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Catholic dioceses appeal to Supreme Court for protection against New York’s abortion coverage mandate
by Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., Apr 27, 2021 / 13:00 pm America/Denver (CNA). The dioceses of Albany and Ogdensburg and other Catholic and Christian ministries last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case against New York’s abortion coverage mandate. The 2017 mandate from the state’s Department of …
White House: Biden ‘respectfully disagrees’ with bishops on fetal tissue research
Washington D.C., Apr 27, 2021 / 16:00 pm America/Denver (CNA). The White House press secretary said on Tuesday that President Biden “respectfully disagrees” with Catholic bishops on federally-funded fetal tissue research. At Tuesday’s White House press briefing, EWTN News Nightly’s Owen Jensen asked press secretary Jen Psaki about the Biden …
How the visit from Pope Francis prompted the House Speaker to resign
Washington D.C., Apr 26, 2021 / 17:00 pm America/Denver (CNA). Former Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) shocked the country when he announced his resignation from Congress in 2015 – and in a recent interview he recounted how the historic visit of Pope Francis to the U.S. Capitol accelerated …
After state order, Las Cruces diocese lets priests set Mass attendance limits
Washington D.C., Apr 26, 2021 / 15:00 pm America/Denver (CNA). After the governor of New Mexico allowed churches to re-open at 100% capacity, priests in the Diocese of Las Cruces will be permitted to set their parish capacities for celebration of sacraments. “Effective Friday, April 23rd, Bishop Peter Baldacchino has …
Priest with cancer dies 23 days after his hospital room ordination
by Courtney Mares Rome, Italy, Apr 26, 2021 / 06:40 am America/Denver (CNA). Fr. Livinius Esomchi Nnamani, who was ordained to the priesthood in his hospital room on Holy Thursday with special permission from Pope Francis, has died of leukemia at the age of 31. The young priest’s funeral was …
Vatican cardinal: The Armenian genocide is a ‘stain’ of evil on all humanity
by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Apr 26, 2021 / 07:00 am America/Denver (CNA). The fact of the Armenian genocide forces us to confront both the great evils committed in human history and the small evils we commit in our personal lives, a Vatican cardinal said this weekend. Also known by …
Pope Francis to hold consistory in last step before canonization of Bl. Charles de Foucauld
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Apr 26, 2021 / 08:00 am America/Denver (CNA). The Vatican announced on Monday that Pope Francis will hold an Ordinary Public Consistory next week, the last step before the canonizations of seven men and women, including Bl. Charles de Foucauld, can take place. The consistory …
Franciscan University studying herd immunity, coronavirus
Steubenville, Ohio, Apr 24, 2021 / 15:01 pm America/Denver (CNA). The Franciscan University of Steubenville is conducting a research study to better understand COVID-19 and herd immunity. Through its School of Natural Applied Sciences, the university plans to evaluate 500 students and faculty by the end of April. The study …
‘You will be shepherds like him’: Pope Francis ordains nine new priests in St. Peter’s Basilica
CNA Staff, Apr 25, 2021 / 04:25 am America/Denver (CNA). Pope Francis ordained nine men to the priesthood on Sunday, urging them to be shepherds like Christ throughout their priestly lives. In a largely off-the-cuff homily in St. Peter’s Basilica April 25, he told them that they would share in …
Pope Francis at the Regina Coeli: Mediterranean migrant deaths are ‘moment of shame’
CNA Staff, Apr 25, 2021 / 06:00 am America/Denver (CNA). Pope Francis said Sunday that the recent deaths of 130 migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea marked “a moment of shame.” Speaking after the recitation of the Regina Coeli April 25, the pope referred to reports that the migrants died despite …
