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Washington D.C., Dec 16, 2022 / 15:15 pm (CNA).
The U.S. Department of State says it is “deeply troubled” by recent allegations of a forced abortion program on more than 10,000 Nigerian women and has communicate… […]
Map of Nigeria. / Shutterstock
St. Louis, Mo., Dec 16, 2022 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
A Nigerian musician is taking a case to the country’s Supreme Court challenging a death sentence he was given in 2020 for “blasphemy,” a case his lawyers hope will ov… […]
Joe Ditomasso and Kevin Hyde, along with their canine companion, Minnie, were lost at sea for 10 days and rescued on Dec. 13, 2022. / Credit: WABC News screen shot
Boston, Mass., Dec 16, 2022 / 13:40 pm (CNA).
When Joe Ditomasso, 76, and Kevin … […]
Bishop Heiner Wilmer, SCJ, the boyishly handsome bishop of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, would likely not object to being counted among the most progressive bishops in a German episcopate dominated by progressives. Nor is the […]
Archbishop Battaglia with the liquefied blood of Saint Januarius on Sept. 19, 2022 / Screenshot / Youtube channel, Chiesa di Napoli
Rome, Italy, Dec 16, 2022 / 10:32 am (CNA).
The blood of St. Januarius liquefied in Naples on Friday for the thi… […]
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience on Oct. 26, 2022. / Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 16, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
In a message sent to heads of state across the world, Pope Francis has asked leaders to reflect on what lessons can b… […]
Pope Francis greets His Beatitude Ieronymos II in Athens, Greece on Dec. 5, 2021. / Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 16, 2022 / 05:15 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has decided to give the Greek Orthodox archbishop of Athens three fragments of Partheno… […]
Dear Readers, Almost exactly a year ago, I used this space to tell the tale of moving many books into my newly converted “shoffice” in the wilderness near Elmira, Oregon (pop. 546). Admittedly, it’s not […]
“A glorified South America” was one of the odder dismissive takes on Pandora, the alien world of the Na’vi in James Cameron’s Avatar, that I heard when the movie was in theaters. After all, who […]
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 15, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
An Italian priest named Father Charles Vachetta is credited with writing a novena in 1721 to inspire his parishioners during Advent. Today, that … […]
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