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Votes are counted in Dublin, Ireland, on March 9, 2024, after voters in the country went to the polls March 8 to decide on a pair of referendums proposing wording changes to the Irish constitution aimed at reflecting secular values. / Credit: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Mar 9, 2024 / 10:32 am (CNA). Voters…
Holy Spirit stained glass in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Alexey Gotovskyi/CNA CNA Staff, Mar 9, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). A novena is a traditional form of Catholic prayer lasting nine days. Typically, novenas focus on asking God for a specific intention and many are prayed through a saint’s intercession. Novenas are a beautiful…
Argentine President Javier Milei is pictured here during an audience with Pope Francis on Feb. 12, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 9, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, says abortion “is murder aggravated by the bond” between mother and child and condemned…
Inside St. Frances of Rome Church in Italy on March 9, 2016. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome, Italy, Mar 9, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). Francesca Romana, also known as St. Frances of Rome, is frequently called the “most Roman of the saints” and is the co-patron of the city. She serves as a model…
null / Credit: Fabio Sola Penna via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 17:05 pm (CNA). As interfaith marriages can carry unique theological and pastoral challenges, Orthodox and Catholic Church representatives released earlier this week the latest guidance on these Catholic-Orthodox marriages in more than 30 years. “The Pastoral Care of…
null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 17:35 pm (CNA). Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago announced large-scale job cuts this week amid a plan to move away from “increasingly complex and uncertain” government contracts and rely instead more heavily on charitable donations. In a March 7 statement shared with CNA, the…
A view of the Iowa State Capitol building in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. / Credit: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 8, 2024 / 18:20 pm (CNA). The Iowa House of Representatives passed legislation that would recognize the personhood of unborn children at the moment of fertilization and increase penalties for those who cause…
Bishop Salvi announced the determination that the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Trevignano Romano are not supernatural. / Credit: Shutterstock Lima Newsroom, Mar 8, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA). After an investigation by a group of experts, “fervent” prayer and “attentive discernment,” an Italian bishop has decreed that the alleged apparitions of the…
Andrea Mia Ghez, recognized for her groundbreaking research on black holes, is one of only four women to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. / Credit: Elena Zhukova/University of California CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed a California-based astrophysicist to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the…
null / Credit: Brian A Jackson / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 16:35 pm (CNA). In a “resounding victory” for religious freedom, a court in North Dakota ruled this week that the federal government cannot compel religious employers and health care providers to pay for or perform “gender transition” procedures that go against…
