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UN Headquarters in Geneva. / Agnieszka Skalska/Shutterstock Lima Newsroom, Aug 22, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). Every Aug. 22 the International Day of Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief is commemorated, an observance established by the UN General Assembly on May 28, 2019. In resolution A/RES/73/296, the United Nations expresses its…

The body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, lies in the basement of the church of the Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus outside Gower, Missouri, on May 28, 2023. / Joe Bukuras/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 22, 2024 / 18:03 pm (CNA). The results of a medical examination of the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, have confirmed…

India’s supreme court building is pictured in New Delhi on July 9, 2018. / Credit: SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images New Delhi, India, Aug 22, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Catholic leaders in India have lauded the country’s high court for rejecting a plea for “passive euthanasia” from the parents of a 30-year-old man who…

Former President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards speaks on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago. / Credit: Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images CNA Staff, Aug 22, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Here’s a look at abortion-related developments that took place in…

Sviatoslav Shevchuk is Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia and Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church / Credit: Screenshot/EWTN News Nightly CNA Staff, Aug 22, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA). Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, this week defended a new Ukrainian law that aims to limit the influence of the…

null / Ariya J, Shutterstock. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 22, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). A Canadian non-profit filed a legal challenge against the federal government, calling for an expansion of the country’s euthanasia program to allow physician-assisted suicide for those suffering from mental illness. The Constitutional challenge — filed by Dying With Dignity Canada (DWDC) —…