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null / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Vatican City, Oct 24, 2023 / 07:58 am (CNA). Pope Francis accepted the resignation of 59-year-old Polish Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak on Tuesday following public calls for him to step down over poor management of scandals involving priests in his diocese. Kaszak, who had led the southern Polish Diocese of Sosnowiec since…
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, patriarch of Jerusalem. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2023 / 08:25 am (CNA). Editor’s note: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, published this letter to his diocese on Tuesday, Oct. 24. It is reprinted here in full. Dear Brothers and Sisters,May the Lord give you…
Pope Francis arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Jan. 31, 2023. The streets of the pope’s five-mile drive from the N’Dolo Airport to the presidential residence were lined with thousands of locals who cheered and waved flags. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Oct 24, 2023 / 10:18 am (CNA). New data from…
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s unicameral legislative body, located in Kiev. / Credit: Drop of Light/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2023 / 10:50 am (CNA). The Ukrainian Parliament this month advanced legislation widely seen as an attempt to ban an Orthodox church from the country over allegations that it is linked to Russia. The Verkhovna…
Pilgrims walk from Silver Spring, Maryland, to the St. John Paul II National Shrine on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, the day before his feast day. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Saint John Paul II National Shrine Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2023 / 11:51 am (CNA). About 100 Catholics walked a 12-mile-long pilgrimage from…
Ciao amici, Greetings from Rome and the synod on synodality. We’re entering into the home stretch now, with just a few more days of deliberations, and then the votes on the synod’s interim report. At this stage, borrowing from the late Arizona congressman Morris Udall, one bishop told me that “everything’s been said already, but…
Reference image / green handkerchief used by promoters of abortion. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 23, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The Spanish Christian Lawyers Foundation has filed a complaint against a pro-abortion organization whose activists allegedly harassed the faithful who attended Mass and spray-painted offensive slogans on the walls of…
Bella Health + Wellness in Englewood, Colorado. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA Denver, Colo., Oct 23, 2023 / 18:50 pm (CNA). A Denver-area medical clinic can continue to help women reverse unwanted chemical abortions despite a state ban after a judge issued a temporary injunction Saturday. Mother and daughter Dede Chism and Abby Sinnett, nurse practitioners…
null / Credit: Yeti studio/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Oct 23, 2023 / 17:05 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Stockton, California, has issued a warning about a pair of imposters posing as Catholic clergymen in the city of Modesto and charging high fees for blessings and sacraments. The diocese said that two unidentified men are falsely using…
The Cross of San Lázaro of Seville, Spain, sculpted in the 16th century, was vandalized on the night of Oct. 21-22, 2023. / Credit: Emergencies Seville ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 23, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). A stone cross carved in the 16th century and placed on a pedestal in a public square next to…
