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Eleven Christian leaders were sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $880 million on March 19, 2024, by the dictatorship in Nicaragua. / Credit: Credit: ADF International / Mountain Gateway Order, Inc. ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 8, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA). The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo,…
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery on the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks during a press conference about a new Vatican document on human dignity on April 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 8, 2024 / 12:10 pm (CNA). Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s top doctrinal watchdog, said Monday…
Dome of St. Peter’s basilica, Vatican City. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2024 / 09:15 am (CNA). The Vatican’s top doctrinal office issued a declaration on the theme of human dignity on Monday that addresses growing concerns such as gender theory, sex changes, surrogacy, and euthanasia in addition to abortion, poverty, human…
The Apostolic Administration in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, made up of priests, religious, and laypeople, gather in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, during Easter Week, April 2-3, 2024, to pray and discuss the work of the small but growing Catholic community spread throughout the Central Asian country. Father Anthony Corcoran (pictured in glasses holding a blue pen and paper) and…
null / nito/Shutterstock. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). A study from researchers in the Netherlands found that nearly two-thirds of children who had wished that they belonged to the opposite sex as adolescents ultimately became comfortable with their biological sex in early adulthood. The 15-year study, which was conducted by researchers…
The Annunciation by Fra Angelico. / Credit: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons National Catholic Register, Apr 8, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Today we celebrate the solemnity of the Annunciation. Usually it’s celebrated on March 25, but this year March 25 fell during Holy Week, which superseded the observance. So the United States Conference of…
Born via surrogacy in the United States in 1991, Olivia Maurel is now a leading campaigner for the abolition of “womb renting,” a practice which Pope Francis has called “deplorable.” / Credit: Fabio Gonnella/EWTN News Vatican City, Apr 7, 2024 / 15:34 pm (CNA). Born via surrogacy in the United States in 1991, Olivia Maurel…
A total solar eclipse. / Credit: Public domain via Pixabay National Catholic Register, Apr 7, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). When the moon passes between the sun and Earth creating a total solar eclipse on April 8, many Catholics in its path will be looking skyward to observe the phenomenon from a spiritual and scientific…
The Divine Mercy image is displayed at St. Peter’s Square before Pope Francis Regina Caeli prayer on April 7, 2024. / Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images Vatican City, Apr 7, 2024 / 09:10 am (CNA). Pope Francis during the Regina Caeli on Divine Mercy Sunday noted that the “fullness of life” comes not from…
Image of the Divine Mercy. / Credit: EWTN News In Depth ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 7, 2024 / 10:10 am (CNA). The feast of divine mercy is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter and is associated with the prayer of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, a pious practice revealed to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska by…
