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Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province in Nigeria. / Credit: Bishop Emmanuel Badejo Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, Feb 12, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Catholic bishops in Nigeria’s Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province (IEP) are alarmed by the recurrent and “pervasive” security challenges in the West African nation, which they compare to a battlefield characterized with hostility and…
Venerable Augustus Tolton. / Credit: New York Public Library CNA Staff, Feb 12, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). A Catholic educator from Texas says teaching students about Black Catholic saints and other holy men and women of color “gives not only representation, but new role models for all of our students.” “Being Catholic is an…
null / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 12, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) published a document to explain its concerns about the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval and deregulation of a chemical abortion pill, which is the subject of an ongoing U.S. Supreme Court case….
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address on Feb. 11, 2024. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 11, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis urged people to bring God’s love to the sick and suffering through “concrete actions” in his Angelus address on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Speaking on a rainy Sunday…
Pope Francis and Argentina’s President Javier Milei celebrate after the canonization Mass of Argentina’s first female saint, María Antonia of St. Joseph, on Feb. 11, 2024. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 11, 2024 / 08:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis canonized Argentina’s first female saint, María Antonia of St. Joseph — known affectionately in the…
null / Credit: MarjanCermelj / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 11, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). If you’re giving up sweets for Lent, you may not be happy to learn that this year Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day. But while the day typically marked by heart-shaped candies, Hallmark cards, and giant teddy bears may seem…
null / Sumandaq / Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 11, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Lent is a time of conversion and penance that the Catholic Church offers to believers to prepare for and live the Easter triduum — the mystery of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus. During the 40 days (this year…
Hungarian President Katalin Novak addresses a joint press conference with the Polish president after talks in Warsaw, Poland, on May 17, 2022. / Credit: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images Budapest, Hungary, Feb 10, 2024 / 17:25 pm (CNA). Katalin Novák resigned as president of Hungary on Saturday amid protests over her decision to pardon a…
null / Credit: Julia Metkalova/Shutterstock Denver, Colo., Feb 10, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Sunday, Jan 28, was Septuagesima Sunday, followed by Sexagesima on Sunday, Feb. 4, and now Quinquagesima on Sunday, Feb. 11, is the last Sunday before Shrovetide, which culminates in Shrove Tuesday — more popularly known as Mardi Gras. If all but…
The interior and side chapel of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Beloit, Kansas, which will house a first-class relic of St. Padre Pio starting Feb. 11, 2024. / Credit: Alan Holdren CNA Staff, Feb 10, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). A foundation dedicated to spreading devotion to St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known…
