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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. / Credit: Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase, DOD, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 10, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill are threatening to oppose the U.S. government’s defense spending bill for the next fiscal…
The Holy House of Our Lady in the Shrine of Loreto. / Credit: Tatiana Dyuvbanova/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Dec 10, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). What do Galileo, Mozart, Descartes, Cervantes, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux have in common? They all traveled hundreds of miles to step inside the Virgin Mary’s house, which is preserved inside…
President-Elect Donald Trump at the Elysee Palace on Dec. 7, 2024, in Paris. / Credit: Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA). In his first sit-down broadcast network interview since the election, President-elect Donald Trump said that in his first 100 days in office, he would focus on immigration as…
Bishop Emeritus Frederick Bernard Henry, shown in a 2018 file photo, led the Diocese of Calgary from 1998 to 2017. Henry died on Dec. 3, 2024, at the age of 81. / Credit: Canadian Catholic News file photo Calgary, Canada, Dec 9, 2024 / 15:50 pm (CNA). Known for his boldness in taking a stance…
Archbishop Laurent Ulrich presides at the first Mass in the reopened Cathedral of Notre Dame on Dec. 8, 2024. / Credit: EWTN/Screenshot ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 9, 2024 / 15:10 pm (CNA). The archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, on Dec. 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated the first Mass during which the altar…
Pope Francis greets participants in the International Congress on the future of Theology promoted by the Dicastery for Culture and Education, Dec. 9, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 9, 2024 / 12:10 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Monday spoke of his desire for theology courses to be “accessible to all,” particularly for…
The Boston Children’s Museum is one of the participating museums in a program that provides free access to some of the city’s most famous museums twice a month to K–12 students — including, in a recent policy change, Catholic school students. / Credit: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Boston, Mass., Dec 9,…
null / Credit: Ariya J/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2024 / 13:10 pm (CNA). The provincial government of Alberta, Canada, is considering several possible regulations on euthanasia there in the face of growing popularity of the practice throughout the country. The government is actively seeking citizen input on “oversight of medical assistance in dying [MAID],”…
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2024 / 13:40 pm (CNA). The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on Monday launched a campaign urging Catholics to contact outgoing President Joe Biden and ask him to commute the death…
Bishop Hanna Jallouf, the apostolic vicar of Aleppo and head of the Latin Church in Syria, told ACI MENA “we pray for a new dawn in this country.” / Credit: The Episcopal Committee for Consecrated Life in Syria ACI MENA, Dec 9, 2024 / 11:10 am (CNA). March 8 once marked the anniversary of the…
