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Father Isaac Agabi, a parish priest in Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi, was abducted and tortured in 2020 and still suffers physical and psyschoigcal effects of his ordeal. / Credit: Courtesy of the Diocese of Auchi ACI Africa, Apr 4, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A priest in Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi who was abducted alongside…
null / Credit: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 3, 2025 / 18:32 pm (CNA). Nearly 20% of adults in the United States — approximately 50 million people — call themselves Catholic, but the American Catholic population is diverse in its beliefs, its adherence to Church teaching, and its religious practices as well as its…
St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. / Credit: Mistervlad/Shutterstock Vatican City, Apr 3, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). More than 20,000 pilgrims from 90 countries — including patients, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and other health care professionals — will participate in the Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers at the Vatican this weekend….
Human-rights lawyer Jared Genser is advocating on behalf of all Armenian prisoners of war and refugees of Nagorno-Karabakh and for true peace and stability between Armenia and Azerbaijan. / Credit: Free Armenian Prisoners campaign Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 3, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). A renowned international human rights lawyer is urging the Trump administration…
Tiananmen Square – Entrance to Forbidden City, Beijing, China. / Credit: 4H4Photography/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Apr 3, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA). New restrictions from China’s United Front ban foreign clergy from presiding over religious activities for Chinese people without the invitation of the Chinese government, severely limiting foreign missionary activity in the country. According to…
Christians protest a recent attack on Catholics in Jabalpur on April 1, 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Jabalpur Bangalore, India, Apr 3, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has condemned an attack on Catholic pilgrims visiting churches near the city of Jabalpur along with the beating of senior diocesan…
The Council of Nicaea in 325 as depicted in a fresco in Salone Sistino at the Vatican. / Credit: Giovanni Guerra (1544-1618), Cesare Nebbia (1534-1614) e aiuti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Apr 3, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The Vatican on Thursday released a historical document to recognize the opening of the…
Idaho Capitol in Boise. / Credit: Through the Lens of Life/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 3, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news: Idaho governor signs in utero human development education law Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little recently signed a law requiring public schools to teach students about…
Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline has been elected president of the French bishops’ conference, succeeding Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort as the Catholic Church in France continues responding to revelations of sexual abuse. / Credit: Laurent Coust/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Apr 3, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline has been elected president of…
A philosopher of science and technology, Father Ricardo Mejía Fernández is an expert in transhumanism. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Ricardo Mejía Fernández Madrid, Spain, Apr 3, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). In his new book “Integral Transhumanism,” Spanish priest Ricardo Mejía Fernández examines the transhumanist movement as “a technological extension of traditional humanism.”…
