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St. Josaphat Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. / Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0 CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA). A recently ordained priest in Chicago is denying accusations from Illinois state officials that he molested a child during a recent penance service that allegedly…

Pope Francis presides beneath a crucifix at Mass at Singapore National Stadium, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Sep 12, 2024 / 12:35 pm (CNA). At Mass with approximately 50,000 Catholics in Singapore on Thursday, Pope Francis recalled the example of the great missionary to Asia, St. Francis Xavier, who responded…

Marijuana leaves. / Credit: Armando Olivo Martín del Campo CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2024 / 13:05 pm (CNA). The bishops of North Dakota condemned a state ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in a Tuesday statement, citing Church teaching on the harms of drug use as well as its negative physical…

Archbishop of Santo Domingo Francisco Ozoria delivering his homily Tuesday at the International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador. / Credit: Eduardo Berdejo Quito, Ecuador, Sep 12, 2024 / 13:35 pm (CNA). The Eucharist must be the heart of the priest’s life. This truth was driven home by the archbishop of Santo Domingo, Francisco Ozoria, during…

Jennie Bradley Lichter is set to become the new president of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund. / Credit: Photo courtesy of March for Life Education and Defense Fund CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The March for Life announced Thursday that longtime president Jeanne Mancini will pass the torch…