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Pope Francis: ‘True wealth is being loved by God’
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 13, 2024 / 11:12 am Happiness is not found in material things but in God himself, who shows us the joy found in making our lives a gift for others, Pope Francis said in his Sunday Angelus address. “Let us remember this: True wealth is not the goods of…
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Synod on Synodality: ‘Adopt’ a synod member in prayer during the October assembly at the Vatican
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Oct 12, 2024 / 12:30 pm Prayer groups are sponsoring an online platform through which you can “adopt” a Synod on Synodality member to pray for during the month of October. After submitting an email address on the webpage oremusprosynodo.org, the name of one of the 368 voting members (also…
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Michigan’s Catholic bishops condemn Gov. Whitmer’s chip video as ‘mocking’ faithful
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 11, 2024 / 19:40 pm Michigan’s Catholic bishops on Friday condemned a video sketch of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and a journalist for what some have called a “mocking” of the Eucharist. The video, posted on Thursday and which quickly went viral, shows Whitmer feeding the journalist a Dorito…
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Maronite Catholic priest recovering from injuries after attack at rectory in Philadelphia
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 10, 2024 / 18:25 pm A Maronite Catholic priest is recovering from injuries he suffered after a man attacked him at the rectory in Philadelphia, across the street from the St. Maron Maronite Catholic Church, at which he is the pastor. The alleged attacker, who has not yet…
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United Nations human rights watchdog speaks out against men competing in women’s sports
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 9, 2024 / 16:10 pm A United Nations report on violence against women and girls in sports defended spaces for women on Tuesday by calling for separate sports for biological males who identify as “transgender persons.” The United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls in a presentation of the…
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Oklahoma Catholic charter school petitions U.S. Supreme Court to consider approval
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 8, 2024 / 17:30 pm A charter school in Oklahoma is aiming to be the first publicly-funded religious charter school in the United States after it appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday after lower courts ruled against it this summer. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School and Oklahoma’s…
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Georgia Supreme Court reinstates 6-week ‘heartbeat’ law
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 7, 2024 / 19:15 pm The Georgia Supreme Court reinstated on Monday the state’s heartbeat law, a six-week limit on abortion known as the “LIFE Act,” after a trial court judge overturned it last week. The state Supreme Court in a 6 to 1 majority reinstated the heartbeat law…
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Synod on Synodality: Breaking news and analysis live from the Vatican
By CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, Oct 6, 2024 / 20:05 pm The Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality has entered its final phase. Bishops, lay experts, and even non-Catholic observers from around the world have gathered in Rome this October for a monthlong assembly that could reshape the Church, its governance, and itsteaching. Pope Francis, opening…
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Lebanese bishop makes impassioned plea for peace at synod briefing
By CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, Oct 5, 2024 / 10:35 am A Lebanese bishop made an impassioned plea for peace and forgiveness at the Synod on Synodality’s daily press briefing on Saturday, as the assembly’s first week drew to a close. Bishop Mounir Khairallah of Batroun shared his personal experience of violence and forgiveness, recounting…
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Catholic Church laments Mexican army’s deadly shooting of migrants
By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Oct 4, 2024 / 18:45 pm Six migrants traveling through southern Mexico in a pickup truck lost their lives and 10 more have been wounded after being fired upon by Mexican soldiers. According to information shared by Mexico’s National Defense Secretariat (Sedena, by its Spanish acronym), the incident occurred…