Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. / Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images CNA Staff, Oct 14, 2024 / 14:55 pm (CNA). After Michigan’s Catholic bishops condemned a video of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, saying she was…

Barricades are set up at a military checkpoint on the Tongil bridge, the road leading to North Korea’s Kaesong city, in the border city of Paju on Oct. 9, 2024. North Korea’s army said on Oct. 9 it was moving to “permanently shut off and block the southern border” with Seoul and had informed the…

Al-Rusul School in Jounieh, Lebanon. / Credit: Noel Al Haber ACI MENA, Oct 14, 2024 / 14:20 pm (CNA). War and widespread displacement, compounded by an economic crisis, have pushed Lebanon’s education system to the verge of collapse. Approximately half of Lebanon’s public schools have been converted into shelters for people displaced by war there,…

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi (left) arrives at the Vatican for Synod on Synodality meetings on Oct. 10, 2024. The Vatican announced on Monday, Oct. 14, that the cardinal returned to Moscow to meet with Russian authorities as part of the peace mission entrusted to him by Pope Francis. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 14,…

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an event at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Sept. 20, 2024, in Atlanta. / Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 14, 2024 / 10:47 am (CNA). With Election Day less than a month away, former president Donald Trump is running campaign advertisements…