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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…
A San Francisco police officer steps out of the mobile command unit in San Francisco, California. / Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 18:43 pm (CNA). Police arrested 22-year-old Debari Charvel Augustine of San Francisco for allegedly shooting toward St. Augustine Catholic Church in South San Francisco, California, Tuesday afternoon…
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, speaks to victims and their family members as he testifies during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis” in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2024. / Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 17:38 pm (CNA)….
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a press conference at the presidential office in Taipei on Dec. 27, 2022. / Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 16:10 pm (CNA). President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen sent a letter to Pope Francis on Wednesday joining the pontiff in calling for…
The Mass of episcopal consecration for Bishop Peter Wu Yishun was celebrated in the Church of Chengguan in the district of Jianyang in the city of Nanping and celebrated by Joseph Li Shan, the archbishop of Beijing, president of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA), and vice chairman of the Chinese Catholic Bishops’ Conference. /…
The Supreme Court of the United States, Oct. 7. 2022. / Credit: Public Domain CNA Staff, Jan 31, 2024 / 15:24 pm (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that oral arguments in a high-stakes abortion pill case will be heard on March 26. The decision in the case could determine whether the abortion pill…
View of a recreation of an El Chipote prison cell during a photography exhibition of the victims of state repression in Nicaragua and their families, at the Hall of Former Presidents of the Costa Rican Congress in San Jose, on Nov. 5, 2021. / Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images Washington D.C., Jan 31, 2024 /…
Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil, the new archbishop of the divided Syro-Malabar Church in India, has been well received by the faithful and civic leaders alike, but there is no sign that the differences over the liturgy that have split his Church are close to being resolved. / Credit: Anto Akkara Thrissur, India, Jan 31, 2024…
Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, at the USCCB’s fall meeting Nov. 15, 2023. / Credit: Joe Bukuras/CNA CNA Staff, Jan 31, 2024 / 13:25 pm (CNA). The bishops of Maryland have written an open letter denouncing state legislators’ decision to consider an assisted-suicide bill and…
Pro-life activists protest the incarceration of nine activists charged with FACE Act violations on Jan. 19, 2024. / Credit: Tyler Arnold/CNA CNA Staff, Jan 31, 2024 / 10:40 am (CNA). Half a dozen pro-life activists on Tuesday were found guilty of violating a federal law that forbids protesters from blocking the entrances to abortion clinics. …
