FULL TEXT: Cardinal Artime’s homily on the eightth day of Novendiales — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime speaks at the eighth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica, Saturday, May 3, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, May 3, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Editor’s Note: On May 3, 2025, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, the former prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life…

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Catholic OB-GYN finds life-changing alternative to IVF — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: BAUER Alexandre/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 4, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Dr. Christopher Stroud was a Catholic OB-GYN who prescribed birth control and gave referrals for in vitro fertilization (IVF) until a priest admonished him in the sacrament of reconciliation. Now Stroud runs a life-affirming fertility clinic that uses Natural Procreative Technology…

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Texas Catholic schools prepare to grow as Abbott signs school choice bill into law — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Shutterstock Seattle, Wash., May 3, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Texas on Saturday officially enacted one of the largest school choice programs in its history, with Gov. Greg Abbott signing the measure into law on Saturday afternoon as Catholic educators turn their attention to the ground-level work of growth and planning amid the…

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FULL TEXT: Cardinal Artime's homily on the 8th day of Novendiales — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime speaks at the eighth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica, Saturday, May 3, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, May 3, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Editor’s Note: On May 3, 2025, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, the former prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life…

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At Novendiales Mass, Pope Francis hailed for 'unwavering confidence' in women religious — By: Catholic News Agency

Sister Mary Barron speaks at the eighth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica, Saturday, May 3, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, May 3, 2025 / 12:50 pm (CNA). At the eighth Novendiales Mass on Saturday, Pope Francis was hailed as a “humble and compassionate pastor,” one who maintained “unwavering confidence…

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Pope Francis urged 'heart and spirit' for 'the poorest' among us, Cardinal Artime says — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime incenses the altar at the eighth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica, Saturday, May 3, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, May 3, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis desired that consecrated Catholic men and women possess “a heart and a spirit pure and free enough”…

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How Francis will be remembered: ‘He left us a great love that we are obliged to replicate’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Left photo: Pivato and Pope Francis in March 2024. | Right photo: Francis and Pivato in December 2013, at the start of his pontificate. / Credit: Photos courtesy of Marcelo Pivato Lima Newsroom, May 3, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Following Pope Francis’ passing, one of his closest Argentine friends remembered him with gratitude, emphasizing…

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Catholic priest recounts massacres in Nigeria during Lent and Holy Week — By: Catholic News Agency

Credit: SevenMaps/Shutterstock ACI Africa, May 3, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). In the aftermath of this year’s Holy Week massacres in Nigeria’s Plateau and Benue states that reportedly left over 170 people dead, the pastor of St. Joseph Aboki Parish in the Diocese of Katsina-Ala has shared firsthand testimony of the deadly attacks, which he…

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Washington governor signs abuse bill requiring priests to break seal of confession — By: Catholic News Agency

Confessional. / AS photo studio/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, May 3, 2025 / 06:30 am (CNA). Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Friday signed a controversial state law that requires priests to report child abuse to authorities even if they learn of it during the sacrament of confession. The measure, introduced in the state legislature earlier this year,…

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