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null / Credit: Chodyra Mike 1/Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Feb 12, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA). A former South Carolina priest will serve more than two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to child sex crimes, the federal government has announced. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina said in a press release…
University of Dallas President Dr. Jonathan Sanford speaks at the Heritage Foundation on Feb. 8, 2024. / Credit: Tyler Arnold/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 12, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA). In a speech delivered at the Heritage Foundation, widely considered the most influential conservative think tank in the United States, University of Dallas President Jonathan…
Father Jude Nwachukwu (left) and Father Kenneth Kanwa were kidnapped from their parish rectory in the Diocese of Pankshin in Nigeria on Feb. 1, 2024. / Credit: Ahiara Diocese ACI Africa, Feb 12, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Two missionary priests who were abducted from a parish rectory in Nigeria earlier this month have been…
Pope Francis meets with Argentina President Javier Milei in a private audience on Feb. 12, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 12, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis met with Argentine President Javier Milei in a highly anticipated private audience on Monday morning, showcasing a possible rapprochement after the…
Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province in Nigeria. / Credit: Bishop Emmanuel Badejo Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, Feb 12, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Catholic bishops in Nigeria’s Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province (IEP) are alarmed by the recurrent and “pervasive” security challenges in the West African nation, which they compare to a battlefield characterized with hostility and…
Venerable Augustus Tolton. / Credit: New York Public Library CNA Staff, Feb 12, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). A Catholic educator from Texas says teaching students about Black Catholic saints and other holy men and women of color “gives not only representation, but new role models for all of our students.” “Being Catholic is an…
null / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 12, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) published a document to explain its concerns about the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval and deregulation of a chemical abortion pill, which is the subject of an ongoing U.S. Supreme Court case….
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address on Feb. 11, 2024. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 11, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis urged people to bring God’s love to the sick and suffering through “concrete actions” in his Angelus address on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Speaking on a rainy Sunday…
Pope Francis and Argentina’s President Javier Milei celebrate after the canonization Mass of Argentina’s first female saint, María Antonia of St. Joseph, on Feb. 11, 2024. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 11, 2024 / 08:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis canonized Argentina’s first female saint, María Antonia of St. Joseph — known affectionately in the…
null / Credit: MarjanCermelj / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 11, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). If you’re giving up sweets for Lent, you may not be happy to learn that this year Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day. But while the day typically marked by heart-shaped candies, Hallmark cards, and giant teddy bears may seem…
