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Where Kamala Harris’ VP options stand on abortion and religious liberty
by Jonathan Liedl, Matt McDonald National Catholic Register, Jul 26, 2024 / 16:45 pm Kamala Harris is the Democrats’ presumptive nominee for president, bringing with her a long track record of promoting abortion and curtailing religious liberties. But where do her potential vice presidential picks stand on these critical issues? The dearth of …
Bishops Barron and Paprocki stress the importance of ‘inviting Catholics back to Mass’
By Jonah McKeown CNA Newsroom, Jul 26, 2024 / 11:30 am Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester and Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield — both Chicagoans who have known each other since the early days of their priesthood — recently sat down to discuss the most important aspects of living the Catholic …
Joe Biden announces he will not seek reelection in 2024 presidential race; endorses Harris
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jul 21, 2024 / 14:15 pm President Joe Biden on Sunday said he would not seek reelection, conceding to growing calls in his party to bow out of the race after a highly criticized debate against GOP nominee Donald Trump in June. “It has been the greatest …
Scott Hahn urges priests at National Eucharistic Congress to ‘rekindle Eucharistic amazement’
By Courtney Mares Indianapolis, Ind., Jul 19, 2024 / 17:55 pm Nearly 1,000 priests and bishops packed in together at the National Eucharistic Congress to listen to the theologian and apologist Scott Hahn, who urged the clerics to rekindle their “Eucharistic amazement.” Amid the busy schedule and big crowds in Indianapolis …
Bishop reminds vacationers: Only in God does the soul find rest
By Nicolás de Cárdenas ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 19, 2024 / 07:00 am In a new pastoral letter, Bishop Ginés García Beltrán of Getafe, Spain, reflects on the meaning of rest during summer vacation, when many families take the opportunity to take time to get away and relax. García points out that “rest …
Elon Musk moves companies from California, blasts law that hides gender transition from parents
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 18, 2024 / 17:37 pm Elon Musk, the CEO of X and SpaceX and one of the richest men in the world, announced that he will move both multibillion-dollar companies out of California because he opposes a new law that hides information from parents …
Bob Newhart, celebrated comedian and lifelong Catholic, dies at 94
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jul 19, 2024 / 09:15 am Bob Newhart, a cultural giant who is credited with pioneering modern stand-up comedy and spoke openly of his lifelong Catholic faith, died this week. He was 94. The native Illinoisan passed away at his Los Angeles home on Thursday, his …
Crusader treasure unveiled: Medieval altar found in Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulcher
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Jul 17, 2024 / 14:05 pm Researchers have unearthed a Crusader-era altar in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher in a serendipitous discovery that sounds straight out of an Indiana Jones plot. The find, announced by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, offers a marble-clad window into medieval Christian artistry …
Spiritual tone at RNC heightened in wake of Trump assassination attempt
By Ken Oliver-Méndez Milwaukee, Wis., Jul 18, 2024 / 09:15 am Acknowledgement of the supernatural is off the charts at this year’s Republican National Convention in the wake of former U.S. president Donald Trump’s harrowingly narrow escape from an assassination attempt. Invoking the presence and blessing of the Author of Life, …
Vatican condemns violence after attack on Trump
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jul 14, 2024 / 08:49 am The Holy See has condemned acts of violence in the wake of the shooting that injured former U.S. president Donald Trump and others and left one dead at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. A brief statement provided to CNA …