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Ultrasound scan of 15 week-old baby / Allo4e4ka/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 6, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA). Virginia’s state legislative elections on Tuesday, Nov. 7, could determine the fate of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposal to prohibit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. All…
In an interview last week, Cardinal Christophe Pierre emphasized a focus in the Church on “synodality” — and focused on a 2007 meeting of South and Latin America’s bishops in the city of Aparecida, Brazil. Pierre told America Magazine that when he arrived in the United States, he had been “shocked” to see that many…
Pope Francis shakes hands with one of the approximately 7,000 children from around the world in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Nov. 6, 2023, at an event sponsored by the Dicastery for Culture and Education dedicated to the theme “Let us learn from boys and girls.” / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 6,…
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption, the seat of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. / Credit: Public domain CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2023 / 14:10 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Baltimore said last week that Masses and sacraments at a Baltimore parish would be discontinued after its pastor was removed there last month following…
Ricky Reyes dribbles the ball up court as now-Father Peter Schirripa follows behind at the national basketball tournament for seminaries in 2022. / Credit: St. John’s Seminary CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2023 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Imagine the scene: The alarm clock starts beeping and it’s 4 a.m. Basketball practice starts in an hour. It’s…
A senior cardinal has denied reports that he is involved in prospective changes to Universi dominici gregis, the apostolic constitution governing the events surrounding the death of a pope, and the election of his successor in a conclave. Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a career canonist and close collaborator with the pope on key legal reforming projects,…
Sister Thea Bowman (Courtesy of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration) and Venerable Augustus Tolton / Credit: New York Public Library CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2023 / 10:15 am (CNA). Arlington, Virginia, Bishop Michael Burbidge is urging Catholics to “reflect on the faithful witness” of Black Catholics during the Church’s annual Black Catholic History Month…
Pope Francis issued a new apostolic letter last Wednesday calling for a “paradigm shift” in theology. The letter, “Ad theologiam promovendam,” was issued motu proprio, or on the pope’s own impulse, adding to the ever-expanding list of such documents since Francis’ election in 2013. The document, dated Nov. 1, generated headlines in the secular media…
Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, SJ, takes possession of his titular church in Rome, the Church of the Gesù, on Dec. 8, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Nov 6, 2023 / 08:55 am (CNA). A cardinal and canon lawyer has denied reports that he is involved in changing the papal election process to make it…
Pope Francis speaks with the Conference of European Rabbis at the Vatican on Nov. 6, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 6, 2023 / 09:46 am (CNA). Pope Francis is continuing to keep a full schedule even as the Holy Father said he was not feeling well during a meeting Monday morning with…
