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Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David of Kalookan, Philippines (left), Cardinal Leonardo Steiner, archbishop of Manaus, Brazil (center), and Archbishop Zbigņev Stankevičs of Riga (right) all spoke at the Synod press conference on Oct. 18, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez Vatican City, Oct 18, 2023 / 13:28 pm (CNA). In response to a question about blessing…

null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 18, 2023 / 11:54 am (CNA). Muslim parents at a public charter school in Minnesota are objecting to books that teach about same-sex attraction and gender identity in elementary grades, with dozens of children reportedly being pulled at least temporarily from classes over the controversy.  School officials at DaVinci…

Father Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, has been appointed the new vice president of ministry and mission for the Catholic University of America. / Credit: Patrick G Ryan/Catholic University of America CNA Staff, Oct 18, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA). Father Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, has been appointed the first vice president of ministry and mission at the…

University of New Mexico. / Credit: Kit Leong/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 18, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA). A major pro-life group and a conservative advocacy organization are criticizing the University of New Mexico (UNM) for issuing an “unconstitutional viewpoint-based fee” for a campus event, one that came to more than $5,400.  UNM charged its…

Suspected Fulani bandits attacked a Benedictine monastery in northern Nigeria  Tuesday, abducting three people from the monastery. The attack came at about 1:00 am, according to officials in the Diocese of Ilorin, where the monastery is located. “I received a shocking text message from one of our brother monks from Benedictine monastery in Eruku, that…