Pope Francis presides over his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 18, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 2, 2023 / 06:01 am (CNA). Pope Francis said in an Italian television interview on Wednesday that he intends to travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the COP28…
Father Marko Rupnik, SJ, in an interview with EWTN in 2020. / Credit: EWTN ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 2, 2023 / 06:27 am (CNA). Father Marko Rupnik’s former superior in the Society of Jesus, Father Johan Verschueren, denied that the Jesuits facilitated the incardination of the priest, who is accused of sexual abuse, in the…
Pope Francis presided over Mass at the Rome War Cemetery for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, All Souls’ Day, on Nov. 2, 2023. / Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN/Vatican Pool Rome Newsroom, Nov 2, 2023 / 08:04 am (CNA). Pope Francis prayed for peace, hope, and mercy at a Mass to mark All Souls’ Day on…
Children participate in the “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” campaign in the Archdiocese of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, on Oct. 18, 2023. / Credit: ACN ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 2, 2023 / 10:15 am (CNA). For the first time since its inception, the “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” campaign this year surpassed the emblematic figure…
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…
