A sub-category of News.
The official portrait of Servant of God Niña Ruíz-Abad was presented to the public during the opening session of the diocesan phase of her cause for beatification and canonization at the Cathedral Church of St. William the Hermit in Laoag City on Sunday, April 7, 2024. / Credit: Portrait of Catholic Saints, Public domain, via…
Father Marko Rupnik. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Rome ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 9, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Five new complaints of alleged abuse committed by Father Marko Rupnik have been presented to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome, where an investigation into the case is being…
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signs a bill in 2020. / Credit: Office of Missouri Governor/Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0 St. Louis, Mo., Apr 9, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Republican Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri on Monday denied a request for clemency brought by convicted murderer Brian Dorsey, who is scheduled to be put to death…
President’s Hall, Seton Hall University. / Credit: Wikimedia/cc by sa 3.0 CNA Staff, Apr 9, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA). A Catholic university in New Jersey returned to its historic tradition of naming a “priest-president” following the previous president’s abrupt resignation and lawsuit against the school. Seton Hall University, one of the oldest diocesan-run universities…
The Department of Justice announced the arrest of Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, after he allegedly plotted to kill Christians and burn down churches in his town to further the mission of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). / Credit: U.S. Department of Justice Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 9, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA)….
null / orgarashu / Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Apr 9, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Baltimore Archbishop William Lori on Monday attended a hearing at a U.S. bankruptcy court in which several witnesses testified on the abuse they endured at the hands of Church officials. The archdiocese said in a release on Monday that the archbishop “attended [the…
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Diocese of Charlotte Bishop Joseph Jugis (left) and appointed Monsignor Michael Martin, OFM Conv, to take his place, the Vatican announced April 9, 2024. / Credit: Diocese of Charlotte CNA Staff, Apr 9, 2024 / 10:40 am (CNA). Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Diocese of Charlotte, North…
Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Katsina. / Credit: Abuja Archdiocese ACI Africa, Apr 9, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). More than 700 Christians were baptized on Easter Sunday in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Katsina, where there is a rise in attacks mainly targeting Christian communities. In an April 3 interview with…
Bishop Joseph Khawam is apostolic exarch for the Melkite Church in Venezuela and apostolic administrator of the Melkite Eparchy in Mexico. / Credit: Facebook screenshot/Bishop Joseph Khawam ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 9, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). A bishop of the Melkite rite, one of the more than 20 Eastern rites of the Catholic Church…
Luis Argüello, archbishop of Valladolid and general secretary of the Spanish Episcopal Conference. / Credit: CEE ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 8, 2024 / 16:25 pm (CNA). The president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference and archbishop of Valladolid, Luis Argüello, is encouraging reflection on the issue of migration in view of the upcoming debate in the…
