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Helen Alvaré, shown in her Maryland home, encourages Catholics “to give a reason for the hope that is in you” (1 Pt 3:15) as they work to defend Church teaching on the dignity of life and family issues. / Credit: Joe Portolano/National Catholic Register Washington D.C., Feb 6, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). When the…
Archbishop Emeritus Héctor Aguer of La Plata, Argentina. / Credit: Argentine Episcopal Conference ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 5, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Héctor Aguer, the archbishop emeritus of La Plata, Argentina, criticized two cardinals who have expressed their support for the Vatican declaration Fiducia Supplicans, which allows for the blessing of homosexual couples. In…
A woman was seen paying tribute to victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks at a cemetery in Negombo, Sri Lanka. / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 5, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is set to begin the canonization process for the hundreds of faithful killed in…
Then-Prince Charles greets archbishop of Westminster and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols during a reception for the Cardinal Newman Canonization at Pontifical Urban College on Oct. 13, 2019, at the Vatican. / Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images CNA Staff, Feb 5, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA). Cardinal…
Pope Francis with Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery of Divine Worship and Discipline of Sacraments, at the consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, Aug. 27, 2022 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Feb 5, 2024 / 15:10 pm (CNA). The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments will hold its…
Pope Francis at the Nagasaki Martyrs’ Monument on Nishizaka Hill Nov. 24, 2019. / Vatican Media. ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 5, 2024 / 15:40 pm (CNA). In the 16th century, a young Franciscan friar from Mexico was blown off course en route back to his homeland from the Philippines, landing on the shores of Japan….
Cardinal José Luis Lacunza. / Credit: Diocese of David, Panama ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 5, 2024 / 14:10 pm (CNA). Cardinal José Luis Lacunza, the bishop of the Diocese of David in Panama, apologized Feb. 4 at the end of the Sunday Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral in David after having been missing for two…
Seattle Archbishop Paul Etienne. / CNA file photo CNA Staff, Feb 5, 2024 / 13:40 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Seattle has announced its official list of 170 parishes and worship sites it will be combining into 60 “parish families” as part of its major diocesan renewal plan. Archdiocesan Vicar General Father Gary Lazzeroni said last…
Newly appointed Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill made history Feb. 3, 2024, by becoming the first Catholic and first Irish nationalist to lead the country’s government in its 103 years of existence. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Sinn Féin/Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0 DEED Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 5, 2024 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Newly…
null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 5, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). After a year of major efforts to prohibit irreversible and untested transgender operations on young children, lawmakers across the U.S. are continuing the push to protect children from those procedures. Elected officials in Ohio, Missouri, and South Carolina have recently proposed or…
