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Founder and President of the Vulnerable People Project Jason Jones speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” host Tracy Sabol on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” CNA Staff, Dec 27, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). Afghans are facing yet another brutal winter with millions struggling to buy fuel to stay warm. One Catholic organization…
Maryland Capitol. / Dave Newman / Shutterstock. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 27, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). Voters in Maryland will take part in a statewide referendum next November to decide whether to make abortion access a constitutional right there. A simple majority will be required to pass the amendment when voters head to the…
Pope Francis gives a blessing after he delivers his Angelus address to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 26, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 26, 2023 / 11:05 am (CNA). During Tuesday’s Angelus on the occasion of the feast of St. Stephen — the first Christian martyr — Pope Francis…
The Monastery of Città della Pieve in Italy. / Credit: Monastery of Città della Pieve ACI Stampa, Dec 26, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). Sister Chiara Antonella has a very special story. Blind from birth, she has been able to put this adversity to good use, with love, and she has never given up in…
A stamp printed in United Kingdom in 1999 shows image of the dedicated to the Glastonbury Holy Thorn. / Credit: MarkauMark/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Catholic celebration of Christmas is about God’s entry into our sinful world — a theological truth that is sometimes symbolized, in various forms of…
null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). New Yorkers will be voting next November on a proposal to enshrine abortion rights into their state constitution. The vote comes as a wave of states attempt to expand abortion access by amending their constitutions following the overturning of Roe v. Wade…
Painting of St. Stephen’s martyrdom. / Rembrandt CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA). If “Good King Wenceslas” is one of the Christmas hymns you look forward to each year, you probably know which saint is celebrated today — St. Stephen, the first person to die for the risen Christ. Roman Catholics celebrate…
Pope Francis delivers his annual “urbi et orbi” address on Christmas from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 25, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 25, 2023 / 08:33 am (CNA). On the birthday of the Prince of Peace, Pope Francis called for an end to war in the Holy…
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, presides over the Christmas Midnight Mass in the Church of St. Catherine in Bethlehem. With him, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal envoy, H. E. Adolfo Tito Yllana, Apostolic Delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine, and the bishops of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem concelebrated. Dec. 25, 2023. / Credit:…
null / Dima Zel / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 25, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). 1968 was a turbulent year for America. As the Vietnam War raged and leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. lost their lives at assassins’ hands, cities across the United States were convulsed by riots. Amid the chaos, three men…
