Diocese promotes day of ‘unplugging’ from screens, devices for Lent — By: Catholic News Agency

Credit: Zyabich/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 26, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, is promoting a “Diocesan Day of Unplugging” — intentionally eliminating screen time or time spent consuming digital media — on March 28 as a Lenten fasting discipline to encourage Catholics to spend more time with God as opposed to…

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Bishop Zaidan calls for ‘lasting peace’ in Holy Land following resumed attacks in Gaza — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles serves as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace. / Credit: Joe Bukuras/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 26, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of…

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French independent abuse authority has compensated nearly 850 victims since 2021 — By: Catholic News Agency

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. / Credit: Gabriele Maltinti/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 26, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA). France’s National Independent Authority for Recognition and Reparation (INIRR) has compensated nearly 850 victims of clergy sex abuse since 2021, according to its latest report released on Wednesday.  The annual report for 2024 states that since 2021,…

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Regnum Christi: Principal resigns following arrest of school chaplain on sex abuse charges — By: Catholic News Agency

Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. / Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School Madrid, Spain, Mar 26, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). The principal of the Regnum Christi Highlands El Encinar school in Madrid, Father Jesús María Delgado, LC, has resigned days after five complaints of sexual abuse involving Father Marcelino de Andrés, former secretary of…

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Mel Gibson’s ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’ to begin shooting in Italy this August — By: Catholic News Agency

Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson. / Credit: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Mar 26, 2025 / 16:15 pm (CNA). Mel Gibson’s sequel to “The Passion of the Christ” — “The Resurrection of the Christ” — is set to begin production in Italy this August, according to Manuela Cacciamani, CEO of…

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