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The chapel of St. Anthony Catholic School in Oakland, California. / Credit: Facebook of St. Anthony Catholic School ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 27, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Diocese of Oakland in California has announced that at the end of the school year it will close two private Catholic schools in the east San…
Lisieux House ladies holding up a picture of St. Therese of Lisieux from a feast day celebration they had in her honor. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Angela Maccarrone CNA Staff, Feb 27, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The sad reality of dwindling vocations to religious life in the U.S. leaves the Catholic Church with…
Cardinal Robert Sarah. / Credit: ACI Africa ACI Africa, Feb 26, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). Disunity among followers of Christ is counterproductive to the mission of witnessing the Gospel message and evangelization, Cardinal Robert Sarah said recently at a symposium in Kenya. Sarah, who served as prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and…
Father Oleksandr Zelinskyi, the director general of EWTN Ukraine. / Credit: Screenshot of Facebook post ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 26, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Feb. 24 marked the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. After two years of war and no end in sight, Ukrainian Father Oleksandr Zelinskyi of the Missionary Oblates…
Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles serves as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace. / Credit: Joe Bukuras/CNA CNA Staff, Feb 26, 2024 / 17:10 pm (CNA). A leading Maronite Catholic bishop this week urged ongoing humanitarian support…
Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão on Aug. 27, 2022, in Vatican City. / Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Feb 26, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, the archbishop of Goa and Daman, was elected as the new president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) during the assembly’s meeting in Bangkok,…
Former president Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. / Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 26, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Both former president Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are voicing staunch support for the type of fertility treatment known as in vitro fertilization (IVF), slamming an…
On Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, approximately 1,000 children and youth from Christian schools in Jerusalem walked the Via Dolorosa in the Old City, offering prayers for peace. The crowd brought life to the streets of the Holy City for the first time since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war last October. / Credit: Marinella Bandini…
null / Credit: Peter Hermes Furian via Shutterstock ACI Africa, Feb 26, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). At least 15 Catholics were killed in an attack during Mass on Sunday in the Burkina Faso village of Essakane in the country’s Oudalan province in the northeastern region, a jurisdiction of the Diocese of Dori. In a…
Ivan Cantu is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. / Credit: Texas Department of Criminal Justice CNA Staff, Feb 26, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Catholics are continuing to call for clemency for a convicted murderer in Texas who is facing execution amid an ongoing dispute over…
