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People stand past the debris of a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 28, 2025, after a powerful earthquake killed more than 150 people across Myanmar and Thailand on March 28, toppling buildings and bridges and trapping over 80 workers in an under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok. / Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images Rome Newsroom,…

Maryland State House. / Credit: Jon Bilous/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 28, 2025 / 14:25 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church in Maryland is urging the state Legislature to treat cases of child sexual abuse in state-run facilities equal to those in private institutions following a proposed bill that would “decrease the number of civil causes…

The Philippines has the highest adult Christian faith retention rate in the world, according to Pew Research. / Credit: icosha/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 28, 2025 / 12:45 pm (CNA). Surveys in about three dozen countries compiled by the Pew Research Center found that most Christians who are raised in the faith hold onto it…

Cardinal George Pell. / Credit: Alexey Gotovskiy/CNA Rome Newsroom, Mar 28, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney this week credited the apparently miraculous survival of an Arizona toddler to the intercession of Cardinal George Pell. According to the newspaper The Australian, Fisher said at a book event on March 26 that…