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President Recep Erdogan in 2020 converted the former Byzantine church, the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. / Credit: Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton, Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED CNA Staff, Jan 29, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA). Terrorists stormed a Catholic church during Mass on Sunday in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person by shooting him in…

Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 29, 2024 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Pope Francis suggested that the opposition to the Vatican’s approval of nonliturgical blessings for same-sex couples mostly comes from “small…

Quebec Cardinal Gérald Lacroix speaks at the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 7, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 29, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, head of the Archdiocese of Quebec, has temporarily stepped aside from his duties as archbishop after being accused in a lawsuit of sexual…