Bishops call for ‘universal nuclear disarmament’ on anniversary of treaty — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: KREML/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 23, 2024 / 11:17 am (CNA). An international group of bishops is calling for “universal, verifiable nuclear disarmament” on the third anniversary of a key global nuclear disarmament treaty.  The prelates of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Seattle as well as those of the Japanese Archdiocese of Nagasaki…

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua expels three priests; exiled bishop meets with Pope Francis — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Consecrated Missionaries of the Most Holy Savior ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 22, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). Researcher Martha Patricia Molina reported that the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has expelled from Nicaragua three priests from the same congregation after previously canceling the congregation’s legal…

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Ecumenical musical event in Beirut kicks off Week of Prayer for Christian Unity — By: Catholic News Agency

At Beirut 2024, patriarchs, bishops, and priests gathered for an ecumenical musical event the weekend of Jan. 20-21, 2024. / Credit: ACI Mena Beirut, Lebanon, Jan 22, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA). Deep in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, patriarchs, bishops, priests and lay faithful from various Christian ritual traditions gathered this past weekend for…

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Cardinal explains how African rejection of Fiducia Supplicans was handled — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar. / Credit: François-Régis Salefran CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 22, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), recently recounted step by step how the rejection…

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British Catholic politician demands justice for Christians killed in Nigeria at Christmas — By: Catholic News Agency

Margaret and Dominic Attah with Lord Alton and other parliamentarians on # RedWednesday 2023. / Credit: Aid to the Church in Need ACI Africa, Jan 22, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). British politician Lord David Alton of Liverpool has called on the U.K. government to urgently address persecution in Nigeria, starting with last year’s Christmas…

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Biden announces new pro-abortion measures on Roe v. Wade anniversary  — By: Catholic News Agency

President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, announced new plans to increase access to surgical abortion, chemical abortion, and contraceptives, with the move coming on the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s now-defunct Roe v. Wade ruling. / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 22, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA). President Joe Biden’s…

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