Canadians march for life
Ottawa, Canada, May 9, 2019 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- Pro-life campaigners from across Canada gathered on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill Thursday for the country’s annual National March for Life. Carrying a…
Death toll in DRC Ebola outbreak reaches 1,000
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 9, 2019 / 02:59 pm (CNA).- The Ebola outbreak that began last August in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has now claimed…
Analysis: Is Pope Francis’ new abuse plan the answer Catholics are looking for?
Vatican City, May 9, 2019 / 11:04 am (CNA).- Pope Francis, the “pope of surprises,” lived up to his nickname this morning, by releasing a comprehensive canonical plan to address…
Dominican scholar: Church crisis calls for renewal of Catholic teaching on freedom
Vatican City, May 9, 2019 / 10:57 am (CNA).- According to a Dominican scholar, the crisis of priestly fidelity is connected to a new cultural conception of human freedom –…
Vatican issues norms for reports of abuse of minors, seminarians, and religious
Vatican City, May 9, 2019 / 04:01 am (CNA).- New Vatican norms for the Church’s handling of sex abuse, issued Thursday, place seminarians and religious coerced into sexual activity through…
Lawsuit calls for POW Bible to be removed from VA hospital display
Manchester, N.H., May 8, 2019 / 08:00 pm (CNA).- A Bible once carried by a World War II prisoner of war is the center of a legal fight at a…
Ariz. legislature adopts resolution calling pornography a public health crisis
Phoenix, Ariz., May 8, 2019 / 07:19 pm (CNA).- The Arizona legislature has passed a resolution declaring pornography a public health crisis and a danger to mental and physical health.…
Analysis: Power, and its appearance, in Vatican curial reform
Vatican City, May 8, 2019 / 05:35 pm (CNA).- In the coming months, Pope Francis is expected to approve a final draft of a new governing constitution for the Roman…
Chaput: Rep. Brian Sims’ harassment of pro-lifers ‘unbecoming of an elected official’
Philadelphia, Pa., May 8, 2019 / 05:15 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia called for broad participation in a pro-life rally this week, scheduled in response to a Penslyvania…
Faith leaders call for an end to solitary confinement
Albany, N.Y., May 8, 2019 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- New York’s faith leaders gathered in protest of solitary confinement this week, pushing for a bill that seeks more humane ways…
Judge rules against Virginia law banning abortions by non-doctors
Richmond, Va., May 8, 2019 / 03:58 pm (CNA).- A federal judge in Richmond, Virginia has ruled against state medical regulations requiring first-trimester abortions be performed only by physicians. “After…
Government figures have asked Church for asylum, Venezuelan bishop says
San Cristobal, Venezuela, May 8, 2019 / 03:30 pm (CNA).- A Venezuelan bishop said Sunday that prominent figures in the government of Nicolas Maduro have asked for asylum from the…