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null / Credit: Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 8, 2024 / 15:45 pm (CNA). In a Feb. 7 ruling, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador decriminalized euthanasia in response to the lawsuit filed by Paola Roldán, a woman who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable degenerative disease. “The Constitutional Court has put itself…
Florida Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” host Tracy Sabol on Florida’s proposed abortion amendment Feb. 6, 2024. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” CNA Staff, Feb 8, 2024 / 13:15 pm (CNA). A proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution at dispute before the state Supreme Court would give “unscrupulous” abortion providers free…
Pope Francis addressed members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on Thursday morning, Feb. 8, 2024, to discuss the importance of liturgical reform as a core feature of the broader “renewal of the Church.” / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 8, 2024 / 11:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis…
Talitha Kum members hold a sculpture of St. Josephine Bakhita in St. Peter’s Square on Feb. 6, 2022. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 8, 2024 / 12:15 pm (CNA). On the 10th International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, Pope Francis urged people to take concrete actions to “combat this global…
St. Josephine Bakhita. / Credit: ACurrell via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 8, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA). On Feb. 8, we celebrate the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, an African nun who was born in Darfur, Sudan, and eventually became an Italian citizen. Josephine experienced firsthand the horrors of slavery for…
Supporters of abortion rights confront PAAU activists outside of Washington Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2022. / Credit: Katie Yoder/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 8, 2024 / 09:37 am (CNA). Thirty-five pro-life organizations this week asked Congress to “intervene” and demand that the remains of five late-term aborted babies in Washington, D.C., not be…
Pope Francis at the Church of St. Anselm on Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017. / Credit: L’Osservatore Romano ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 8, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis will preside at the Mass and the traditional Ash Wednesday procession on Feb. 14 on Aventine Hill in Rome. The Office of Liturgical Celebrations announced…
Father Nikodemus Schnabel, abbot of the Benedictine Basilica of the Dormition in Jerusalem, speaks during an ecumenical prayer service that took place at the Cenacle on Jan. 25, 2024. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Feb 8, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Violence against Christians in Jerusalem continues to make the news following an incident on…
“He Leadeth Me” Hallow Pray40 Challenge. / Credit: Hallow CNA Staff, Feb 8, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Lent is a time when Catholics around the world are invited to pray, fast, and give alms as the Church prepares to enter once again into the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ. It is a time…
null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 7, 2024 / 18:40 pm (CNA). Based on a review of more than 60 studies related to the mental health of adolescents, the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) has concluded that social transition, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones “have no demonstrable, long-term benefit on psychosocial well-being of adolescents with…
