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null / Credit: andriano.cz/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 8, 2023 / 06:47 am (CNA). The gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi on Tuesday ended with two incumbent victories, one Democratic and the other Republican, with both states holding their respective status quos after much-watched and expensive campaigns. The elections were viewed by some as referendums…
Pope Francis presides over his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 18, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 8, 2023 / 06:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis will publish an autobiography next year in which he recounts memories of historical events from the outbreak of World War II…
International Union of Superiors General logo. / Credit: UISG ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 7, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The Unions of Superiors and Superiors General (UISG-USG) have organized an in-person workshop taking place in Rome from Nov. 6–10 with the aim of “creating a culture of protection within religious congregations.” A total of 132…
Voters check-in at a polling location on November 7, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. 2023 Ohio Issue 1, officially titled “The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety.” / Photo credit: Andrew Spear/Getty Images) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 7, 2023 / 21:28 pm (CNA). Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot referendum that adds…
null / Credit: Yeti studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 7, 2023 / 17:15 pm (CNA). The new analysis of a study that claims to be the largest national survey of Catholic priests conducted in more than 50 years has found, among other things, that priests describing themselves as “progressive” are practically going “extinct” among U.S. seminary…
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. / Credit: Christian Gennari / OESSH ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 7, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, has published an open letter asking for donations to be able to care for people suffering in a society “scarred by hatred.” In the letter,…
On October 31, Pope Francis appointed Monsignor Hugo Basabe as Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela. Share Episcopal appointments in Venezuela are not usually headline news, but a series of strange circumstances make this appointment quite peculiar. Since 2017, Monsignor Víctor Hugo Basabe, 62, has been the bishop of San Felipe, a small diocese in the central…
null / Credit: Jill Sauve/Unsplash Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 7, 2023 / 14:05 pm (CNA). The United States Catholic bishops have endorsed a Senate plan to prohibit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy at the federal level, calling it a “positive step toward protecting the right to life of preborn children.” The legislation, called the…
Since 2009 the Knights of Columbus have provided high-quality, new winter coats to children in need, with coats being distributed in 49 U.S. states and all 10 Canadian provinces. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” CNA Staff, Nov 7, 2023 / 14:35 pm (CNA). The Knights of Columbus reached a major milestone this month when they…
Bishop Robert Brennan blesses the altar at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Brooklyn, New York, with holy water on Nov. 4, 2023, in response to the filming of an indecent music video in the church. Assisting the bishop is Monsignor Joseph Grimaldi, vicar general of the Diocese of Brooklyn. / Credit: John…
