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Month: March 2025

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John the Baptist’s call for repentance prepares the way for Christ

March 26, 2025 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 1

As we examine the saints whom the old Confiteor invoked in acknowledging our sinfulness, we come to St. John the Baptist. He’s the first in the list who is both completely human and a sinner. […]

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French independent abuse authority has compensated nearly 850 victims since 2021

March 26, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. / Credit: Gabriele Maltinti/Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 26, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA).
France’s National Independent Authority for Recognition and Reparation (INIRR) has compensated nearly 850 victims … […]

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Pope Francis: God desires to offer his love and mercy to those at the ‘crossroads’ of life

March 26, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis waves from a balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, following weeks of hospitalization for bilateral pneumonia. / Credit: Vatican Media/Screenshot

Vatican City, Mar 26, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis on… […]

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Salesians elect Maltese priest Fabio Attard as Don Bosco’s 11th successor

March 26, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Maltese priest Fabio Attard was elected rector major of the Salesians for the next six years. / Credit: Courtesy of Salesian Family

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 26, 2025 / 13:05 pm (CNA).
Maltese priest Fabio Attard was elected as the new rector major… […]

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Young Christian in Pakistan brutally attacked for refusing to convert to Islam

March 26, 2025 Catholic News Agency 4

A Christian boy holds a crucifix during a protest in Karachi on Aug. 22, 2023, to condemn the attack on churches in Pakistan. More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalized in an hourslong riot in Jaranwala in Punjab province on Au… […]

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Chicago Archdiocese sues over ‘racketeering scheme’ involving false sex abuse claims

March 26, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. / Credit: Edlane De Mattos/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Mar 26, 2025 / 11:20 am (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Chicago this week filed a lawsuit alleging a “racketeering enterprise” among a group of individuals who reporte… […]

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Commission urges Trump to take action against governments that violate religious liberty

March 26, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

“It has been disappointing to see how seldom a CPC designation has resulted in real consequences for those responsible for religious freedom violations,” U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Chairman Stephen Schneck told CNA. / Cre… […]

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Colombia to host 2025 International Congress on Religious Tourism

March 26, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

The main altar of one of the colonial-era churches in Popoyán, Colombia, one of the stops on the itinerary of the 2025 International Congress on Religious Tourism. / Credit: DiegoMera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lima Newsroom, Mar 26, … […]

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Napa Institute fosters Catholic-Protestant collaboration on common efforts

March 26, 2025 Catholic News Agency 4

Thousands particpate in a Eucharistic procession sponsored by the Napa Institute through the streets of Manhattan in New York City on Oct. 15, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 26, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The Catholic … […]

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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, March 26, 2025

March 26, 2025 CWR Staff 8

The Importance of a Sacramental Perspective – “The wonderful thing about the sacraments is their blessed objectivity: the fact that we have the assurance that they do confer the grace for which they’re set up, […]

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