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  • Several US states consider bills regulating abortion
    on April 23, 2021 at 2:01 am

    Pregnancy Test. / Flickr/Ernesto Andrade. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 22, 2021 / 20:01 pm (CNA). Numerous states of the US have been considering bills regulating abortion in recent weeks.   In Idaho, a bill which would ban abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat passed the Senate on […]

  • Names of accused Rochester priests will not be blocked
    on April 23, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Priest collar / Rochester, N.Y., Apr 22, 2021 / 18:00 pm (CNA). A federal judge has said the names of priests accused of sexual abuse in the Diocese of Rochester cannot be kept confidential during the diocese’s bankruptcy proceedings.   U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Paul Warren on Thursday sided with […]

  • The harrowing story of an LA priest who survived a shooting in Nigeria
    on April 22, 2021 at 11:00 pm

    Father Aloysius Ezoenyeka / John McCoy/Angelus Los Angeles, Calif., Apr 22, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA). Father Aloysius Ezoenyeka didn’t know how long he had been unconscious. A gentle slapping on his face stirred him, and his eyelids flicked open to an African hospital room filled with people […]

  • Abortion survivor hopes her story spurs support for mothers in need
    on April 22, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    Claire Culwell / EWTN Pro-Life Weekly Washington D.C., Apr 22, 2021 / 16:00 pm (CNA). An abortion survivor hopes that her story of life will help people be “the hands and feet of Jesus” to women in need. Claire Culwell, who survived an abortion attempt, authored the forthcoming book telling […]

  • New Justice Department official opposed Little Sisters of the Poor in contraceptive mandate case
    on April 22, 2021 at 4:23 pm

    Christopher E Zimmer/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Apr 22, 2021 / 10:23 am (CNA). An Obama-era Justice Department official with a history of pro-abortion and pro-transgender statements was confirmed to a top position at the agency on Wednesday. The Senate voted 51-49 to confirm Vanita Gupta, […]

  • What Catholics should know about brain death 
    on April 22, 2021 at 10:01 am

    Chaikom/Shutterstock. Denver Newsroom, Apr 22, 2021 / 04:01 am (CNA).  The Catholic Church is clear in its teaching on when life begins: at conception.  On death— described as “the end of man's earthly pilgrimage”— the Church teaches in the Catechism of the Catholic Church that “life […]

  • Report: some countries used pandemic to target religious minorities
    on April 21, 2021 at 9:00 pm

    Oct. 15, 2020: Demonstrators in Manhattan protest the treatment of Orthodox Jewish communities during COVID-19 / Ron Adar/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Apr 21, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Some countries used the COVID-19 pandemic to target religious minorities last year, a federal commission revealed […]

  • Syracuse diocese to hold Mass for Healing amid nearly 400 sex abuse claims
    on April 21, 2021 at 7:22 pm

    Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Syracuse, New York / Mahmoud Masad/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Apr 21, 2021 / 13:22 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Syracuse will hold a Mass for Healing on April 29 after nearly 400 sex abuse claims involving the diocese have been filed. “One victim of sexual […]

  • 'Cleanse our land': U.S. bishops call for prayer, action to end racism after Chauvin verdict
    on April 21, 2021 at 5:00 pm

    CHOOGKY/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Apr 21, 2021 / 11:00 am (CNA). Bishops across the United States on Tuesday and Wednesday responded to the guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, in the trial for the murder of George Floyd. Two chairs of committees at the U.S. […]

  • Fargo diocese investigating vandalism outside cathedral
    on April 21, 2021 at 4:00 pm

    Cathedral of St. Mary, Fargo, North Dakota / Cathedral of St. Mary Washington D.C., Apr 21, 2021 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Diocese of Fargo and the Fargo Police Department are investigating an incident of vandalism outside the cathedral last weekend. A statue of Jesus in front of St. Mary’s […]