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Anya Safaryan (right), 78, who fled from Azerbaijan’s controlled region of Nagorno-Karabakh, sits on a bed at a sports complex set up as a temporary shelter in the Armenian city of Artashat on Oct. 8, 2023. / Credit: Karen Minasyan/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 4, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). The little-known…
A German bishop issued a letter Thursday asking pastors in his diocese to bless same-sex couples. Share The Pillar Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann said in the Nov. 2 letter to priests, deacons, and lay pastoral workers that the blessings — which he also extended to remarried couples — could take place in churches in the Diocese…
When the Vatican’s synod secretariat published in 2022 a “spiritual aid” for the synod on synodality — “Towards a Spirituality for Synodality” — the document, like much of the synod, became quickly a subject of debate. After the text was published, some critics went so far as to call the document, or the synod on…
As violence between Israel and Gaza continues, officials warned this week that antisemitism in the U.S. has reached “historic levels.” The U.S. bishops have condemned antisemitism repeatedly in recent years. Last November, the bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs stressed that antisemitic actions are “even more painful in light of the Church’s relationship to…
The Communion and Liberation ecclesial movement acknowledged on Tuesday that the movement’s former U.S. leader has been accused of sexual and psychological abuse against young adults and minors, and that the movement’s officials initially failed to respond appropriately to allegations. “[W]e believe the moment has come for a more public account of a situation that…
Delegates to the synod on synodality will begin debate Thursday evening over their proposed amendments to a draft “synthesis report” that aims to summarize their month-long meeting in Rome — and to make recommendations to Pope Francis regarding the exercise of “synodality” in the life of the Church. After proposed amendments are considered by the…
A photo of a scene from “Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers,” a Christmas special released in December 2021. / Credit: Courtesy of “The Chosen” CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 15:06 pm (CNA). On Nov. 1 the hit Christian series “The Chosen” released the trailer to its upcoming Christmas special, one that will be…
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims on All Saints’ Day in St. Peter’s Square, Nov. 1, 2023. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 1, 2023 / 15:36 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has called for a “paradigm shift” in Catholic theology that takes widespread engagement with contemporary science, culture, and people’s lived experience as an essential starting…
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin with state police in 2023. / Credit: Virginia Office of the Governor|Wikipedia|CC BY 2.0 CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 16:06 pm (CNA). Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin this week issued a directive meant to combat what the Republican executive called “hatred, intolerance, and antisemitism” throughout the state. The governor’s executive directive,…
The general assembly of the synod on synodality made headlines Wednesday when it released the Letter to the People of God, repeatedly mentioning the importance of including and listening to laypeople – both men and women – in a synodal Church. Share At a press conference on Wednesday, Ghanaian theologian Nora Kofognotera Nonterah, a member…
