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Portland Bishop-elect James Ruggieri. / Credit: Diocese of Providence Rome Newsroom, Feb 13, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Father James Ruggieri as the new bishop of Portland, Maine. The Vatican announced Feb. 13 that the 56-year-old priest from Providence, Rhode Island, will be ordained as the bishop of Maine’s only…
Pope Francis meets with members of the Pontifical Academy for Life on Feb. 12, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 13, 2024 / 09:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis addressed members of the Pontifical Academy for Life at the Vatican on Monday, stressing the importance of integrating “the resources of science…
Photo illustration. / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 13, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Ahead of a house vote on a human trafficking prevention bill, two organizations hosted an online panel on Feb. 12 highlighting how the legislation could “break the link” between human trafficking and forced migration. Alliance to End Human Trafficking (AEHT) and The…
Our Lady of Lourdes shrine in the city of Alta Gracia in Córdoba province, Argentina, displays an image of Our Lady of Lourdes of Altagracia that is not there — but everyone sees it. / Credit: Facebook Virgen de Altagracia ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 12, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). Those who visit the chapel…
Nobel prize for medicine laureate Katalin Kariko speaks during the annual Nobel Symposium hosted by the Swedish Embassy at the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2023. / Credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 12, 2024 / 17:15 pm (CNA). A Nobel-prize winning biochemist and researcher who helped…
A still from Hallow’s Super Bowl commercial that aired Feb. 11, 2024. / Credit: Hallow CNA Staff, Feb 12, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). The Catholic prayer app Hallow aired its first-ever commercial during Super Bowl LVIII, which saw the Kansas City Chiefs win their second consecutive championship on Feb. 11. Immediately following the airing…
PAAU activists hold a rally outside Washington Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2022. / Credit: Katie Yoder/CNA CNA Staff, Feb 12, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). The remains of five late-term aborted babies in Washington, D.C., will not immediately be discarded, possibly allowing an autopsy to be done to determine whether federal law was…
Pope Francis greets Argentina President Javier Milei in St. Peter’s Basilica on Feb. 11, 2024, at the canonization of Mama Antula, the first female saint from Argentina. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 12, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis and the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, spoke briefly at the…
Indian Catholics bishops pray at the closing of the their Feb. 7, 2024, conference. / Credit: Anto Akkara Bangalore, India, Feb 12, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church in India has called for observing March 22 as a “day of prayer and fasting for peace and harmony in the country.” “There is an…
The associated pastor of St. Philip Catholic Church in Franklin, Tennessee, has been removed from his duties after being indicted on charges of sexual abuse. / Credit: Nheyob|/Wikimedia|, CC BY-SA 3.0 CNA Staff, Feb 12, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA). A Tennessee priest has been indicted by a grand jury on multiple child sexual abuse…
