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Pope Francis speaks to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus on the solemnity of All Saints on Nov. 1, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 10:46 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday told pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square that holiness is both a “gift” from God and…
St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. / Credit: travelview/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Nov 1, 2023 / 11:15 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of New Orleans has announced the “difficult and painful decision” to consolidate 11 parish communities, permanently close seven churches, and consolidate three territories in the coming months to ensure sustainability and vitality. Archbishop Gregory Aymond…
An Indian archbishop has denied contempt of court in a civil case sparked by an ancient Catholic community’s unique marriage customs. In a 14-page submission to the High Court in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Archbishop Mathew Moolakkatt insisted that he had “neither intended to act nor acted in defiance of court orders at…
Detail of a mural showing Blessed Stanley Rother being welcomed into heaven at the new Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. / Credit: Joe Holdren/EWTN News CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA). Nov. 1 is the solemnity of All Saints — known more popularly as All Saints’ Day — the day…
View of damages caused by the passage of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, on Oct. 31, 2023. Otis smashed into the port city early on Oct. 25 with winds of 165 miles per hour, leaving a trail of destruction. / Credit: SALVADOR VALADEZ/AFP via Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 31, 2023 /…
null / Credit: Zolnierek / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA). A judge in Kansas this week blocked several state-level pro-life laws there, claiming the measures are prohibited by the state’s constitution. District Judge K. Christopher Jayaram said in his Monday ruling that portions of the “Woman’s Right to Know” Act and the…
Children sit together around a boy cooking instant noodles on a fire in a makeshift oven from a recycled barrel in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 31, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. / Credit: MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2023 / 17:30 pm (CNA). The…
Borys Gudziak, archeparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. / Credit: Matt Cashore / Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2023 / 18:10 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church in Ukraine will face extermination if the Russian invasion is successful, leading Ukrainian Catholic bishops told CNA this…
Father Marko Rupnik / Courtesy of the Diocese of Rome ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 31, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA). A group of alleged victims of Father Marko Rupnik said Monday that Pope Francis’ decision to lift the statute of limitations on the case and order the opening of a new process against the priest…
Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis’ prayer intention of the month of November is for himself — the pope. “Pray to the Lord that he will bless me,” Pope Francis…
