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Pope Francis greets young people gathered for his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 8, 2025 / 12:35 pm (CNA). Pope Francis used his first general audience of the year to address the scourge of exploitation and violence against children,…
Sister Simona Brambilla, the new Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life / Credit: Vatican News ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 8, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis has marked another milestone in his pontificate by appointing, for the first time in the history of the Catholic Church,…
St. Francis Xavier statue in front St. Joseph Cathedral in Beijing, China, Feb. 25, 2016. / Credit: Zvonimir Atletic/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 8, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). China’s oldest priest has passed away, leaving behind a legacy of brave adherence to the faith of the Catholic Church in the face of persecution. Father…
null / Credit: pim pic/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 8, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). As states continue to legislate on abortion in the post-Roe v. Wade landscape, a major point of contention as a new presidential administration takes office is the two-drug medication abortion regimen, commonly referred to as the abortion pill. Abortions done via…
Parents protest the Montgomery County School Board’s policy blocking them from opting out their children from pro-homosexual and transgender materials. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Becket Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 8, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The large majority of parents, including most Catholic parents, are against school policies that impose gender ideology by permitting…
Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas is the oldest person in the world. / Credit: Nathália Queiroz/ACI Digital Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jan 7, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). The oldest human being in the world is Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a 116-year-old nun from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul who was born on May…
Pope Francis addresses cardinals and senior Vatican officials during his annual Christmas speech to the Roman Curia, Dec. 22, 2024 / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 7, 2025 / 14:45 pm (CNA). In a move that raised eyebrows among Vatican observers, Pope Francis on Monday created an unprecedented leadership structure at the Dicastery for…
In a statement published Jan. 3, 2025, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of South Africa’s Mthatha Diocese weighed in on the situation of the illegal miners who have been trapped in a mine in South Africa’s North West Province since November. / Credit: SACBC ACI Africa, Jan 7, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The hundreds of illegal…
President Joe Biden speaks during an interfaith prayer service at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, in New Orleans on Jan. 6, 2025, with the families and community members impacted by the New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans. / Credit: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan 7, 2025 /…
null / Credit: Darko Stojanovic via Pixabay, CC0/Public Domain CNA Staff, Jan 7, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). A lawsuit filed in federal court claims that officials in an Ohio city retaliated against a Catholic hospital, violating its constitutional rights in the process, after doctors there refused to perform a drug search on a patient….
