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Coffins with the LGBT flag in Aguascalientes cathedral in Mexico. / Credit: María Miranda Franco/Metropolitano Aguascalientes ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 19:00 pm (CNA). The vice president of the Mexican Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Gustavo Rodríguez Vega, justified the draping of LGBT flags on the coffins of a gay activist and his partner during…
null / Credit: Aditya Romansa/Unsplash CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 16:20 pm (CNA). Following the death of 8-month-old Indi Gregory last week, Catholics in the U.K. say the country’s medical and legal authorities need to place a greater emphasis on parental voices when difficult medical decisions arise — and codify that emphasis into law. …
null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 17:40 pm (CNA). The retail giant Target is once again at the center of controversy for another LGBTQ+ product: a “Pride Christmas Nutcracker Figure.” Target has been the subject of a national boycott because of its “pride collection,” likely contributing to declining sales for the…
null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Religious communities in the U.S. lack the funds necessary to care for their elderly, the U.S. bishops said ahead of the annual collection for the religious retirement fund. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) said in a statement this month that on the weekend…
Six months ago, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis had entrusted Italy’s Cardinal Matteo Zuppi with a delicate mission. The May 20 announcement was thin on details. It said that the pope had given Zuppi — a veteran peacebuilder linked to the Community of Sant’Egidio — “the task of leading a mission, in agreement with…
“Martyrdom of Josaphat Kuntsevych” (c. 1861) by Józef Simmler. / Credit: National Museum in Warsaw Rome Newsroom, Nov 17, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica from Nov. 12–13 to celebrate the end of the jubilee year marking the 400th anniversary of the martyrdom of…
null / Credit: balipadma/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Nov 17, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). The Vatican announced this week that it was partnering with the auto manufacturer Volkswagen as part of its broader initiative “Ecological Conversion 2030” to introduce an all-electric, zero-impact car fleet in the Vatican by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050,…
Statue of St. Peter in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 15:06 pm (CNA). The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) in response to a question from a Filipino bishop recently reaffirmed the long-standing position of the Catholic Church that being an active…
The Cross of San Lázaro of Seville, Spain, sculpted in the 16th century, was vandalized on the night of Oct. 21-22, 2023. / Credit: Emergencies Seville CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 13:28 pm (CNA). Europe has witnessed a 44% jump in anti-Christian hate crimes across more than two dozen European countries over the past…
Cardinal Angelo Becciu. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Nov 17, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA). After almost two and a half years, the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” in which the disgraced Cardinal Angelo Becciu is a defendant, is winding down. The Vatican court’s president, Giuseppe Pignatone, has asked defense lawyers to keep their…
