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Andrea Mia Ghez, recognized for her groundbreaking research on black holes, is one of only four women to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.  / Credit: Elena Zhukova/University of California CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed a California-based astrophysicist to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the…

Bishop Salvi announced the determination that the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Trevignano Romano are not supernatural. / Credit: Shutterstock Lima Newsroom, Mar 8, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA). After an investigation by a group of experts, “fervent” prayer and “attentive discernment,” an Italian bishop has decreed that the alleged apparitions of the…

null / Credit: Brian A Jackson / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 16:35 pm (CNA). In a “resounding victory” for religious freedom, a court in North Dakota ruled this week that the federal government cannot compel religious employers and health care providers to pay for or perform “gender transition” procedures that go against…

Pope Francis addresses members of the Apostolic Penitentiary on March 8, 2024, in the Clementine Hall in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Mar 8, 2024 / 15:05 pm (CNA). Pope Francis in an address on Friday morning stressed the importance of confession during the season of Lent, underscoring…

Maria Steen, an Irish barrister, makes the case for rejecting proposed amendments to Ireland’s constitution. / Credit: Screenshot/EWTN News Nightly CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Voters in Ireland went to the polls today to decide on whether or not to strip from the country’s constitution recognition of the central role of…

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on March 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 8, 2024 / 14:05 pm (CNA). President Joe Biden on Thursday night promised to support…

Pope Francis presides over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Rome, Italy, Mar 8, 2024 / 14:35 pm (CNA). On Friday evening Pope Francis traveled out of the Vatican to hear confessions and preside over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish…