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State capitol in Dover, Delaware. / Jon Bilous/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Apr 19, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA). Delaware’s Democratic Gov. Matt Meyer is set to sign a controversial assisted suicide bill recently passed by the state legislature, one that has drawn opposition from Catholic advocates who warn that it will “put the lives of [the…
Texas capitol building, Austen. / Gang Liu/Shutterstock Austin, Texas, Apr 19, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Texas House of Representatives this week approved a sweeping school choice bill, one hailed by the state’s Catholic bishops and which could significantly reshape how families access private and religious education in the state. Senate Bill 2 passed…
The custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, anoints the statue of Jesus on the Stone of Anointing during the ceremony known as the “funeral procession” on Good Friday night 2024. According to the tradition and the Status Quo, on the evening of Good Friday — both Catholic and Orthodox — the rite of…
Vice President J.D. Vance shares a moment of laughter with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, during their meeting at the Vatican on Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025. / Screenshot / Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Apr 19, 2025 / 07:35 am (CNA). Vice President J.D. Vance of the United States was received at the…
Joseph Lovskiy (left), the only Catholic in his Russion Orthodox family, with his wife (right) and their youngest son, a Russian Orthodox priest, and his family. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Joseph Lovskiy Rome Newsroom, Apr 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to…
Sts. Peter and Paul, the patron saints of Rome, guard the entrance to Ponte Sant’Angelo, welcoming pilgrims as they begin their journey toward St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Apr 18, 2025 / 15:10 pm (CNA). Each year, thousands of faithful pilgrims purposefully pass over the Tiber River via Rome’s Ponte Sant’Angelo,…
Thousands of faithful gather outside Rome’s illuminated Colosseum for the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross ceremony on April 18, 2025, where Cardinal Baldassare Reina led the procession featuring Pope Francis’s meditations on divine mercy and human fragility. / Credit: Vatican Media/Screenshot CNA Newsroom, Apr 18, 2025 / 18:05 pm (CNA). Against the ancient…
Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, gives the homily during a two-hour Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 18, 2025 / 13:29 pm (CNA). Rather than an “artificial” intelligence, Christ’s death teaches us the authentic “intelligence of the cross,” which…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance (right) and his family attend the Vatican’s Liturgy for the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 18, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his family attended the Vatican’s Liturgy for the Lord’s…
A damaged bus and vehicles after a Russian missile strike on Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 13, 2025. / Credit: AP Photo/Volodymyr Hordiienko Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 18, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week: Palm Sunday bombing in Ukraine claims 34…
