Mary Rice Hasson named visiting fellow for Franciscan University’s Veritas Center
“Our students really enjoyed meeting her and hearing her presentation on the challenges families face from the transgender movement when she participated in our Transgender Moment Conference a few years…
Pope Francis laicizes North Dakota priest after sexual assault guilty plea
Laicization is the term for when a priest has been dismissed from the clerical state. An individual who is confirmed as a priest will always remain one, but laicization takes…
South Sudan bishop: Our people ‘on brink of destitution, slowly perishing’
The bishop, who leads South Sudan’s Diocese of Tombura-Yambia, highlighted the fact that “women, children, the aged, and people living with disabilities” are bearing the brunt of the conditions in…
March for Life in Spain takes the mask off culture of death
Before concluding her remarks, Zafrilla observed that “a life is never less of a life according to what your abilities are, because we are not machines and our value is…
Archbishop of Port-au-Prince: ‘There is real danger of civil war in Haiti’
The violence has spread throughout the country, especially in the administrative districts of Ouest, Centre, and Artibonite. The prelate pointed out that “there are no safe areas” since “gangs operate…
Vatican’s Venice Biennale pavilion leads visitors in Catholic tradition of visiting prisoners
For Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, the prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education who is overseeing the pavilion, the idea to host an art exhibition at a…
Pope Francis: We have a duty to help women accept the gift of life
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Mar 10, 2024 / 09:30 am Pope Francis said Sunday that governments and civil society have a fundamental duty to help ensure that women are…
Facing drug gang violence ‘God is the people’s only defense,’ Mexican bishop says
Ascencio, whose diocese includes the parish, said that some days after the church was closed normal activities resumed. “The pastor did it because the town was desolate: businesses closed, all…
Historic ‘Requiem for the Forgotten’ Mass to premiere in Miami
Conveying the transcendent La Rocca told CNA that his period of contemplation for this work was “far more challenging” than with any of his previous work, so he kept “a…
Camino Croatia: A medieval pilgrimage route restored
He remembered that on his first Camino, after two weeks of walking four kilometers per hour, he was taken in a car to a nearby village for Mass. “I was…
Vatican: Pope Francis’ ‘white flag’ remark a call for negotiations, not Ukraine’s surrender
By Shannon Mullen Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 9, 2024 / 18:34 pm The Vatican on Saturday said Pope Francis did not mean to suggest that Ukraine ought to surrender to…
Irish government: Voters keep motherhood, traditional family in constitution
The proposed “Care Amendment,” meanwhile, would have removed a clause noting that the “state recognizes that by her life within the home, woman gives to the state a support without…