A police officer blocks access to the road to Sparetime Recreation on Oct. 26, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine. Police are still searching for the suspect in the mass shooting, Robert Card. / Credit: Scott Eisen/Getty Images CNA Staff, Oct 26, 2023 / 09:12 am (CNA). Multiple victims were reported dead after at least two mass…

null / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 26, 2023 / 09:45 am (CNA). Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is suing the Biden administration in response to a federal decision to redirect millions of dollars of federal family planning funding toward Planned Parenthood in the state. Skrmetti said in a Wednesday statement that the state was…

Pope Francis leads the Synod delegates in prayer, Oct. 25, 2024. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 26, 2023 / 06:55 am (CNA). Pope Francis denounced clericalism and called it a “scandal” to see young priests buying lace vestments at tailor shops in a strongly-worded speech to the Synod on Synodality on Wednesday. Speaking to…

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 18, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Oct 26, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Holy Land, Pope Francis has called for a day of prayer and fasting on Friday, Oct….

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi talks with other Synod on Synodality delegates at the general congregation assembly Oct. 9, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome, Italy, Oct 26, 2023 / 07:25 am (CNA). Pope Francis’ peace envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, has called Hamas “the worst enemy of the Palestinian people.” “We need a solution that guarantees the…