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null / Credit: Paul Vinten/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Feb 1, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has centered his Lenten message for 2024 on the Book of Exodus, choosing “Through the Desert God Leads Us to Freedom” as its main theme to encourage the faithful that the season is a journey from bondage to spiritual…
The 36th biennial assembly of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), with over 180 bishops in attendance, got underway in Bangalore on Jan. 31, 2024. / Credit: CBCI Bangalore, India, Feb 1, 2024 / 11:50 am (CNA). The Vatican’s top diplomat in India told a gathering of bishops there that the Church has an important…
St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Gaylord, Michigan. / Credit: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Feb 1, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). A U.S. bishop in the state of Michigan this week announced that two priests would be forbidden from saying public Masses following the publication earlier this…
null / roibu / Shutterstock. St. Louis, Mo., Feb 1, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Amid a flurry of abortion-related referenda being pushed in states across the country this year, Republican lawmakers in Mississippi and Missouri are attempting to mitigate proposed pro-abortion initiatives in favor of the strong pro-life laws currently in force. Under a proposal passed…
Father Patrick Hughes shows how to make a traditional St. Brigid’s Cross in County Cavan, Ireland. / Credit; Courtney Mares/CNA Rome Newsroom, Feb 1, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Ireland on Thursday is celebrating the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St. Brigid of Kildare, the Emerald Isle’s female patron saint. St. Brigid (c. 453–524…
A priest administers anointing of the sick. / Credit: Kristina Ismulyani/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 1, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of February is for the terminally ill. “When some people talk about terminal illnesses, there are two words they often confuse: incurable and un-carable. But they are not…
A San Francisco police officer steps out of the mobile command unit in San Francisco, California. / Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 18:43 pm (CNA). Police arrested 22-year-old Debari Charvel Augustine of San Francisco for allegedly shooting toward St. Augustine Catholic Church in South San Francisco, California, Tuesday afternoon…
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, speaks to victims and their family members as he testifies during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis” in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2024. / Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 17:38 pm (CNA)….
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a press conference at the presidential office in Taipei on Dec. 27, 2022. / Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 16:10 pm (CNA). President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen sent a letter to Pope Francis on Wednesday joining the pontiff in calling for…
The Mass of episcopal consecration for Bishop Peter Wu Yishun was celebrated in the Church of Chengguan in the district of Jianyang in the city of Nanping and celebrated by Joseph Li Shan, the archbishop of Beijing, president of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA), and vice chairman of the Chinese Catholic Bishops’ Conference. /…
