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Melinda French Gates shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace on June 23, 2023. / Credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Jun 4, 2024 / 15:22 pm (CNA). Melinda Gates’ high-dollar funding of abortion throughout the world offers what pro-life leaders say is a “grim reminder”…
There are 159 sculptures adorning the monstrance used in the annual Corpus Christi procession in Valencia, Spain, including biblical scenes from the Old Testament up to the Good Shepherd and the risen Christ. The apostles and doctors of the Church adorn the host and Eucharistic miracles are depicted. Saints particularly devoted to the Eucharist are…
Bishop Stephen Chow of Hong Kong. / Credit: Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus CNA Staff, Jun 4, 2024 / 14:22 pm (CNA). Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan of Hong Kong, marking the 35th anniversary of the infamous Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, urged Christians in China to “learn to proactively forgive” and “move beyond…
Activists wave placards and chant slogans as they participate in a demonstration against the Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, also known as the Anti-Conversion Bill, on Dec. 22, 2021, in Bengaluru, India. / Credit: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images Bangalore, India, Jun 4, 2024 / 14:52 pm (CNA). Catholics in India expressed optimism following…
Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jun 4, 2024 / 13:22 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed two cardinals and an archbishop as new members of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith….
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on May 8, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jun 4, 2024 / 13:52 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has reportedly encouraged a 22-year-old gay man to continue to pursue a vocation to the priesthood after he was not accepted…
Believers gather at the Namugongo Shrine in Uganda for this year’s Martyrs’ Day Pilgrimage on June 3, 2024, where the country’s president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, urged them to be at the forefront of fostering peace in the East African region. Museveni lauded Christians and other believers in the country for “embracing unity” and fostering religious…
Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, speaks at Philadelphia’s Eucharistic Congress on Sept. 30, 2023. / Credit: Sarah Webb/Archdiocese of Philadelphia CNA Staff, May 31, 2024 / 14:20 pm (CNA). In a recent letter to Congress, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) decried federal abortion funding and the commodification of human beings…
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the USCCB fall plenary assembly Nov. 14, 2023. / Credit: USCCB video Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 31, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA). A law meant to offer accommodations for pregnant workers has been “twisted” to “undermine human dignity” thanks to a new…
null / Credit: Sam Tanno/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jun 4, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA). A physically healthy 29-year-old woman was allowed to end her life through physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands on the grounds of depression, sparking renewed debate about the sanctity of life and legislation. Zoraya ter Beek died by euthanasia on May 22….
