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The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem arrive at a press conference, Oct 18, 2023. The Anglican bishop Hosam Naum is followed by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem. / Credit: Marinella Brandini Jerusalem, Oct 18, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA). On the evening…
As the synod on synodality proceeds at the Vatican, bishops and lay participants have reportedly weighed in on a variety of ways by which the synod might propose changes to Catholic doctrine, or that elements of Catholic teaching be at least reexamined and deemphasized, in response to the pope’s call to see the Church become…
Father Dario Vitali speaks at the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Oct. 18, 2023. / Credit: Screenshot/Vatican Media YouTube Vatican City, Oct 18, 2023 / 13:48 pm (CNA). The next stage of the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality opened Wednesday with a call to focus on authority, decentralization, the co-responsibility of the laity, and concrete…
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 18, 2023 / 15:04 pm (CNA). Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan this week failed twice to secure the vacant speaker of the House chair, falling short of just a few dozen votes as holdout Republicans looked to long-shot alternatives within the party. The House…
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, Oct 18, 2023 / 13:08 pm (CNA). Pope Francis at the end of his general audience on Wednesday morning announced another day of prayer and fasting for an end to…
Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David of Kalookan, Philippines (left), Cardinal Leonardo Steiner, archbishop of Manaus, Brazil (center), and Archbishop Zbigņev Stankevičs of Riga (right) all spoke at the Synod press conference on Oct. 18, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez Vatican City, Oct 18, 2023 / 13:28 pm (CNA). In response to a question about blessing…
null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 18, 2023 / 11:54 am (CNA). Muslim parents at a public charter school in Minnesota are objecting to books that teach about same-sex attraction and gender identity in elementary grades, with dozens of children reportedly being pulled at least temporarily from classes over the controversy. School officials at DaVinci…
Father Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, has been appointed the new vice president of ministry and mission for the Catholic University of America. / Credit: Patrick G Ryan/Catholic University of America CNA Staff, Oct 18, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA). Father Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, has been appointed the first vice president of ministry and mission at the…
University of New Mexico. / Credit: Kit Leong/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 18, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA). A major pro-life group and a conservative advocacy organization are criticizing the University of New Mexico (UNM) for issuing an “unconstitutional viewpoint-based fee” for a campus event, one that came to more than $5,400. UNM charged its…
Suspected Fulani bandits attacked a Benedictine monastery in northern Nigeria Tuesday, abducting three people from the monastery. The attack came at about 1:00 am, according to officials in the Diocese of Ilorin, where the monastery is located. “I received a shocking text message from one of our brother monks from Benedictine monastery in Eruku, that…
