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Cardinal José Luis Lacunza. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 1, 2024 / 18:10 pm (CNA). The Panamanian Episcopal Conference (CEP) announced that Cardinal José Luis Lacunza was found safe and sound today after being missing since Jan. 30. “The Office of Communications of the Panamanian Episcopal Conference (CEP) informs that Cardinal…
U.S. President Joe Biden, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries bow their heads during the National Prayer Breakfast held in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Feb. 1, 2024. / Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images CNA Staff, Feb 1, 2024 / 17:35 pm (CNA). At the 2024 National Prayer Breakfast,…
Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán. / Credit: Panamanian Episcopal Conference ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 1, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA). The Diocese of David in the province of Chiriquí, Panama, reported that Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán “has officially been missing since Tuesday, Jan. 30, of this year, in the afternoon.” In a Feb. 1…
French farmers stand next to their tractors as they block the road during a demonstration at the French-German border in Ottmarsheim, eastern France, on Feb. 1, 2024, as part of nationwide protests called by several farmers’ unions over pay, tax, and regulations. / Credit: PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Feb 1, 2024 /…
null / Credit: Paul Vinten/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Feb 1, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has centered his Lenten message for 2024 on the Book of Exodus, choosing “Through the Desert God Leads Us to Freedom” as its main theme to encourage the faithful that the season is a journey from bondage to spiritual…
The 36th biennial assembly of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), with over 180 bishops in attendance, got underway in Bangalore on Jan. 31, 2024. / Credit: CBCI Bangalore, India, Feb 1, 2024 / 11:50 am (CNA). The Vatican’s top diplomat in India told a gathering of bishops there that the Church has an important…
St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Gaylord, Michigan. / Credit: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Feb 1, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). A U.S. bishop in the state of Michigan this week announced that two priests would be forbidden from saying public Masses following the publication earlier this…
null / roibu / Shutterstock. St. Louis, Mo., Feb 1, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Amid a flurry of abortion-related referenda being pushed in states across the country this year, Republican lawmakers in Mississippi and Missouri are attempting to mitigate proposed pro-abortion initiatives in favor of the strong pro-life laws currently in force. Under a proposal passed…
Father Patrick Hughes shows how to make a traditional St. Brigid’s Cross in County Cavan, Ireland. / Credit; Courtney Mares/CNA Rome Newsroom, Feb 1, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Ireland on Thursday is celebrating the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St. Brigid of Kildare, the Emerald Isle’s female patron saint. St. Brigid (c. 453–524…
A priest administers anointing of the sick. / Credit: Kristina Ismulyani/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 1, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of February is for the terminally ill. “When some people talk about terminal illnesses, there are two words they often confuse: incurable and un-carable. But they are not…
