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Floods severely affected Heiligenkreuz in the Vienna Woods in Austria on Sept. 15, 2024. / Credit: Leopoldinum Seminary CNA Newsroom, Sep 18, 2024 / 11:52 am (CNA). Severe flooding has ravaged large parts of Central Europe, claiming at least 20 lives as numerous Church institutions have suffered significant damage. Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, and…
The Church of St. James in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. / Credit: Miropink/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Sep 18, 2024 / 12:50 pm (CNA). After more than four decades of investigation into alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the head of the Vatican’s doctrine office will hold a press conference Thursday about the “spiritual…
Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Sep 18, 2024 / 08:54 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday said the Catholic Church is “more alive” outside of Europe as he reflected back on his recent apostolic journey to Southeast…
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at Planned Parenthood in St. Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, March 14, 2024, and greets Dr. Sarah Taxler, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood North Central States. Standing with the vice president is Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. / Credit: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 17,…
Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: Diocese of Fort Worth; Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2024 / 18:45 pm (CNA). After a string of controversies and disagreements with their…
null / Credit: Tati9/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 17, 2024 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Senate Republicans blocked a bill on Tuesday that would have forced insurance companies to cover in vitro fertilization (IVF) and would have created an unrestricted right to the procedure — yet many in the party continue to support other efforts to…
Pope Francis speaks to Archbishop William Seng Chye Goh (left) after he elevated him to cardinal during a consistory to create 20 new cardinals on Aug. 27, 2022, at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Alberto Pizzoli Caracas, Venezuela, Sep 17, 2024 / 17:20 pm (CNA). “I believe his visit has revived the…
More than 300 years old, the feast of Our Lord and the Virgin of the Miracle is one of the most popular in Argentina. / Credit: Archdiocese of Salta, Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sep 17, 2024 / 15:55 pm (CNA). More than 650,000 pilgrims gathered this past weekend in the city of Salta, in the…
Credit: SynthEx/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA). A bipartisan group of 42 state attorneys general recently called for the U.S. surgeon general to add a health warning to algorithm-driven social media sites, citing the potential psychological harm that such sites can have on children and teenagers. “As state attorneys general, we…
A sign hangs above a Planned Parenthood clinic on May 18, 2018, in Chicago. / Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2024 / 15:20 pm (CNA). A study by the pro-life group Students for Life of America (SFLA) has identified dozens of U.S. Christian colleges and universities, including multiple Catholic institutions, maintaining “some…
