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Chicago’s Running Nun talks about faith and sport
Denver Newsroom, Apr 18, 2021 / 02:00 am America/Denver (CNA). When Chicago shut down last March because of the coronavirus pandemic, Sister Stephanie Baliga was certain the shutdown wouldn’t affect the Chicago Marathon in October. So certain, that she made a pretty crazy promise. “I said in April, ‘I’m so …
Three-time Olympian shares her conversion story
by Kate Olivera Denver Newsroom, Apr 17, 2021 / 02:00 am America/Denver (CNA). Today, Dominique Dawes is a three-time Olympian and Olympic gold medalist. But back in 1996, she was a teenage girl feeling the weight of the world on her shoulders. “Before the 1996 Olympic games, all of us, …
USCCB: Permitting mail-order abortion pills places women’s health ‘in serious jeopardy’
Washington D.C., Apr 16, 2021 / 10:33 am America/Denver (CNA). The pro-life chair of the U.S. bishops’ conference on Friday warned that loosening federal regulations of the abortion pill places women’s health “in serious jeopardy.” Earlier this week, the acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced …
Indianapolis archbishop offers prayers in response to local mass shooting
By CNA Staff Washington D.C., Apr 16, 2021 / 09:46 am America/Denver (CNA). The Archbishop of Indianapolis on Friday offered prayers and called on Catholics to work to end gun violence, after a deadly mass shooting at a local FedEx facility the night before. “Once again our nation is mourning …
Virtual discernment program helps Boston men explore priesthood
by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Apr 16, 2021 / 02:18 am America/Denver (CNA). This past week, the Archdiocese of Boston released its new vocation discernment initiative, Scivias, designed to bring vocational guidance to a COVID-19 online world. “The goal of Scivias is to inspire men to pursues God’s will for …
Why Maine Catholics, unable to meet in person, aren’t sheepish about their faith
Washington D.C., Apr 16, 2021 / 04:00 am America/Denver (CNA). With the Maine Catholic Youth Meeting taking place virtually for the second year in a row, the Diocese of Portland is trying something new to engage young Catholics – a healthy dose of sheep puns. “What we learned from last …
More states pass bills aimed at protecting women’s sports
Washington D.C., Apr 16, 2021 / 05:00 am America/Denver (CNA). State legislatures of West Virginia and Kansas recently passed bills restricting participation in women’s sports to one’s biological sex and not gender identity. New legislation in West Virginia would require participation in single-sex sports teams and events to be based …
April 16: St. Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes
St. Bernadette Soubirous is the renowned visionary of Lourdes. She was born into a poor family in Lourdes, France, in 1844 and was baptized with the name Mary Bernard. Our Lady first appeared to the 14-year-old Bernadette on Feb. 11, 1858, in a cave on the banks of the Gave …
White House spokeswoman grilled on fungibility of Title X funding
CNA Staff, Apr 14, 2021 / 14:18 pm America/Denver (CNA). Earlier today, EWTN’s White House Correspondent Owen Jensen questioned White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the proposed reversal of the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule. Owen Jensen: So today, as you well know, the Biden administration and HHS started …
Members of Congress want a vote to protect abortion survivors – will they get one?
Washington D.C., Apr 15, 2021 / 04:00 am America/Denver (CNA). Members of the House are once again trying to bring up a vote on legislation protecting infant survivors of abortions. On Wednesday, Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) filed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection …
