Vatican to publish new document on Marian apparitions next week — By: Catholic News Agency

Argentinian prelate Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández. / Credit: Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images Rome Newsroom, May 7, 2024 / 09:02 am (CNA). The Vatican’s doctrine office will publish a new document next week on discerning Marian apparitions and other supernatural events. The Holy See Press Office announced on Tuesday that Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the…

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Justice Samuel Alito to address record-breaking 2024 class at Franciscan University — By: Catholic News Agency

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito. / Credit; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images CNA Staff, May 7, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is scheduled to give the commencement address on May 11 to the record-breaking 896 students in the class of 2024 at Franciscan University of Steubenville. On the occasion,…

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Global fertility rates: Here’s how majority-Catholic countries rank against rest of world — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: txking/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 7, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). As global fertility rates continue to decline, even majority-Catholic and historically Catholic countries aren’t free from the demographic collapse, which increasingly threatens to shrink the populations of countries below the necessary rate of replacement.  Global fertility has been falling for decades, with…

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