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Before the march began, the president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, stressed that “life is a gift from God and as such it is an inalienable right of every human being, which is why it must be protected and supported at every stage of its development.” / Credit: EWTN Polska ACI Prensa…
Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni Church, an Indian-Mughal style Catholic church in Medan, Indonesia. / Credit: MarlonH/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Apr 15, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis’ visit to Indonesia later this year has now been announced by the Vatican, and the Indonesian government has confirmed that the country will be the first destination in…
null / Quisquilia/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 15, 2024 / 15:45 pm (CNA). A Catholic priest who serves at St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Amarillo, Texas, was pepper-sprayed while hearing confessions last week, according to a statement from the parish. The parish said in a statement on Facebook that “someone dealing with mental health issues”…
St. Vincent de Paul Church, the oldest Catholic parish church in continuous use in Baltimore, which was dedicated in 1841, is among the churches slated for closure. / Credit: Smash the Iron Cage|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 4.0 CNA Staff, Apr 15, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Baltimore has announced the details of its major…
Approximately 1,000 people have been working daily on the restoration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, France. / Credit: Sumit Surai, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 15, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA). On April 15, 2019, Paris witnessed one of the most devastating tragedies in its recent history. Notre…
Cardinal Robert Sarah addresses members of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) on April 9, 2024. / Credit: NECC ACI Africa, Apr 15, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA). A subset of Church leaders have aligned themselves with modern-day values in the name of a “contemporary culture” that is akin to paganism, Cardinal Robert Sarah…
Baltimore workers and relatives attend a press conference to honor families and victims of the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by the container ship Dali, in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 29, 2024. / Credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Apr 15, 2024 / 12:30 pm…
Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako (second from left), patriarch of the Chaldean Church, returned to Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, after being absent from his patriarchal seat since July 2023. Along with Bishop Thomas Mirm (right), the patriarch made his way to the Patriarchal Palace, where Bishops Shlimon Warduni (not pictured) and Basilios Yaldo (left) welcomed…
City skyline in Sydney, Australia. / Irina Sokolovskaya/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Apr 15, 2024 / 07:30 am (CNA). Australian police have confirmed another stabbing incident in Sydney after shocking video footage of a man apparently attacking a church leader went viral on social media on Monday. In a first statement, New South Wales police urged the…
null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 15, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Pew Research Center released a new fact sheet Friday that contains nine demographic and statistical facts about the Catholic population in the United States, based on the center’s numerous surveys. Here are Pew’s nine facts about Catholics in the United States. Twenty…
