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Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 14, 2025 / 15:10 pm (CNA). The Greek-Catholic archbishop of Homs, Jean-Abdo Arbach, condemned the massacres of civilians that occurred in Syria last weekend — which left at least 1,000 dead — and urged Christians to maintain…
Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon, processes out of the Church of Our Lady of Providence after Mass during a Rise Up Encounter of World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, on Aug. 4, 2023. / Credit: Giulio Capece/EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 14, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA). Portland Archbishop Alexander Sample condemned what…
Activists display a long list of atrocities against minorities on the first 300 days of the Narendra Modi government on March 19, 2015. / Credit: Anto Akkara Bangalore, India, Mar 14, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Activists in India are decrying remarks from the leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in which…
Participants gather at a previous Rome Marathon. / Credit: Olivier florid, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Mar 14, 2025 / 11:50 am (CNA). Over 30,000 runners will hold 42 seconds of silence for Pope Francis before the start of the Rome Marathon on Sunday morning. The silence — 42 seconds for the…
Bishop Isaac Martínez Chuquizana leads the diocese of Cajamarca, Peru. / Credit: Peruvian Bishops Conference. Lima Newsroom, Mar 14, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The bishop of Cajamarca, Peru, has denounced a “direct attack” on the Catholic Church’s freedom of speech by the LGBTQ+ community, which accuses the Church of the “alleged crime of discrimination”…
null / Credit: Elena Ray/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The contribution of nearly 700 Catholic religious sisters to a “groundbreaking” decades-long study on Alzheimer’s and dementia continues to offer important information for maintaining “cognitive health” across the lifespan, researchers say. Launched in 1986 by neurologist David Snowdon, the “Nun Study”…
null / Credit: txking/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 13, 2025 / 17:50 pm (CNA). Diocese of Boise Bishop Peter F. Christensen raised concerns about a “culture of death” and threats to human dignity after Idaho made death by firing squad its primary method of execution for death row inmates. “Whether we live in Idaho or…
null / Credit: ivanko80/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 13, 2025 / 16:55 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. FDA chief counsel resigns after outcry over defense of abortion pill The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) chief counsel resigned Thursday following criticism from pro-life advocates for having defended abortion pills for the Biden administration. …
Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. / Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Regnum Christi has announced that it will review the safe environments protocols it has in place in Spain following five allegations of sexual abuse against the former secretary of Marcial Maciel, Legionary priest Marcelino…
Rosary beads and tributes are placed on the sculpture of St. John Paul II on March 13, 2025, at the main entrance of Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is being cared for. Today marks the 28th day since Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome on Feb. 14 and also 12 years since Jorge…
