Arkansas enacts religious freedom protections for adoptive parents, faith-based agencies — By: Catholic News Agency

Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at the annual CPAC D.C. conference at the Gaylord National Resort in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. / Credit: DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 14, 2025 / 14:32 pm (CNA). Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed into law…

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Pittsburgh bishop prays for end to violence after governor’s mansion arson attack — By: Catholic News Agency

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. / Credit: Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Apr 14, 2025 / 15:32 pm (CNA). A Catholic bishop in Pennsylvania expressed shock and offered prayers after a 38-year-old man was arrested and charged for allegedly attempting to murder Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and…

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Pope Francis declares Sagrada Familia basilica architect Antoni Gaudí ‘venerable’ — By: Catholic News Agency

The Basilica de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, designed by architect Antoni Gaudí. Pope Francis on Monday, April 14, 2025, declared Gaudí “venerable,” bringing him one step closer to sainthood. / Credit: Public domain; r.nagy/Shutterstock Vatican City, Apr 14, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Monday declared Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí “venerable,”…

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Vatican updates rules for Mass intentions, permits collective offerings under strict conditions — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for Korean Catholics before the statue of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn was blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, on Sept. 16, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Apr 13, 2025 / 14:50 pm (CNA)….

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Congolese bishops express ‘spiritual closeness’ with victims of deadly floods in Kinshasa — By: Catholic News Agency

At least 33 people have been reported dead and thousands displaced following April 5-6, 2025, flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. / Credit: Catholic Radio Elikya/Arsene/Radio Okapi ACI Africa, Apr 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic…

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Armenian Patriarchate takes legal action to halt Jerusalem’s tax foreclosure — By: Catholic News Agency

The main entrance to the Armenian Patriarchate and the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Apr 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Tensions have continued to escalate between the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem municipality with the latest skirmish over a demand for significant property tax payments called the “Arnona…

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