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Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, speaks on the Senate floor in favor of his pro-life amendment. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 3, 2024 / 16:57 pm (CNA). Amid rumors that the campaign of former U.S. president Donald Trump wants to remove national protections for the unborn from the 2024 Republican Party platform,…
U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 3, 2024 / 17:38 pm (CNA). A third judge has temporarily halted the U.S. Department of Education from enforcing a regulation that would broadly prohibit discrimination based on a person’s self-asserted “gender identity.” United…
null / Credit: Prostock-studio/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jul 3, 2024 / 16:27 pm (CNA). Voters in Baltimore will decide this fall whether to approve a $1,000 bonus that parents would receive upon the birth or adoption of a child. Led by the Maryland Child Alliance (MCA), a volunteer organization mainly composed of teachers, the measure garnered…
An Israeli army convoy leaves the Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on July 3, 2024 in southern Israel. / Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images CNA Staff, Jul 3, 2024 / 15:05 pm (CNA). Israel’s embassy to the Holy See is criticizing a recent statement by Catholic leaders…
“The disbelief of Thomas has been more beneficial to our faith than the faith of all the disciples,” St. Gregory the Great said. / Credit: Guercino, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 3, 2024 / 15:35 pm (CNA). On July 3, the Church commemorates St. Thomas the Apostle, who doubted that Christ…
British media executive Sir Nicholas Coleridge, journalist Fraser Nelson, classical pianist Dame Mitsuko Uchida, author Tom Holland, and human rights advocate Bianca Jagger in a July 2, 2024, letter in the London newspaper The Times called upon the Holy See to preserve what they describe as the “magnificent” cultural artifact of the Catholic Church’s Traditional…
Pope Francis leads the Synod on Synodality delegates in prayer on Oct. 25, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jul 3, 2024 / 10:55 am (CNA). The Vatican will publish next week the guiding document for discussions at the final assembly of the Catholic Church’s yearslong Synod on Synodality. The Instrumentum Laboris, or “working…
Statue of St. Peter in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 3, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). As every year during summer vacation time, the Vatican does not schedule any public, private, or “special” audiences for Pope Francis in the Vatican, including the general audience on Wednesdays. The…
Mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik are displayed at the shrine in Lourdes, France. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Jul 3, 2024 / 06:38 am (CNA). The bishop of Lourdes said Tuesday that he personally believes that the Marian shrine’s mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik should be removed, but is holding…
The Incredulity of St. Thomas by Caravaggio. / Credit: Caravaggio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons National Catholic Register, Jul 3, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” ―John 20:28 Although several stories of doubt exist in the Bible, it is Thomas’ incident that seems to catch…
