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Father Raffaele Grimaldi, inspector general of chaplains in Italian prisons. / Credit: Almudena Martínez-Bordiú/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 11, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis decided to open for the first time in history a Holy Door in the Italian prison of Rebibbia during the Jubilee of Hope, a gesture that the prisoners…
Black smoke billows over the city after drone strikes in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Sept. 19, 2023, amid Russia’s military invasion on Ukraine. / Credit: YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP via Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). Since being admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14, Pope Francis has…
null / Credit: Freedom Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 10, 2025 / 17:45 pm (CNA). Leaders in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, home to 72 million people, are considering punishing with the death penalty those who allegedly force people into religious conversion — a change that Christian leaders say could harm the state’s Christians,…
U.S. Supreme Court. / Credit: PT Hamilton/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 18:15 pm (CNA). The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit that challenges Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors who have gender dysphoria or same-sex attraction and will consider religious freedom and free speech concerns about the prohibition. Justices announced on…
The Swiss Guard honored the soldiers who died in the Sack of Rome during a ceremony in Roman Protomartyrs Square in the Vatican on May 5, 2023. / Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 10, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). The mission of the Swiss Guard, the oldest military corps in the world, is to…
Sister Giustina Holubets (left) pictured during a commemorations for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in Lyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 15, 2024. / Credit: Perinatal Hospice – Imprint of Life Rome Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Since 2020, a pandemic and then an active war have caused untold tragedy for Ukrainians, but these…
null / Credit: Amanda Wayne/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, signed legislation late last week to bolster religious freedom from state-level rules and regulations. The Wyoming Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which mirrors the federal law with the same name, prohibits the state government and local…
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at East Los Angeles College on February 26, 2025 in Monterey Park, California. / Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images National Catholic Register, Mar 10, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA). Males who identify as transgender women shouldn’t be allowed to play female sports and the Democratic Party should make room for pro-lifers,…
A sister of the Norbertine Canonesses of Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph walks with some of the priory’s dogs, who are raised as part of their dog-breeding program in 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Norbertine Canonesses CNA Staff, Mar 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Tucked away in the Tehachapi Mountains of California,…
Religious sisters pray the rosary for Pope Francis outside Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The annual celebration of Catholic Sisters Week is observed March 8–14 to honor the women who have taken religious vows, acknowledge their tireless work,…
