A crowd prays the rosary in Madrid, Spain, on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, patron saint of Spain, Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 12, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA). More than 100 cities joined in praying the rosary for Spain on Dec. 8, the feast of the country’s…

null / Credit: Mel Elias/Unsplash Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Illinois has agreed to halt its enforcement of a law that restricts the speech and advertising of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers following a lawsuit that challenged its constitutionality on First Amendment and other grounds.  Attorney General Kwame Raoul agreed to a…

Bishops process into St. Peter’s Basilica for the closing Mass of the first assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 29, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 12, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA). Pope Francis will provide input on the “big questions” to focus on at the next session of the Synod…

Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of Dicastery for the Clergy, and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrate Mass on Dec. 11, 2023, to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Republic of Korea. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 12, 2023 / 13:23 pm (CNA). Pope…

null / Credit: Ansis Klucis/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA). A “major” survey released this month by a British Catholic organization demonstrates what the group says were the “shocking” effects of COVID-19-related church closures in that country.  Catholic Union, a lay organization that bills itself as “dedicated to the defense of…