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Pope Francis offers a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the repose of the souls of cardinals and bishops who died the previous year. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Jun 1, 2024 / 07:08 am (CNA). Cardinal Kelvin Edward Felix died in his home on the island nation of St. Lucia Thursday, the Solemnity…
Bishop Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado was ordained bishop at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in the Cook Islands’ capital city, Avarua, on April 27, 2024, in the presence of Father Giosuè Busti, the first deputy-head of mission at the apostolic nunciature of the Holy See in Wellington and representative of Pope Francis, as well as hundreds of Catholic…
null / Credit: Shuterstock CNA Staff, Jun 1, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of June is for those fleeing their homelands. “Dear brothers and sisters, this month I would like us to pray for people fleeing their own countries,” Pope Francis said in a video released May 28….
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…
Pro-life supporters take part in a “Rally for Life” march and celebration outside the Texas State Capitol on January 27, 2024, in Austin, Texas. / Credit: Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, May 31, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA). The Texas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s law outlawing almost all abortions,…
Pro-life activists protest the incarceration of nine activists charged with FACE Act violations. / Credit: Photo by Tyler Arnold CNA Staff, May 31, 2024 / 18:40 pm (CNA). Paulette Harlow, an elderly woman with a debilitating medical condition was sentenced to 24 months in jail Friday after being convicted last November of participating in a…
The procession in Zahle, Lebanon, for the feast of Corpus Christi, May 30, 2024. / Credit: Marwan Semaan Zahle, Lebanon, May 31, 2024 / 19:12 pm (CNA). Thousands of Christians flocked to Zahle, Lebanon, on Thursday, May 30, a city nicknamed “The City of 52 Churches,” to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi. This year’s…
Catholics attend Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of Lahore, on Aug. 20, 2023, four days after mob attacked several Pakistani churches over blasphemy allegations. More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalized when hundreds rampaged through a Christian neighbourhood in Jaranwala in Punjab province on Aug. 16. /…
Frances Hui is policy and advocacy coordinator for the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot CNA Staff, May 31, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Fourteen pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have been convicted of subversion while billionaire Catholic convert Jimmy Lai, 76, remains imprisoned and on trial on similar…
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…
