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null / Daniel Tadevosyan/Shutterstock Providence, R.I., Dec 13, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA). Traditional Latin Mass priest Father James Jackson was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison and five years of probation after he pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge in June. Judge William Smith, sitting in U.S. District Court in Providence, Rhode…
The interior of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, in Missouri. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA St. Louis, Mo., Dec 13, 2023 / 14:39 pm (CNA). Pastors at each of the 25 Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of St. Louis eyed for closure earlier this year have recommended that their schools remain open, the archdiocese…
U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 13, 2023 / 13:45 pm (CNA). The U.S. bishops are asking Congress to provide at least $200 million in federal funds for grants that improve security for houses of worship and other nonprofit organizations. In a letter to congressional leaders, written last month…
The Supreme Court of the United States, Oct. 7. 2022. / Public Domain Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 13, 2023 / 12:24 pm (CNA). The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it will once again consider a high-stakes abortion pill case that could impose new national limits on abortion. The Supreme Court will be reviewing a…
Pope Francis / Credit: Compañía de Jesús and ACI Press / Daniel Ibañez CNA Newsroom, Dec 13, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA). On Dec. 13, 1969, just four days before his 33rd birthday, Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio — who today is Pope Francis — was ordained a priest by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano, archbishop emeritus…
Pope Francis speaks at his general audience Dec. 13, 2023, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 13, 2023 / 10:10 am (CNA). Pope Francis has said that he wants to be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome because of his devotion to the…
Pope Francis speaks at his general audience Dec. 13, 2023, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 13, 2023 / 09:38 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday closed his catechetical series on apostolic zeal, delivered during his recent general audiences, by noting that the attitude of being…
null / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 13, 2023 / 08:14 am (CNA). A congressional report released this week revealed that major abortion advocacy organizations received nearly $2 billion in federal funds between 2019 and 2021. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report showed that several pro-abortion groups “received $1.89 billion in federal funding” over the years…
Children participate in the annual St. Lucy’s Day celebration in Sweden. / Credit: Claudia Gründer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2023 / 04:45 am (CNA). St. Lucy’s Day, also known as Lucia Day, is a traditional Swedish celebration filled with children in costumes, elaborate processions, and Swedish treats — all…
Sister Clare Crockett of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother. / Credit: EWTN Facebook ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 12, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA). The Home of the Mother congregation’s YouTube channel HM Television was restored after being deleted on Nov. 3, the sisters reported in a video. “This month of cancellation…
