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null / Credit: HQuality/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). A new Lifeway Research study reveals that a slim majority of Americans, 51%, believe terminally ill individuals should have the right to request physician-assisted suicide. The study, titled “American Views on Assisted Suicide,” found that 51% of respondents consider it morally acceptable…
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Before 1972, preparation for the priesthood involved passing through various “minor orders.” They included porter, lector, acolyte, exorcist, and subdeacon, followed by the major orders of deacon and priest. That year, Pope Paul VI issued the apostolic letter Ministeria Quaedam, abolishing the minor orders. Lector and acolyte were reconstituted as “lay ministries.” Exorcist was recognized…
The reactions began as soon as the shot rang out at Utah Valley University. Many on the Left cruelly celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death with no thought of his wife and two children. On the Right, many were quick to praise him as a martyr for free speech and civil discourse. While this praise is well-intentioned,…
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St. Hildegard of Bingen. / Credit: Lettera43.it, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Every gift from the Holy Spirit is meant for the edification of the community of believers, Pope Benedict XVI said in a general audience back in 2010 when he focused his catechesis on the…
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Marian shrine in Mariamabad, Pakistan. / Credit: Agenzia Fides, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 16, 2025 / 17:42 pm (CNA). Men on motorcycles murdered a father and injured a 16-year-old boy while they were taking part in a pilgrimage to the national Marian shrine of the Virgin Mary in Mariamabad…
Priests throughout the country have mentioned assassinated conservative Christian activisit Charlie Kirk in their homilies this week. / Credit: ChoeWatt/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2025 / 18:24 pm (CNA). Catholic priests around the country have discussed the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk during their homilies in the last week. Kirk, 31,…
