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Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo and her husband, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. / Credit: Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 15, 2025 / 15:28 pm (CNA). The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua has banned, for the third consecutive year, street processions in the…
Illinois state capitol in Springfield. / Credit: Paul Brady Photography/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 15, 2025 / 15:59 pm (CNA). Illinois Catholic bishops are calling on people of faith to actively oppose proposed legislation “that seeks to legalize assisted suicide in Illinois.” The Catholic Conference of Illinois (CCI) in a statement urged residents to contact…
Archbishop Charles Scicluna (left) and Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu (right). / Credit: Claudio Reyes/AFP/Getty Lima Newsroom, Apr 15, 2025 / 13:31 pm (CNA). The Vatican announced Tuesday that the suppression of the Sodality of Christian Life and all the institutions founded by Luis Fernando Figari has been formalized as a result of an investigation ordered by…
The new statue by Timothy P. Schmalz titled “Be Welcoming” is displayed in St. Peter’s Square, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. / Credit: Victoria Isabel Cardiel/EWTN News Vatican City, Apr 15, 2025 / 10:07 am (CNA). A new Vatican-commissioned sculpture by Canadian artist Timothy P. Schmalz titled “Be Welcoming” was installed in St. Peter’s Square on…
Pope Francis kisses the foot of one of the 12 women whose feet he washed at the Rebibbia Women’s Prison in Rome on Holy Thursday, March 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Apr 15, 2025 / 10:38 am (CNA). For Holy Week, Pope Francis has delegated three cardinals to celebrate the Vatican’s Holy…
In 1993 Marcus Grodi (left) founded the Coming Home Network. It is currently led by his son JonMarc Grodi (right). / Credit: “The Journey Home”/EWTN screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 15, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Coming Home Network will host its first-ever “clergy convert conference” next month to foster fellowship among former Protestant…
A view of the Opera House in the port zone of Sydney. / Credit: Benh LIEU SONG vía Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0) CNA Staff, Apr 15, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Catholic advocates in Australia are warning lawmakers there of the risk that pornography exposure poses to children, including the threat of normalizing forms of…
The coordinator of the Commission for Justice and Peace in Cameroon’s Diocese of Kumbo said that traffickers, who are now capitalizing on the region’s crises, “keep changing their strategies.” / Credit: Justice and Peace Commission of Kumbo Diocese ACI Africa, Apr 15, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Cameroon’s Diocese of Kumbo, which is part of…
From left to right: Pastor of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, Father Jeffrey Kirby; Nalin Haley and his parents, Nikki Haley and Michael Haley. / Credit: Courtesy of Father Jeffrey Kirby/screenshot of X post Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 14, 2025 / 19:57 pm (CNA). Nalin Haley, the son of former U.S. presidential candidate Nikki…
Thousands celebrate the beginning of Holy Week on April 13, 2025, with a Palm Sunday procession in Qaraqosh, Iraq. / Credit: Ismael Adnan/ACI MENA ACI MENA, Apr 14, 2025 / 17:12 pm (CNA). The streets of Qaraqosh, Iraq — also known as Baghdeda — were filled with joy as residents celebrating Palm Sunday carried olive…
