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Luis Fernando Figari founded the Sodalitium in Peru in 1971. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 14, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). Luis Fernando Figari Rodrigo, founder of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (Sodality of Christian Life) and accused of committing sexual abuse, has been expelled from the organization by decision of the…

Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, Lourdes, France. / Credit: Elise Harris/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 14, 2024 / 17:22 pm (CNA). The French government is urging “extreme vigilance” in the face of a “very high” terrorist threat to religious demonstrations and places of worship on the solemnity of the Assumption, one of the most holy…

null / Shutterstock St. Louis, Mo., Aug 14, 2024 / 18:01 pm (CNA). Pro-life leaders in Missouri are urging voters to reject a proposed “reproductive freedom” constitutional amendment that would enshrine a so-called “right to abortion at any time of a pregnancy” — a legal change that would represent a significant turnaround after years of…

St. Maximilian Kolbe. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons/public domain CNA Staff, Aug 14, 2024 / 16:06 pm (CNA). Aug. 14 is the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a saint best known for his heroic martyrdom at Auschwitz in 1941, when he volunteered to be executed in place of another prisoner.  Like many Catholic saints, there…

St. Ezequiel Moreno (left) and Luis Fernando Calvo (right), director of the Tomás Moro Institute. / Credit: Tomás Moro Institute ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 14, 2024 / 16:36 pm (CNA). The Tomás Moro (Thomas More) Institute in Costa Rica presented the book “With the Heart of a Shepherd,” a collection of pastoral letters by St….

Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein of Nigeria’s Wukari Diocese and one of the church stewards who lost an eye. / Credit: Wukari Diocese ACI Africa, Aug 14, 2024 / 17:06 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Wukari in Nigeria has condemned an attack on All Saints Catholic Church Ikyaior by the Nigerian military personnel on Aug. 5…

Workers assemble units in Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City’s “Caritas Casitas” neighborhood on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. / Credit: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. CNA Staff, Aug 14, 2024 / 15:06 pm (CNA). Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (CCAOKC) is spurring production of affordable housing in…

After 400 years, the Valencia Cathedral hass reintroduced the performance of the “Mystery of the Assumption of the Virgin” drama as part of the basilica’s festivities to celebrate the Aug.15 Marian solemnity. / Credit: Rachel Thomas Rome Newsroom, Aug 14, 2024 / 15:36 pm (CNA). After 400 years, the Valencia Cathedral has reintroduced the performance…