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Group photo in front of the Church of the Sacred Family in Gaza during the visit of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, on Dec. 22, 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 7, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Here are some of the major stories…
Cathedral of Bogotá, Colombia. / Credit: Eduardo Berdejo/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 7, 2025 / 17:40 pm (CNA). In a meeting this week between the leadership of the Colombian Catholic Church and President Gustavo Petro, the bishops reiterated their commitment to peace and reconciliation in the country. The meeting, held on March 4 at…
Sudanese refugees who have fled from the war in Sudan get off a truck loaded with families arriving at a transit center for refugees on Feb. 13, 2024. / Credit: LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 7, 2025 / 18:10 pm (CNA). The State Department has lifted its funding suspension for Jesuit…
null / Credit: tglegend/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 7, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). A New Jersey diocese this week faced a significant setback in its ongoing court battle related to a clergy abuse investigation as the state Supreme Court announced it would consider whether decades of abuse allegations can be presented to a grand jury….
The lethal injection chamber at the Oklahoma State Penintentiary, May 7, 2010. / Credit: Josh Rushing via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 7, 2025 / 14:20 pm (CNA). A South Carolina death row inmate is scheduled to die by firing squad on Friday and executions are set to resume in Tennessee with…
The ecumenical World Day of Pray was held on the island of Roratonga in the Cook Islands on March 7, 2025. / Credit: Svetype26|Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Mar 7, 2025 / 11:35 am (CNA). The Cook Islands, a nation in the Pacific Ocean, hosted this year’s ecumenical World Day of Prayer on March 7, bringing together…
A Muslim chaplain prays during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. / Credit: DVIDSHUB via Flickr, CC BY 20 Vatican City, Mar 7, 2025 / 12:15 pm (CNA). The Vatican has expressed its solidarity with Muslims participating in the Ramadan fast, noting that Catholics also fast and do penance during the season of Lent and…
Maria Zuber, an American planetary scientist involved in multiple NASA missions (left), and Meng Anming, a Chinese developmental biologist specializing in embryonic research, are among five new members whom Pope Francis has appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Vatican announced March 7, 2025. / Credit: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons;…
Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, speaks with “EWTN News Nightly” on March 4, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 7, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron during his visit to the nation’s capital this week to attend President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress called on Catholic politicians…
null / Credit: FabrikaSimf/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 6, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA). The U.S. Catholic bishops reiterated their support on Thursday for a bill to protect women’s sports after the measure failed to pass the Senate in a procedural vote this week. In a statement released by the bishops’ conference, Bishop Robert Barron and…
