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New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to the media on May 26, 2022, in New York City. / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 7, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). A New York Supreme Court judge ruled that a referendum to enshrine a right to abortion in the state’s constitution cannot appear on the…
New Swiss Guards prepare to be sworn in on May 6, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Elizabeth Alva/EWTN ACI Prensa Staff, May 7, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis received the Vatican’s Swiss Guard Corps on the occasion of the swearing-in of the new guards on May 6. After participating in a Mass…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens as Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody speaks during a press conference at the Broward County Courthouse on Aug. 18, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. / Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images CNA Staff, May 7, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA). The attorney general of Florida on Tuesday announced a lawsuit against the…
In 2023 there were more than 275,000 child pornography websites on the internet, with approximately 11,000 photos generated by AI in just one month. / Credit: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash ACI Prensa Staff, May 7, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA). “What dangers does artificial intelligence (AI) present for the safety of children in digital environments?” was the…
Demonstrators hold pro-life placards during an anti-abortion protest in Paris on Jan. 16, 2022. Abortion in France is legal until 14 weeks after conception. / Credit: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 7, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA). United States abortion law is “far more permissive than the vast majority of…
Catholic bishops lead the faithful in prayer on the one-year anniversary of the May 3, 2023, violence in Manipur, India. / Credit: Anto Akkara New Delhi, India, May 7, 2024 / 14:31 pm (CNA). Several cities across India on May 3 observed the first anniversary of the mayhem and bloodshed that took place in Manipur…
Bishop Robert Barron. CNA file photo. / null CNA Staff, May 7, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis this week urged Catholics to join a rally to oppose a proposed constitutional amendment that they say “fails to protect Minnesotans from discrimination based on religion, could constitutionally mandate legal abortion…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. / Credit: Albert H. Teich/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 7, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). A federal grant program that provides security funding for houses of worship and other nonprofits will receive $400 million more than it had the previous year amid rising threats, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck…
null / Credit: © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk ACI Africa, May 7, 2024 / 13:32 pm (CNA). Catholic dioceses in Uganda have been notified of a limited stock of wine for Masses due to delays in shipping. In an April 30 letter to financial administrators of Uganda’s various episcopal sees, the leadership of J.W. Interservices Ltd., a company…
Pope Francis on May 7, 2024, appointed Father James Mark Beckman, 61, a priest of the Diocese of Nashville, as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Knoxville. / Credit: Diocese of Nashville Rome Newsroom, May 7, 2024 / 11:50 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed a new bishop to the Diocese of Knoxville,…
