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Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Oct. 5, 2016. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA CNA Staff, Mar 13, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA). March 13 marks the anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as the 266th successor of St. Peter. Here is a timeline of key events during his papacy: 2013…

The College of Cardinals celebrates Mass on March 12, 2013, before entering the Sistine Chapel for the papal conclave. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/CNA Vatican City, Mar 13, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). The most recent change in the College of Cardinals took place on Feb. 24, when Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán turned 80 and…

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on March 13, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Mar 13, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a new chapter in his ongoing catechetical series on vices and virtues, shifting his reflection to the origins and…

null / Credit: Solen Feyissa|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 2.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 13, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA). The House has passed a bill that could ban the massively popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from being used in the U.S. Titled the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” the measure passed in an…

null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 13, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week signaled that prisons throughout the United States must provide prisoners with transgender-related medical care, including “hormone therapy” and other gender-related requests.  The department said in a press release on Tuesday that the Utah Department of Corrections…

The Coptic Orthodox Church said Pope Tawadros II is aware of the attack that happened March 12, 2024, in the Coptic monastery of St. Mark and St. Bishop Samuel the Confessor in Johannesburg, South Africa. / Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Mar 13, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA). The Coptic Orthodox Church announced…