Signs are shown on display outside the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery on Feb. 22, 2017, in University City, Missouri, after an incident of vandalism. / Credit: Michael Thomas/Getty Images CNA Staff, Nov 2, 2023 / 11:30 am (CNA). FBI Director Christopher Wray this week said that the number of anti-religious attacks on Jewish people has…
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, chair of the USCCB religious liberty committee. / Credit: Catholic News Agency CNA Staff, Nov 2, 2023 / 12:25 pm (CNA). New York Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan this week condemned what he said were “outbreaks of religious hatred” in the United States amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, urging repentance…
Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 2, 2023 / 13:35 pm (CNA). Pope Francis answered two questions about the Synod on Synodality, including on the topic of homosexuality, in an interview with Italian state television RAI on…
Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan said he is “appalled” that a church in his diocese was used to shoot a provocative music video, released Oct. 31, 2023, with the prelate set to investigate why the more-than-100-year-old Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church permitted the controversial video to be recorded on its property. / Credit: Courtesy…
null / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 2, 2023 / 15:22 pm (CNA). Supporters of the effort to enshrine a right to abortion in the Ohio Constitution outraised their pro-life opponents by a margin of nearly 3 to 1 in recent months, mostly with out-of-state funds by large donors, according to financial filings. According to…
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 2, 2023 / 17:18 pm (CNA). Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville defied both Democrats and several Republicans in an hourslong debate on the Senate floor Wednesday night, forcing individual roll…
null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 2, 2023 / 17:48 pm (CNA). The U.S. state with the greatest number of religious freedom safeguards is Illinois, while the state with the fewest safeguards is West Virginia, according to a new analysis. First Liberty Institute, a Texas Christian nonprofit legal organization specializing in religious liberty cases, released its…
San Juan Diego Migrant House in the state of Mexico. / Credit: EWTN ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 2, 2023 / 18:18 pm (CNA). Alongside the tracks of the freight train known as “The Beast” in a strategic area of passage for those seeking to reach the United States is the St. Juan Diego Migrant House…
Pope Francis prayed for the repose of the souls of Pope Benedict XVI and the cardinals and bishops who died in the past year during a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Nov. 3, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 3, 2023 / 07:05 am (CNA). At a Mass for Pope Benedict XVI…
Credit: Selbe via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) CNA Staff, Nov 3, 2023 / 10:28 am (CNA). A group of Democratic senators is asking the White House to require insurance companies to cover over-the-counter (OTC) hormonal birth control, which was recently approved by federal regulators. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in July approved the first nonprescription oral…
