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An African nun prays the rosary. On Jan. 7, 2025, two religious sisters were kidnapped in the Archdiocese of Onitsha in Nigeria. / Credit: Diego Cervo/Shutterstock ACI Africa, Jan 10, 2025 / 13:05 pm (CNA). The leadership of the Sisters’ Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ (IHM) is appealing for assistance…
President Joe Biden speaks to the media on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires at the White House on Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan 10, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). President Joe Biden has canceled his upcoming visit to Italy — what would have…
null / Credit: KieferPix/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 10, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Researchers in Canada are highlighting the link that declining marriage rates are playing in the overall decline in fertility rates in North America and around the world. In their 2024 book “I…Do? Why Marriage Still Matters,” published in November 2024, Andrea Mrozek…
Pope Francis meets with World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder and other leaders at the Vatican on Oct. 19, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Jan 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP), a major U.S. Jewish organization, recently called on Pope Francis, who…
Lebanon’s Parliament has elected Gen. Joseph Aoun to be president of the Republic of Lebanon. / Credits: Carlos Braga-Pinterest and the Directorate of Orientation, Lebanese Armed Forces Beirut, Lebanon, Jan 9, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Jan. 9, 2025 has become a historic date for the Lebanese people as a presidential vacancy that lasted over…
From left to right, front row: U.S. President Joe Biden, First Lady Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamla Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. Second row: former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, his wife Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania…
Filipino Catholic devotees jostle one another to touch the Black Nazarene during its annual procession on Jan. 9, 2025, in Manila, Philippines. The feast of the Black Nazarene is attended by millions of barefoot devotees and happens every Jan. 9. / Credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan 9, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA). The Black…
Pope Francis watches as performers put on a show at his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Madrid, Spain, Jan 9, 2025 / 17:40 pm (CNA). During the Jan. 8 general audience held in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Pope Francis…
null / Credit: GBJSTOCK|Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 9, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Pro-life groups are criticizing a burgeoning effort to expand use of the abortion pill through pharmacist prescriptions, slamming what one advocate called an effort at “chipping away at medical standards for women.” A pilot program launched this month in Washington state has trained pharmacists to prescribe…
The papal ambassador to Jordan, Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, and Jordanian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Lina Annab speak at a press conference in Amman, Jordan, about the new exhibit “Jordan: Dawn of Christianity,” which will open at the Vatican on Jan. 31, 2025. / Credit: ACI MENA ACI MENA, Jan 9, 2025 /…
