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Bishop Ireton High School upperclassmen welcome freshman students on their first day of school for the 2024-2025 phone-free school year. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Bishop Ireton High School CNA Staff, Aug 28, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). As K–12 students trickle back into school this fall, educators hope they may find it easier to…
St. Augustine of Hippo. / Credit: Cathopic CNA Staff, Aug 28, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). The Catholic Church honors St. Augustine of Hippo, an early Church father, doctor of the Church, and foundational theologian, on Aug. 28. Augustine was brought up as a Christian in his early childhood but drifted from the Church, fathering…
null / Credit: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 27, 2024 / 18:27 pm (CNA). The Catholic Conference of Ohio has said a court’s temporary elimination of a 24-hour waiting period for abortion shows a “callous disregard” for women considering abortion. This comes after an Aug. 23 ruling by Franklin County Court of Common…
null / Credit: BAUER Alexandre/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 27, 2024 / 17:27 pm (CNA). A New York court has temporarily blocked the state’s attorney general’s efforts to keep a group of faith-based pregnancy centers from promoting abortion pill reversal medications. The ruling, in the form of a preliminary injunction, comes after Attorney General Letitia…
“We too must overcome despair,” said newly installed Caracas, Venezuela, archbishop Raúl Biord Castillo. / Credit: Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) Caracas, Venezuela, Aug 27, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA). On Aug. 24, the new metropolitan archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela, Raúl Biord Castillo, formally took possession of the archdiocese. He succeeds Cardinal Baltazar Porras at…
Pope Francis receives Edmundo Uribe on Aug. 26, 2024. The audience took place in the run-up to the International Eucharistic Congress, which will take place in Quito, Ecuador, from Sept. 8–15, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 27, 2024 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Pope Francis received at the Vatican on Aug. 26 Ecuador’s…
Shroud of Turin featuring positive (left) and negative (right) digital filters. / Credit: Dianelos Georgoudis via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 27, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA). A new study from an Italian researcher that analyzes the blood on the Shroud of Turin argues that the stains are consistent with the torture and crucifixion of…
A woman shops for fresh produce in a farmers market in Manhattan on Sept. 29, 2021, in New York City. / Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2024 / 13:45 pm (CNA). The U.S. farm bill — a key part of American domestic policy that regulates a broad range of programs and practices…
Pope Francis visits the Basilica of St. Augustine in Rome on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 27, 2024 / 12:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the Basilica of St. Augustine on Tuesday to pray at the tomb of St. Monica. During his visit to the…
Vatican and China flags. / Credit: esfera/Shutterstock Vatican City, Aug 27, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The Vatican announced Tuesday its “satisfaction” that China has officially recognized Bishop Melchior Shi Hongzhen as bishop of Tianjin. “This provision is a positive fruit of the dialogue established over the years between the Holy See and the Chinese…
