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null / Credit: Elisa Finocchiaro via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) ACI Africa, Apr 17, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Members of the Africa Christian Professionals Forum (ACPF) have expressed their solidarity with the people of Rwanda as the landlocked central African country marks 30 years since the Rwandan genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people…
Statue of St. Peter in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 17, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). The World Meeting of Parish Priests for the Synod on Synodality will be held April 29–May 2 in Sacrofano, Rome, and will reflect on the theme “How to Be a Synodal…
Cardinal William Goh of Singapore celebrates Mass at the city-state’s Indoor Stadium on July 4, 2015. / Credit: Archdiocese of Singapore CNA Newsroom, Apr 17, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Following the announcement of Pope Francis’ apostolic journey to the Asia Pacific region later this year, Cardinal William Goh, archbishop of Singapore, has expressed his…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seen on the set of the TV show “Porta a Porta” at Rai Studios, on April 4, 2024, in Rome, Italy. / Credit: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 16, 2024 / 17:05 pm (CNA). Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is urging Parliament to adopt a stricter prohibition…
The Court of Federal Appeals (Lewis F. Powell Courthouse) and the skyline of Richmond, Virginia, from the foot of the Virginia Capitol grounds, Richmond, Virginia. / Credit: Acroterion|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 3.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 16, 2024 / 17:55 pm (CNA). A federal appeals court has blocked a West Virginia law titled the “Save Women’s Sports…
Louisiana legislators are sponsoring legislation to support women in crisis pregnancies by setting aside millions in funding for pregnancy resource centers and other social services. / Credit: Jeffrey Schwartz|Wikipedia|CC BY 2.0 CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Louisiana legislators are advancing a measure to support women in crisis pregnancies by setting aside…
null / Credit: Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 16, 2024 / 16:22 pm (CNA). The Biden administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is set to change federal regulations regarding pregnant workers’ fairness to mandate employers make “reasonable accommodations,” including granting leave, for workers to obtain abortions. The new rule, which is set to take…
null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA). The incoming class of seminarians who will be ordained in 2024 is young and involved in their community, an annual survey released April 15 found. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops commissioned the Center for Applied Research (CARA) at Georgetown University for an annual survey….
Pope Benedict XVI on April 21, 2007, in Vigevano, Italy. / Credit: miqu77/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 16, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The International Ratzinger Foundation will hold the first international congress “Cooperatores Veritatis” (“Co-workers of the Truth”) at Pan American University in Mexico City from April 17–19 to explore the dialogue between Pope…
Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz told CNA that his monumental Stations of the Cross to be installed on the grounds of the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe in Orlando, Florida, is the fruit of nearly constant work over the last three years and is expected to draw thousands of visitors…
