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Biden administration financing drag queen shows for minors in Ecuador
by Diego Lopez Marina ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 24, 2022 / 13:31 pm The U.S. State Department has contributed $20,600 in taxpayer money to finance workshops and “drag queen” theater performances for young students, including minors, at the Abraham Lincoln North American Ecuadorian Center in Cuenca. The country’s currency is …
Pope Francis meets French President Emmanual Macron
by AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Oct 24, 2022 / 07:04 am Pope Francis received French President Emmanuel Macron for nearly one hour at the Vatican on Monday. The Holy See Press Office said the conversation centered on the war in Ukraine. “During the cordial discussions, which took place in the Secretariat …
Pope Francis prays for Italy as Giorgia Meloni becomes first female prime minister
by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Oct 24, 2022 / 05:15 am Pope Francis offered a prayer for Italy on Sunday as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni became the country’s first female leader. “And today, at the start of a new government, let us pray for unity and peace in Italy,” the …
Obituary: Deacon Robert Kozlowski
Deacon Robert Kozlowski, a Deacon of the Archdiocese, died on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at the age of 76. Deacon Bob was ordained by Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati on September 28, 1991. He was assigned to St. Adalbert Catholic Church, Dayton, upon his ordination. He also …
Fatima, Vatican II, and the world’s consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
by Andrea Gagliarducci Rome Newsroom, Oct 23, 2022 / 07:00 am The 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council is not the only notable anniversary currently being celebrated by the Church. Almost to the day 80 years ago, on Oct. 31, 1942, Pope Pius XII consecrated the …
Archbishop Chaput: ‘Biden is not in communion with the Catholic faith’
by AC Wimmer, David Ramos CNA Newsroom, Oct 23, 2022 / 05:32 am Archbishop Charles Chaput said on Saturday that Joe Biden “is not in communion with the Catholic faith” and that “any priest who now provides Communion to the president participates in his hypocrisy.” Speaking at a Eucharistic Symposium at the Diocese …
15 quotes from St. John Paul II on his love for the Eucharist
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 22, 2022 / 06:00 am Catholics worldwide remember St. John Paul II on his feast day, Oct. 22. His “secret” to life and all that he did, he said, was the Eucharist — Christ present on earth. Born Karol Józef Wojtyła in Wadowice, …
‘I pray to St. John Paul II every day’: How a Ukrainian refugee found shelter at the pope’s former residence
by Solène Tadié Krakow, Poland, Mar 23, 2022 / 13:00 pm In the month since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than two million people have crossed the border with Poland seeking refuge. In the Polish city of Kraków, the local Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski has shown his support for …
5 ways Saint Pope John Paul II changed the Catholic Church forever
by CNA Staff Vatican City, Oct 22, 2021 / 16:10 pm You probably know that St. Pope John Paul II was the second longest-serving pope in modern history with 27 years of pontificate, and he was the first non-Italian pontiff since the Dutch Pope Adrian VI in 1523. But did …
October 22: Pope Saint John Paul II
Saint John Paul II is perhaps one of the most well-known pontiffs in recent history, and is most remembered for his charismatic nature, his love of youth and his world travels, along with his role in the fall of communism in Europe during his 27-year papacy. Karol Józef Wojtyla, known …
