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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. / Credit: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock Prince Albert, Canada, Feb 7, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Alberta’s proposed parental rights policy is another step in parents regaining control of their children’s education — in particular concerning a perceived overreach with gender ideology — from school bureaucrats, its supporters say. The new policy, introduced…

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 7, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis this week again defended the Vatican’s controversial document authorizing blessings for same-sex couples, with the Holy Father arguing…

CRS CEO Sean Callahan visits the Holy Land. / Credit: CRS CNA Staff, Feb 7, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA). The head of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) said a recent visit to the Holy Land showed him a region wrought by violent chaos yet filled with people with hope and resilience.  Sean Callahan, the president…

When Pope Pius IX declared the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary on Dec. 8, 1854, he had a golden crown added to the mosaic of Mary, Virgin Immaculate, in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 7, 2024 / 10:30 am…

Pope Francis speaks during his general audience on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 7, 2024 / 09:17 am (CNA). Pope Francis continued his general audience catechetical series on vice and virtues on Wednesday by focusing on sorrow, observing that it…

null / Credit: Aquarius Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 7, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA). At or near the top of almost any Catholic parent’s list of things they want for their children is for them to continue practicing their Catholic faith into adulthood. But recent statistics paint a sobering picture: In the United States today,…