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St. Arcadius. / Credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 12, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA). On Jan. 12, the Church honors the feast days for several martyrs and groups of martyrs at a time in which Christians still face persecution and the threat of martyrdom at the hands of authoritarian governments…
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys by Pierre Le Ber. / Credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 12, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Every Jan. 12 the Church celebrates St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, CND, a 17th-century French nun who worked as a missionary and teacher in Canada. She was the foundress of the Congregation of…
Bishop Eric Moulins-Beaufort, president of the French Bishops’ Conference. / Credit: Bishopric of Reims and the Ardennes ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 11, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The Permanent Council of the French Bishops’ Conference has expressed its support for the Fiducia Supplicans declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on pastoral…
Argentine President Javier Milei formally invited Pope Francis to visit his homeland of Argentina in a Jan. 8, 2024, letter. / Credit: Office of the Argentine President X account; Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan 11, 2024 / 19:00 pm (CNA). The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, has sent Pope Francis a formal invitation…
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). / Credit: François-Régis Salefran, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 11, 2024 / 14:25 pm (CNA). In response to new Vatican guidelines permitting nonliturgical pastoral blessings of homosexual couples, the bishops of Africa issued a united…
Bernini’s baldacchino at the papal Mass on Jan. 1, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 11, 2024 / 13:15 pm (CNA). The Vatican announced on Thursday that the soaring baldacchino over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini 400 years ago will undergo a major restoration. The ambitious…
Bishop Robert Barron. / Credit: Archdiocese of Los Angeles Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 11, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Speaking on behalf of the U.S. bishops, Bishop Robert Barron condemned the practice of surrogacy, joining Pope Francis in calling it a “grave injustice” that results in the “commercialization of women and children.” Barron, who is…
null / nito/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 11, 2024 / 12:45 pm (CNA). The Irish Medical Council has stripped a prohibition against the “deliberate killing” of patients from the most recent update to its national medical guidelines. The Medical Council on its website says it “regulates medical doctors in Ireland” by way of “promoting and better ensuring high…
The Dominican Church of Our Lady of the Hour, one of the most emblematic in Mosul, northern Iraq, has been completely restored after the destruction carried out by Islamic State terrorists 10 years ago. / Credit: ACI Mena/YouTube ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 11, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Dominican Church of Our Lady of…
Eight children received their first Communion at Holy Family Church on Jan. 7, 2024, in northern Gaza. / Credit: Father Gabriel Romanelli/Facebook CNA Staff, Jan 11, 2024 / 09:33 am (CNA). In the midst of war and suffering, the Catholic faithful of Holy Family Parish in northern Gaza continue to walk in the light of…
