral in Berlin, Germany. / Credit: Cedric BLN via Wikimedia (Public domain) CNA Newsroom, Aug 7, 2025 / 09:23 am (CNA). German bishops are divided sharply over implementing blessing guidelines for same-sex couples, with a comprehensive survey by katholisch.de revealing stark divisions across the country’s 27 dioceses, three months after the publication of…
null / Credit: H4stings, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Newsroom, Aug 7, 2025 / 09:53 am (CNA). Marine Rosset, the newly appointed president of France’s largest Catholic-inspired scouting organization, resigned less than two months after her election amid intense criticism over her support for abortion rights and her homosexual relationship. After announcing her…
Kiko Argüello and young people from the Neocatechumenal Way at Tor Vergata on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 6, 2025 / 16:16 pm (CNA). About 120,000 young people from the Neocatechumenal Way participated in a gathering on Aug. 4, the feast day of the Curé of Ars, to…
Irish high cross at the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary, Ireland. / Credit: Marie-Lise Van Wassenhove via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Dublin, Ireland, Aug 6, 2025 / 13:11 pm (CNA). This week in Ireland, the Intercession for Priests ministry marks its 50th anniversary with Mass in Knock followed by a weeklong retreat at Maynooth…
Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly. / Credit: Courtesy of Knights of Columbus/Screenshot Washington D.C., Aug 6, 2025 / 13:47 pm (CNA). At the first Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention since Pope Francis’ death, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly offered a tribute to the former pontiff’s legacy and celebrated the growth of the organization and…
null / Credit: Lionsgate CNA Staff, Aug 6, 2025 / 14:17 pm (CNA). Lionsgate has officially announced the release dates for Mel Gibson’s highly anticipated film “The Resurrection of the Christ.” In an X post on Aug. 5, the film company announced that the film will be split into two parts and will be released…
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley Executive Director Sister Norma Pimentel speaks to reporters on May 8, 2023, in Brownsville, Texas. / Credit: Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images CNA Staff, Aug 6, 2025 / 14:55 pm (CNA). A state appeals court in Texas this week affirmed that Attorney General Ken Paxton will not be permitted to…
The European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium. / Credit: Ala z via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) CNA Deutsch, Aug 6, 2025 / 10:44 am (CNA). A leading Christian human rights organization has rejected accusations of extremism in a controversial report by a European abortion advocacy group. The European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights…
