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Marijuana leaves. / Credit: Armando Olivo Martín del Campo CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2024 / 13:05 pm (CNA). The bishops of North Dakota condemned a state ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in a Tuesday statement, citing Church teaching on the harms of drug use as well as its negative physical…
Archbishop of Santo Domingo Francisco Ozoria delivering his homily Tuesday at the International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador. / Credit: Eduardo Berdejo Quito, Ecuador, Sep 12, 2024 / 13:35 pm (CNA). The Eucharist must be the heart of the priest’s life. This truth was driven home by the archbishop of Santo Domingo, Francisco Ozoria, during…
Jennie Bradley Lichter is set to become the new president of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund. / Credit: Photo courtesy of March for Life Education and Defense Fund CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The March for Life announced Thursday that longtime president Jeanne Mancini will pass the torch…
Pope Francis addresses leaders at the National University of Singapore on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Sep 12, 2024 / 12:05 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Thursday praised Singapore for its “shining example” in building a united country based on harmony and cooperation but highlighted risks rapid progress could have…
Devasting flooding has hit the city of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, and the diocese there is appealing for assistance and prayer. / Credit: Diocese of Maiduguri/ACI Africa ACI Africa, Sep 12, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA). The Diocese of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria is appealing for prayers and humanitarian assistance for thousands of people displaced…
Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz (left) during a meeting in Portugal on Oct. 9, 2023. / Credit: Opus Dei/Flickr Lima Newsroom, Sep 12, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). The prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, renewed his request for prayer for the new statutes of “the Work,” as its members call this institution of the Catholic…
The Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition cover the altar, just dedicated by the cardinal. The covering of the altar signifies that it is both the place of the Eucharistic sacrifice and the Lord’s table. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Sep 12, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). On…
From left: Our Lady of Fatima; Our Lady of Lourdes; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Our Lady of the Rosary; Our Lady of Sorrows; Our Lady, Undoer of Knots; and Our Lady of Peace. / Credit: Ricardoperna via Canva Teams; rparys via Canva Teams; Bluebird13 via Canva Teams; Sidney de Almeida via Canva Teams; Zarateman, CC…
The Holy Spirit Catholic Mission in Washoe Valley, Nevada, before (left) and after a rampant wildfire destroyed the church on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. / Credit: Vincent Toomey CNA Staff, Sep 11, 2024 / 17:25 pm (CNA). A rampant wildfire on Saturday destroyed The Holy Spirit Catholic Mission in Washoe Valley, Nevada, which held the…
Bangor Christian Schools building in Bangor, Maine. / Credit: Photo courtesy of First Liberty Institute CNA Staff, Sep 11, 2024 / 16:11 pm (CNA). A Christian school on Sept. 3 filed an appeal against Maine for attempting to dodge a U.S. Supreme Court ruling by passing a “poison pill” law that prevents Christian schools from…
