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The Catholic bishops are backing a suit by Apache Stronghold, a coalition of Native Americans and their supporters, in its lawsuit against the federal government. The lawsuit argues that the coalition’s freedom of religion was violated when the federal government announced its intention to sell formerly protected land in Arizona to a mining company. /…
Pope Francis and King Philippe listen to a speech by Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo during the pope’s trip to Belgium in late September 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Brussels, Belgium, Oct 17, 2024 / 14:05 pm (CNA). More than 500 Belgians have demanded to be removed from the baptismal registry (“débaptisation”) in reaction…
Marijuana leaves. / Credit: Armando Olivo Martín del Campo CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 17, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Florida’s Catholic bishops are urging residents to vote no on a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in the Sunshine State as activists on both sides continue to funnel millions of dollars…
Abuse victims and their supporters hold quilts bearing portraits of abused children while gathered outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2013, one day after the release of personnel files of priests accused of sexual misconduct. / Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Oct…
Investigators are looking into what caused a second blaze at Incarnation Catholic Church in Orlando, Florida. A suspicious fire previously caused significant damage to the church on June 24, 2023. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Mike Millis CNA Staff, Oct 17, 2024 / 13:35 pm (CNA). A Catholic church in Florida has suffered multiple fires…
Former NBA All-Star Gordon Hayward (center) at the tomb of St. Sebastian at Rome’s Cathedral of St. Sebastian after entering the Catholic Church this year. He received the sacraments of initiation from Archbishop Timothy Broglio, USCCB president and archbishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA. / Credit: Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA…
Cardinal Leonardo Steiner is archbishop of Manaus, Brazil. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 17, 2024 / 11:55 am (CNA). Cardinal Leonardo Steiner, the archbishop of Manaus in Brazil who is participating in the Synod on Synodality, said during a daily press briefing at the synod on Tuesday that “many of our women…
Palazzo Madama, the seat of the Senate of the Italian Republic in Rome. / Credit: FrDr via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rome Newsroom, Oct 17, 2024 / 09:10 am (CNA). The Italian Senate of the Republic on Wednesday passed a bill making it possible to prosecute surrogacy sought even outside Italy, with violators potentially facing…
Pilgrims from different parts of the country walked 17 miles to the shrine of St. Teresa of the Andes, where the archbishop of Santiago, Fernando Chomali, offered the Eucharist. / Credit: Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Santiago, Chile Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct 17, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). “With Teresa, Pilgrims of Hope” was the…
“I just would caution listeners to be very careful if you’re told that Kamala Harris wants to be the president for everyone, she wants to be a uniter, because we have not seen her lead by example in that regard,” said attorney Mary FioRito of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. / Credit: “EWTN News…
