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null / Credit: Hostage and Missing Families Forum CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The mother of a hostage held by the Palestinian terror group Hamas has expressed thanks to Pope Francis for his efforts to free the hundreds of innocent people who were abducted from Israel on Oct. 7. In a…
Happy Friday, friends, Before we get started: JD and I will be in Baltimore for the USCCB meeting next week and hosting a live taping of The Pillar Podcast at Todd Conner’s bar, Wednesday, Nov. 15, starting at 7 p.m — brought to you by the University of Dallas. If you are in the neighborhood,…
The Vatican Museums. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Nov 10, 2023 / 09:23 am (CNA). The Vatican Museums have announced a series of novelties beginning both this month and after the new year, in anticipation of the 2025 Jubilee Year. Beginning Nov. 17, the Vatican Museums will open an additional entrance every Friday and…
Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil in Iraq. / Credit: ACN ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 9, 2023 / 18:40 pm (CNA). Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda recently expressed his concern to the papal foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that the war being fought between Israel and Hamas could spread throughout the Middle East….
Sen. Joe Manchin. / Credit: Vasilis Asvestas/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 9, 2023 / 17:06 pm (CNA). West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the last centrist Catholic Democrat in the U.S. Senate, announced Thursday he isn’t running for reelection next year. “I have made one of the toughest decisions of my life and decided that I will…
Map of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. / Credit: Golden|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 4.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 9, 2023 / 17:39 pm (CNA). Peace talks between the Christian nation Armenia and its Muslim neighbor Azerbaijan hit a snag this week when the Azerbaijani government issued a demand that eight villages along the border…
Luis Manuel Díaz, father of soccer player Luis Díaz (center), along with Francisco Ceballos, bishop of Riohacha (right), and Monsignor Héctor Henao, delegate for Church-state relations, who formed the humanitarian commission in charge of facilitating Díaz’s release. / Credit: Episcopal Conference of Colombia ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 9, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The Colombian…
An aerial view of the León city stadium in Guanajuato state in Mexico, where approximately 22,000 people gathered on Nov. 5, 2023, to participate in the traditional “living rosary,” an expression of faith in search of peace. / Credit: Rosario Viviente León ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 9, 2023 / 18:20 pm (CNA). Approximately 22,000 people…
Catholics in Jerusalem gather on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, for a prayer vigil to implore from God the gift of peace for their land. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Nov 9, 2023 / 15:37 pm (CNA). Catholics in Jerusalem gathered for a prayer vigil on Thursday, Nov. 9, to implore from God the gift of…
Flag of the People’s Republic of China. / Credit: Yan Ke / Unsplash (CC0) CNA Staff, Nov 9, 2023 / 16:12 pm (CNA). China passed a “Patriotic Education Law,” further consolidating the Chinese Communist Party’s control over education, including religious education, state-controlled media outlet Xinhua announced last month. The new law, which was passed during a…
