Category: Church News

The Apostolic Nunciature of Poland has revealed further information regarding the resignation of Polish Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga, indicating that he stepped down due to alleged negligence in overseeing sexual abuse claims. / Credit: Redaktor01|Wikimedia|GFDL CNA Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA). The Apostolic Nunciature of Poland has revealed further information regarding the resignation…

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address at the Gostiny Dvor conference center in central Moscow on Feb. 29, 2024. / Credit: GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Russian President Vladimir Putin…

President Joe Biden tells EWTN News’ Owen Jensen he disagrees with the Catholic Church’s position on IVF, Feb. 29, 2024. / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 29, 2024 / 16:35 pm (CNA). President Joe Biden expressed today his disagreement with the Catholic Church’s position that in vitro fertilization (IVF) is immoral because it…

The Alabama State House, located in Montgomery, Alabama. / Credit: Chris Pruitt|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 3.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 29, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). The Alabama House overwhelmingly approved a bill on Thursday that grants immunity to in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers in cases of death or injury to unborn babies during the IVF process. …

null / Credit: Brigitte Pica2/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory XIII (1502–1585), is used almost throughout the world and establishes that every fourth year is a leap year that has one extra day, Feb. 29. What is little known is that the Church…

Pope Francis at the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on April 8, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 29, 2024 / 12:10 pm (CNA). The Vatican has released Pope Francis’ schedule for Holy Week 2024, which will include five papal liturgies, Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum, and other traditions…

Bishop Thomas Paprocki preaches the opening Mass of the Corpus Christi Priory in Springfield. / Photo credit: Diocese of Springfield ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 12:40 pm (CNA). A little-known story in the annals of the Church is that God gave St. Angelo d’Acri (1669–1739), born in a small town in southern Italy,…

A picture taken from a position in southern Israel on Feb. 29, 2024, shows smoke billowing over the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. / Credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 11:40 am (CNA). The Vatican has reiterated its call for the…

Blessed Rosario Livatino. / Credit: Episcopal Conference of Sicily Rome Newsroom, Feb 29, 2024 / 09:15 am (CNA). The relics of Blessed Rosario Livatino, a Catholic judge brutally killed by the Mafia in 1990, will be brought to a prison in Naples on Saturday as his relics tour the southern Italian city plagued by organized…

Both the pastor of nearby San Bernabé parish in El Escorial, Fr. Florentino de Andrés, along with the Archdiocese of Madrid, anticipate the deconsecration of the chapel as a result of the ceremony. / Credit: Zarateman/Wikimedia Commons Madrid, Spain, Feb 28, 2024 / 18:28 pm (CNA). The private Catholic chapel where two Spanish men celebrated…