Father Martin Banni in front of St. Barbara’s Shrine carrying the Eucharist on Liberation Day in 2016. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Martin Banni ACI MENA, Aug 7, 2024 / 11:21 am (CNA). Ten years have passed since the night that changed everything for the residents of Karamlesh, a small town in northern Iraq….
Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 7, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 7, 2024 / 11:51 am (CNA). Pope Francis held his first general audience after a monthlong summer break Wednesday, reminding pilgrims gathered in Paul VI…
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Venezuelan cardinals Diego Padrón and Baltazar Porras. / Credit: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images; Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 7, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Venezuelan cardinals Baltazar Porras and Diego Padrón issued a statement in the form of a letter about the difficult reality facing the country following the July 28 presidential elections, pointing…
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null / Credit: cgstock/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 7, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on bankruptcy law will “absolutely” have a significant effect on U.S. Church abuse lawsuits, one legal expert says, with the highest court potentially opening up individual Catholic parishes and schools to legal action. In its June…
The latest sacrilegious controversy from France had the contradiction of an extremely bold anti-Christian symbolism joined with outright official lying about it. Although it has been common to call the drag show dramatization “blasphemous,” I understand that blasphemy is usually verbal or written, while sacrilege has to do with physical acts about religious persons, places,…
