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Anti-death penalty activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to prevent the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip on Sept. 29, 2015, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Larry French/Getty Images for MoveOn.org CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond this week asked the Supreme Court…
A Coptic Orthodox church in Old Cairo, a historic area of the Egyptian capital. / Credit: Sun_Shine via Shutterstock Ann Arbor, Michigan, Apr 24, 2024 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Muslim extremists set on fire several homes of Christians in Minya, a province in southern Egypt, in a continuation of anti-Christian violence less than two weeks…
null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA). As euthanasia and assisted suicide are legalized in more jurisdictions throughout the U.S. and the rest of the world, one Catholic-focused ministry is promoting end-of-life resources that the group’s founder says will help Catholics finish their earthly journeys while remaining faithful. Aging with…
null / Credit: Brian A Jackson / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2024 / 13:35 pm (CNA). Catholics Charities Corporation in Ohio was found partially negligent this week in the 2017 death of a 5-year-old boy who was being supervised by one of the organization’s caseworkers at the time he died. A jury in Cuyahoga County ruled in the…
Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of the multinational digital communications conglomerate Cisco, signs the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a document by the Pontifical Academy for Life, on April 24, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Apr 24, 2024 / 11:06 am (CNA). The CEO of Cisco Systems signed the Vatican’s…
Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his Wednesday general audience on April 24, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Apr 24, 2024 / 09:09 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a new chapter in his ongoing catechetical series on virtues by pivoting to a reflection on…
A young woman is baptized at the 2024 Easter Vigil at St. Mary’s Catholic Center at Texas A&M. / Credit: Courtesy of St. Mary’s Catholic Center, Texas A&M Boston, Mass., Apr 24, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Zack Short was kneeling during adoration last fall, silently struggling with whether the host in the monstrance was…
U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says he is “very blessed” that the doctors caught the cancer early enough, and that the treatments worked. / Credit: EWTN News Nightly/Screenshot Denver Newsroom, Apr 24, 2024 / 07:15 am (CNA). In an exclusive update on his health this week, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise discussed with EWTN…
Katie Chihoski, a student at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, eats with her baby, Lucia, on her lap in the company of fellow students. Chihoski is among the first students to benefit from a new initiative at the Catholic college called the Saint Teresa of Calcutta Community for Mothers, which provides free…
Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: Diocese of Fort Worth; Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA). In direct defiance of a Vatican decree, a…
