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Bishop Michael Olson. / Credit: Diocese of Fort Worth CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 16:35 pm (CNA). Bishop Michael Olson Fort Worth, Texas, this week stated that Catholics have “no need” to attend Mass or receive sacraments from priests associated with the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) so long as they are able…
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square from his window in the Apostolic Palace during his Angelus address on the solemnity of All Saints, Nov. 1, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 17:05 pm (CNA). In his Angelus address on Friday on the solemnity of All Saints,…
Pilgrims gather throughout a sunny St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ Angelus address on the solemnity of All Saints, Nov. 1, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 17:35 pm (CNA). Many Catholics may be unaware that they can obtain not one but eight plenary indulgences for departed…
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Fall River, Massachusetts. / Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 17:55 pm (CNA). A priest in Massachusetts who had been placed on leave has admitted to sexual misconduct ahead of a planned student walkout over a lack of information…
null / Credit: HQuality/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 15:25 pm (CNA). The provincial government of Quebec will now allow assisted suicide for individuals who cannot consent at the time of the procedure in what one pro-life advocate calls a “dehumanizing” policy that “devalues” individuals of diminished mental capacity. The provincial government’s website states…
The St. Louis Arch. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of the latest pro-life and abortion-related news in the U.S.: Bishops speak on abortion ballot measures Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski will lead the Archdiocese of St. Louis in prayer on Nov. 3 to “defeat Missouri…
Nebraska Capitol. / Credit: Steven Frame/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 14:55 pm (CNA). Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released an advisory clarifying that the state’s preborn protection law does not prohibit miscarriage care or lifesaving care amid a pro-abortion advertisement campaign that told the public otherwise. “The Department of…
null / Credit: crystal51/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 1, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA). A Catholic diocese in China recently announced that it had made a tour of “gratitude” to heroes of the Communist Party of China. The Yibin Catholic Diocese of the Shian Province announced in a press release earlier this month that it had led…
A crowd prays the rosary in Madrid, Spain, on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, patron saint of Spain, Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: ACI Prensa CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA). The Vatican has clarified that Catholics in the United States must still attend Mass on holy days of obligation even…
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Baltimore Basilica. / Credit: Sergey Novikov/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Nov. 1 marks the 160th anniversary of Maryland Emancipation Day, remembering the day the Maryland Constitution of 1864 went into effect and officially…
