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Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil, the new archbishop of the divided Syro-Malabar Church in India, has been well received by the faithful and civic leaders alike, but there is no sign that the differences over the liturgy that have split his Church are close to being resolved. / Credit: Anto Akkara Thrissur, India, Jan 31, 2024…
Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, at the USCCB’s fall meeting Nov. 15, 2023. / Credit: Joe Bukuras/CNA CNA Staff, Jan 31, 2024 / 13:25 pm (CNA). The bishops of Maryland have written an open letter denouncing state legislators’ decision to consider an assisted-suicide bill and…
Pro-life activists protest the incarceration of nine activists charged with FACE Act violations on Jan. 19, 2024. / Credit: Tyler Arnold/CNA CNA Staff, Jan 31, 2024 / 10:40 am (CNA). Half a dozen pro-life activists on Tuesday were found guilty of violating a federal law that forbids protesters from blocking the entrances to abortion clinics. …
null / Credit: Pedro Lastra/Unsplash CNA Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 11:45 am (CNA). The French National Assembly on Tuesday voted to introduce a “right to abortion” in the French Constitution, less than two weeks after thousands of French citizens participated in the Paris March for Life. The plan to write access to abortion into…
Bishop José Álvarez Lagos surrounded by police officers on Aug. 4, 2022. / Credit: Diocese Media TV Merced/Diocese of Matagalpa Washington D.C., Jan 31, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA). Hundreds of people of various faiths from around the world attended the opening day of the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, D.C., which seeks…
Pope Francis delivers a message at his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 09:36 am (CNA). Pope Francis dedicated his Jan. 31 general audience to the subject of wrath, characterizing it as a vice that is “pervasive” and “particularly dark.” In his opening remarks,…
Bishop Massimiliano Palinuro arrives at the Jan. 29, 2024, funeral of Tuncer Murat Cihan, 52, who was murdered during Sunday Mass at Santa Maria Italian Church on Jan. 28 in Istanbul, Turkey. / Credit: Sercan Ozkurnazli/Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 10:10 am (CNA). The sole victim of Sunday’s attack on a Catholic…
Members of the Houston-based Catholic Youth for Life carry their flag, alongside the state flag, at the 2024 Texas March for Life. / Credit: Catholic Youth for Life CNA Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). With regulation of abortion expected to be on the ballot this year in various states, pro-life groups across…
Outfits worn for traditional Mexican dances. / Credit: Katherine Candler CNA Staff, Jan 31, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). Earlier this year, the United States bishops released their new National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry, with evangelization and mission topping the pastoral priorities for the country’s growing population of 30 million Latino Catholics. The rise…
St. John Bosco. / Credit: Public Domain CNA Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). History notes how much the Freemasons hated St. John Bosco, the founder of the Salesians — whose feast the Church celebrates on Jan. 31 — but less known are their attempts to kill him. The two assassination attempts ordered…
