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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. / Credit: Pool: Getty Images CNA Staff, Oct 19, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA). Billionaire Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is starting a political nonprofit organization primarily to advocate for access to abortion around the United States. Think Big America is “dedicated to safeguarding reproductive rights and standing up against the right-wing…
Journalists gather at the courtyard of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi on Oct. 17, 2023, ahead of India’s top court ruling on same-sex marriages and abortion rights. / Credit: Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images Indore, India, Oct 19, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA). Two Supreme Court cases in India whose verdicts came…
null / Inked Pixels/Shutterstock. ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 19, 2023 / 05:49 am (CNA). The Nicaraguan dictatorship reported that it has released 12 priests it had imprisoned and sent them to the Vatican after an agreement was reached with the authorities of the Catholic Church. Bishop Rolando Alvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa was not…
At least five people were killed Tuesday night in an attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria. The attack took place just after 10 p.m. in the Benue state. Eyewitnesses told The Pillar that assailants stormed the Anyiin-Ayilamo village in the community of Mahanga. They shot two locals before moving to Ayilamo in Tombo…
How long must Catholics wait for a new bishop when their old one steps down? Subscribe now There is no definitive answer to that question. In some cases, a new bishop is announced on the day that an outgoing bishop retires. In others, it takes a year or two. Sometimes, dioceses remain leaderless for decades,…
The Portiuncula Chapel on the campus of the Franciscan University of Steubenville. / Credit: Robert Pernett via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0) CNA Staff, Oct 18, 2023 / 19:07 pm (CNA). Franciscan University of Steubenville has announced the creation of an expedited transfer process for Jewish students in danger of antisemitic discrimination and violence on campuses…
The project of the sanctuary of the holy martyrs of the Cristera War in Mexico is expected to be completed in 2026. / Credit: SAAX Arquitectura Construcción ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 18, 2023 / 18:25 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Durango in Mexico has begun the construction of a shrine dedicated to the martyrs who…
The flag of Ecuador. Credit: Millenius/Shutterstock. / null ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 18, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The bishops of Ecuador issued a statement Oct. 16 on X about the results of the presidential runoff election held Oct. 15 in which Daniel Noboa Azín became the new president, defeating rival candidate Luisa González. Noboa,…
Mass at the Church of the Holy Family for the Latins, Gaza. / Credit: Parish of the Holy Family for the Latins in Gaza ACI MENA, Oct 18, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA). As the fighting between Hamas and the Israeli army continues in the Holy Land, the Catholic Church in Gaza is doing everything…
US bishops gather in Baltimore for their Spring Assembly. / Kate Veik/CNA. CNA Staff, Oct 18, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA). All of the U.S. bishops will descend upon Baltimore next month for their 2023 Fall Plenary Assembly in which they will be voting on several new committee chairmen and offering updates on conference initiatives…
