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Supporters of Blessed Wenceslao Pedernera listen during the final hearing on Dec. 11, 2023, of the trial for his 1976 murder in La Rioja, Argentina. / Credit: Diocese of La Rioja ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 13, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA). After seven months of hearings, the trial for the murder 47 years ago of…
The lighting of the first Hanukkah candle during the interfaith event organized by the Kehilat Zion on the first night of Hanukkah on Dec. 7, 2023, in Jerusalem. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Dec 14, 2023 / 05:30 am (CNA). On the first evening of Hanukkah, Dec. 7, under a large tent in Jerusalem, an…
Bishop Earl K. Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, and Bishop Paul J. Bradley, apostolic administrator of Steubenville, Ohio. / Credit: Diocese of Steubenville/Archdiocese of Cincinnati National Catholic Register, Dec 13, 2023 / 17:25 pm (CNA). The bishops who lead the dioceses of Columbus and Steubenville in Ohio could present a merger plan to the U.S. Conference…
Bishop Emeritus José Luis Azcona at the 56th general assembly of the CNBB in Aparecida, San Pablo, in 2018. / Credit: CNBB ACI Digital, Dec 13, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The apostolic nuncio in Brazil, Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, has asked Bishop Emeritus José Luis Azcona Hermoso to no longer live in the territory of…
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…
