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A doctor carries out a medical examination of Bishop Rolando Álvarez on Jan. 2, 2024. / Credit: Government of Nicaragua ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The dictatorship in Nicaragua headed by President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, on Jan. 2 released recent images of the bishop…
Members of the Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast (CECCI). / Credit: CECCI Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA). Bishops in several African countries will not allow blessings for same-sex couples as opposition to a Vatican declaration continues to grow on the continent, but bishops globally remain heavily divided on implementation. More than two…
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa Rome Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 18:20 pm (CNA). Amid significant confusion about the Vatican’s recent guidance on same-sex blessings, the document’s architect has lashed out at those advancing the most liberal interpretation: Catholic leadership in Germany. Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery…
null / MK Feeney|Flickr|CC BY 2.0 DEED CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 14:40 pm (CNA). The Franciscan Friars of California announced this week that they have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over dozens of sexual abuse allegations filed against the religious order. The Franciscans of the Province of St. Barbara, founded in 1915 in…
A man walks the Camino de Santiago in Spain. / Credit: Jorge Luis Ojeda Flota via Unsplash CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Pilgrims walking the famous Camino de Santiago have reached a new record. In 2023, nearly half a million people from around the world hiked this historic route. According to…
Actor Shia LaBeouf was confirmed on Dec. 31, 2023, by Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, Bishop Robert Barron. / Credit: Capuchin Franciscans-Western America Province CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 14:10 pm (CNA). Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf was received into the Catholic Church with the sacrament of confirmation by Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, Bishop Robert Barron on Sunday evening. The…
Emergency room intensive care unit. / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 10:40 am (CNA). A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected the Biden administration’s argument that emergency room doctors should be required to perform abortions under federal medical law. The legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) said on Tuesday that the U.S. Court…
Father Ramon Guidetti has been excommunicated by his local bishop for saying in a homily that Pope Francis “is not the pope” and calling him “a usurper.” / Credit: Screenshot from Radio Domina NostraYouTube channel, Jan. 3, 2024 Rome Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 11:08 am (CNA). An Italian priest has been excommunicated by his…
Pope Francis delivers a message on the topic of “vices and virtuesc” at his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 3, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 3, 2024 / 09:10 am (CNA). In life’s worst moments, never forget that Jesus is beside you, Pope Francis said Wednesday. In his first general audience of…
A man adorned in the flag of Spain prays the rosary for Spain on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: ACI Prensa Madrid, Spain, Jan 3, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Rosary for Spain, which has been prayed in Madrid since Nov. 12, has announced that on Jan. 6 it will be united in communion…
