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Nigerian Christian mother of five Rhoda Jatau was acquitted of blasphemy charges after a two-and-a-half-year legal battle. / Credit: Photo courtesy of ADF International Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). A Nigerian Christian mother of five has been fully acquitted of “blasphemy” charges after a two-and-a-half-year legal battle. A judge in…
Pope Francis meets with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, June 14, 2024, after a session at the G7 summit, which is being held June 13–15 in the southern Italian region of Puglia. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 19:45 pm (CNA). U.S. President Joe Biden accepted an invitation to visit…
An FBI agent stands outside the Houck residence in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 23, 2022. Mark Houck was arrested that day and charged with assaulting a Planned Parenthood escort outside an Philadelphia abortion clinic on Oct. 13, 2021. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Houck family Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 19, 2024 / 17:35 pm…
null / Credit: RasyidArt/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 19, 2024 / 15:55 pm (CNA). A school district in Ohio must pay a teacher a $450,000 settlement after it forced her to resign for refusing to participate in the “social transition” of minor students. Attorneys representing Ohio teacher Vivian Geraghty at the legal group Alliance Defending…
The faithful adore Christ in the Blessed Sacrament at Adoration Sodality Day at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament National Catholic Register, Dec 19, 2024 / 14:55 pm (CNA). On Dec. 19, 1999, the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville,…
Pope Francis blesses small mobile medical unit being donated to Ukraine. / Credit: Dicastery for the Service of Charity ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 15:25 pm (CNA). “Martyred” Ukraine has occupied a special place in Pope Francis’ heart since the Russian army invaded the country in February 2022. The pontiff has regularly called…
A mom and her baby whom the St. Raymond’s Society helped. / Credit: Courtesy of St Raymond’s Society CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 13:55 pm (CNA). Here’s a roundup of recent pro-life, pro-family, and abortion-related updates. Missouri’s maternity home program saves money A pro-family tax credit program in Missouri saves taxpayers nearly $600,000 a year…
The U.S. bishops designated the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., as a special pilgrimage site for the 2025 Jubilee Year on Dec. 17, 2024. / Credit: Victoria Lipov/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 14:25 pm (CNA). The U.S. bishops on Tuesday designated the Basilica of the National…
“Roadmap to Reality: Carlo Acutis and Our Digital Age” is a new documentary film exploring the life of Blessed Carlo Acutis and the lessons he offers young people regarding the challenges of the digital world that will be coming to theaters in the spring of 2025. / Credit: Castletown Media CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024…
Father Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the 1970s, heading off a long-delayed trial that launched with an indictment last year. / Credit: New Orleans Police Department CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 11:25 am (CNA). A Louisiana priest who pleaded guilty to raping a teenage boy…
