The Vatican held four different public conferences from Oct. 9 and 16, 2024, in Rome to explain the “theological undertone of the synodal process,” according to a conference moderator and expert at this month’s Synod on Synodality.  / Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican City, Oct 18, 2024 / 10:55 am (CNA). Four different theology conferences, held…

null / Credit: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 18, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Here’s a roundup of the latest developments in the U.S. regarding abortion and pro-life issues. Young mother imprisoned for blocking abortion clinic entrance Bevelyn Beatty Williams, a pro-life activist and mother of a toddler-aged daughter, began her three-and-a-half-year prison sentence…