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The childhood home of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois. / Credit: Michael Howie, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 09:21 am (CNA). The village of Dolton, a suburb just south of Chicago and the hometown of Pope Leo XIV, is seeking to acquire his childhood home for…
Those who want to participate can visit the eCatholic website to “take a moment to offer a message of prayer, encouragement, or support” and submit a video. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 22, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Tech company eCatholic is collecting video messages of prayer, encouragement, and support from…
Author’s note: this article is a significant obiter dictum to the main series of articles linked above. The point it attempts to make is so important, based on the conclusions of part II, that it seems best to publish as a separate article. Part III will follow shortly. If you haven’t already, please read Part…
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null / Credit: BUTENKOV ALEKSEI/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Canadian government’s abolishment of a government ministry for disabled citizens underscores the government’s “demeaning attitude” toward disabled people, advocates say, particularly after the country opted to expand the national euthanasia program to include those with disabilities. Canadian Prime Minister Mark…
Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín and Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Courtesy of Bishop Luis Marín Vatican City, May 22, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The undersecretary of the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, the Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, is among those…
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Over a month ago, on the night of March 30, Jonathan Hoang disappeared from his house near Seattle. He’d gone upstairs to bed on Sunday evening, but when his mother went to wake him for school on Monday morning, he was gone. There are no known suspects yet. Jonathan is autistic, with the outlook and…
A reporter recently asked U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a practicing Catholic, how he reconciled the teachings of the Catholic Church with the Trump administration’s aggressive stance against illegal and mass migration. Rubio gave an interesting answer about the nature of mass migration, but he also insisted that “the pope is not a political…
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