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Tapachula, Mexico, on the southern border with Guatemala. / Credit: Dmitrijs Kaminskis/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 30, 2024 / 12:15 pm (CNA). Faced with the “desperate” situation of violence in the Mexican state of Chiapas “due to the permanent presence of drug cartels,” the Catholic Church has urgently called on the authorities to “protect our…
Pope Francis greets altar servers from France in 2022. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 29, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA). More than 50,000 pilgrims representing 88 dioceses across 20 European countries have descended upon Rome this week to participate in the 13th International Pilgrimage of Altar Servers 2024 taking place from July 29…
Father Jason Nioka, a recently ordained French priest who is in charge of the Catholic chaplains at the 2024 Paris Olympics. / Credit: EWTN News In Depth Screenshot CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Father Jason Nioka was ordained a Catholic priest one month ago, and his very first assignment is to…
Sister Solanus Casey Danda, SOLT, second from left, is one of several religious sisters with Detroit ties who in recent years entered religious life and chose Blessed Solanus Casey as their namesake. Four sisters interviewed by Detroit Catholic explained how Detroit’s beloved Capuchin friar played a significant role in their discernment journeys, and why, after…
Pope Francis greets altar servers from France in 2022. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 29, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA). More than 50,000 pilgrims representing 88 dioceses across 20 European countries have descended upon Rome this week to participate in the 13th International Pilgrimage of Altar Servers 2024 taking place from July 29…
Voters around a voting center in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 28, 2024. / Credit: Andrés Henríquez/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 29, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). The Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE), controlled by the entrenched socialist government of Nicolás Maduro, declared him the winner of the July 28 presidential elections amid much national…
Credit: 279photo Studio/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 29, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA). Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and several others are suing the Biden Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over a change to Title X that eliminated parental consent requirements for minors accessing contraceptives. Title X is the federal funding program for…
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 29, 2024 / 14:57 pm (CNA). President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a proposal to reform the…
null / Credit: angellodeco/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 29, 2024 / 13:57 pm (CNA). A United Kingdom high court judge upheld the British government’s emergency ban on puberty blockers for minors on Monday, finding the blockers carry “very substantial risks and very narrow benefit.” Advocacy group TransActual challenged the U.K.’s ban along with a 15-year-old who…
Pope Francis addresses pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus, July 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 28, 2024 / 08:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Sunday noted three gestures from the Bible account of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes that he argued are mirrored by Jesus at…
