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Painting of the Sacred Heart found in Rome’s Church of the Gesù, the mother church of the Society of Jesus, more commonly known as the Jesuits. On Oct. 24, 2024, Pope Francis released a new encyclical, “Dilexit Nos” (“He Loved Us”), in which he calls on Catholics to rediscover the love and compassion found in…
Catholic Church of the Saviour, also called Xishiku Church or Beitang, in Beijing. / Credit: Fotokon/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Oct 25, 2024 / 13:20 pm (CNA). A Chinese priest was consecrated as the new coadjutor bishop of Beijing on Friday, marking the first episcopal appointment since the Vatican renewed its provisional agreement with China on bishop…
St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Thoom/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2024 / 13:50 pm (CNA). The Vatican has reprimanded the Swiss bishops for their handling of sexual abuse claims in that country after a more-than-yearlong investigation into how the bishops addressed allegations of clergy sex crimes there. Yet the Vatican’s inquiry found no evidence of…
null / Credit: sebra/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA). A legal education group centered on religious freedom released on Friday its 2024 “Faith and Freedom Index,” which found that many states “overburden and are even hostile” toward faith-based nonprofits in the U.S. The Napa Legal Institute’s report found that some states,…
null / Credit: SViktoria/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2024 / 09:15 am (CNA). Pro-life laws are not driving a surge in infant mortality, a prominent OB-GYN and pro-life advocate said this week. Rather, some infants with genetic or congenital abnormalities who might otherwise have been aborted are now being born and passing away, said Dr….
Father Enrique “Kike” Figaredo on Oct. 23, 2024, presents Pope Francis with a wheelchair made by land mine survivors in Cambodia. / Credit: Courtesy of Father Kike Figaredo Vatican City, Oct 25, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Jesuit priest and apostolic prefect of Battambang in Cambodia Father Enrique “Kike” Figaredo this week presented Pope Francis…
Sign outside National Institute of Health, Department for Health and human Services, Washington D.C. / Credit: Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). A doctor who runs the “transgender” clinic at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles blocked the publication of a $6 million federal study on puberty blockers because the…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, appearing with medical doctors, holds a press conference on Oct. 22, 2024, to speak in opposition to Amendment 4, which would add a right to abortion before the point of viability to Florida’s constitution. / Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. CNA Staff, Oct 24, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA)….
Theologian Myriam Wijlens, a Synod on Synodality consultant, speaks at an Oct. 23, 2024, press briefing, where she emphasized that Pope Francis has called for “reconfiguring the Church in a synodal way.” / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 24, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA). A year ago, at the end of the Synod on…
A smiling Pope Francis is depicted on a sign outside the APEC Haus in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on the occasion of the pontiff’s visit, Sept. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 24, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Here are some of the most inspiring quotes from Pope Francis in his…
