Pope Francis prays for infant Indi Gregory as life support set to be removed in UK — By: Catholic News Agency

Indi Gregory, born in February and baptized in September, suffers from a rare degenerative mitochondrial disease and has been receiving life-sustaining treatment on a ventilator at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, England. / Credit: Christian Concern Vatican City, Nov 11, 2023 / 11:06 am (CNA). Pope Francis is praying for Indi Gregory and her…

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NFL’s Harrison Butker, Notre Dame give $10,000 to group creating ‘monastic village’ for ex-prisoners — By: Catholic News Agency

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, which was closed in 1989 and sold, which the Serenelli Project is hoping to purchase (left), and a home for ex-inmates reentering society owned by the Serenelli Project (right). / Credit: Serenelli Project CNA Staff, Nov 11, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). An initiative to help former inmates reenter…

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Catholics and pot: Denver archbishop speaks out against marijuana use, U.S. drug culture — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: chayanuphol/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 18:20 pm (CNA). Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver on Friday released a pastoral letter on the Church’s teaching on recreational drugs, with a particular focus on marijuana, aiming to “help Catholics intelligently dialogue with the 70% of Americans who currently believe marijuana should be legal.”…

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