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A person holds a foil while smoking following the decriminalization of all drugs, including fentanyl and meth, in downtown Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 25, 2024. Since hard drugs were decriminalized in Oregon three years ago, there are no arrests, just a fine and a card with a telephone number where the user can get help….
Discarded Communion hosts were found in the parking lot of St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, after Easter Mass on March 31, 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of St. James Catholic Church Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 5, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA). Catholics who attended Easter Mass at a historic Harpers…
null / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 5, 2024 / 13:45 pm (CNA). The fatal shooting of a teenager at a Metrorail station near the campus of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., led school administrators to issue an order to students and faculty to shelter in place for over two hours on…
Cardinal Marc Ouellet takes part in the Pontifical Council for Culture’s Plenary Assembly on Women’s Cultures in Rome on Feb. 6, 2015. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA. CNA Newsroom, Apr 5, 2024 / 13:10 pm (CNA). A French court in Lorient, in Brittany, on Wednesday fined Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, PSS; the Dominican Sisters of the Holy…
An improvised barricade covered with barbed wire. In the background, the tent of activists from the “Save the Armenian Quarter” (ArQ) association who are guarding the “Cow’s Garden” parking lot. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Apr 5, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA). A new episode of violence involving a land dispute has shaken the Armenian…
Father Jude Nwachukwu (left) and Father Kenneth Kanwa were kidnapped from their parish rectory in the Diocese of Pankshin in Nigeria on Feb. 1, 2024. / Credit: Ahiara Diocese CNA Staff, Apr 5, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA). A prominent Catholic bishop urged U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in an April 2 letter to…
Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 5, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The U.S. Catholic bishops announced on Wednesday that April 27-28 will be this year’s annual Catholic Home Missions Appeal, which supports vital ministries for more than 75 U.S. dioceses in need. Every year, Catholic parishes throughout the U.S. take up this appeal to help…
Nebraska state Sen. Mike McDonnell, who had been a registered Democrat for 40 years before this week, said that his party change was caused by the Democratic Party’s refusal to respect his pro-life views, which he said is grounded in his Catholic faith. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Nebraska Legislature Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr…
Catholic Relief Services workers help to distribute humanitarian aid materials to Gazan civilians in March 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Catholic Relief Services Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 4, 2024 / 16:10 pm (CNA). As several charitable groups are halting operations in the wake of the killing of seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza, Catholic…
Father Javier Sánchez, 60, from the Archdiocese of Zaragoza in Spain died April 4, 2024, a victim of burns suffered when his liturgical vestments caught fire from a candle during the Easter Vigil on Saturday, March 30. / Credit: Óscar Cortel/Archbishopric of Zaragoza ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 4, 2024 / 14:55 pm (CNA). Father Javier…
