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Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Alliance Defending Freedom International Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 1, 2023 / 18:20 pm (CNA). At a congressional hearing on Thursday, members of Congress and human rights activists urged Nicaragua dictator Daniel Ortega to immediately release imprisoned Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who they said is being mistreated and…

Pope Francis meets with Father Federico Lombardi, president of the Ratzinger Foundation and Vatican spokesman during Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate (left), and the 2023 Ratzinger Prize recipients Father Pablo Blanco Sarto (center) and Professor Francesc Torralba (right) at the Vatican on Nov. 30, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 1, 2023 / 15:20…

Credit: Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock / null Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 1, 2023 / 13:45 pm (CNA). The U.S. bishops are urging the public to petition the Biden administration to revise a proposal that the bishops say would “unfairly cut off” federal assistance money from going to pregnancy resource centers.  In a statement published Thursday, the…

Shane MacGowan on June 16, 2016, in London, England / Credit: Dave Benett/Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Dec 1, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Irish songwriter and former Pogues lead singer Shane MacGowan received last rites before he died Thursday, his family said.  “Prayers and the last rites were read during his passing,” the family said…

null / L’Osservatore Romano. CNA Staff, Dec 1, 2023 / 12:41 pm (CNA). A defining theme of Pope Francis’ papacy has been his urging of humanity to better care for the natural environment, which he has done most prominently in his landmark 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ and numerous subsequent writings and speeches. The pope’s emphasis on this…