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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost elected as 267th pope, takes name Leo XIV

May 8, 2025 Catholic News Agency 39

Vatican City, May 8, 2025 / 12:11 pm Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. White smoke rose from the chimney […]

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Friend of Francis: Pope’s health situation is ‘delicate’ but not cause for alarm

February 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro. / Credit: Antoniospadaro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vatican City, Feb 20, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA).
Speaking on Pope Francis’ current health crisis, Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, a personal friend of the H… […]

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BREAKING: Trump pardons 23 pro-life activists 

January 23, 2025 Catholic News Agency 17

Pro-life activists protest the incarceration of nine activists charged with FACE Act violations. / Credit: Tyler Arnold/CNA

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 23, 2025 / 16:35 pm (CNA).
President Donald Trump issued pardons for 23 pro-life activist… […]

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Bible boom: Why are people buying so many Bibles?

December 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 7

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CNA Staff, Dec 5, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Is the Bible — already the most widely printed book of all time — having a moment?As recently reported by the Wall Street Journal, Bible sales — across a variety o… […]

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Pope Francis ratifies Synod on Synodality’s final document, marking new approach to Church reform

October 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 42

In a surprising move at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday evening, Oct. 26, Pope Francis ratified the final report, approved its immediate publication, and said he will not publish a separate post-synodal document. / Credit: … […]

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Top Jesuit supports ‘LGBTQ Catholics’ event held at order’s headquarters in Rome

October 11, 2024 Catholic News Agency 40

The General House of the Society of Jesus in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Madrid, Spain, Oct 11, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Father Johan Verschueren, the general counsellor and delegate for the Interprovincial Houses and Works of the Soc… […]

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In Belgium, Pope Francis says ‘Church should be ashamed’ of clerical abuse

September 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 35

Pope Francis sits next to Queen Mathilde and listens as King Philippe (far right) speaks during a meeting between the pope and dignitaries in the Grand Gallery of Belgium’s Laeken Castle on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Ro… […]

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American Life League exposes network illegally importing abortion pills

September 25, 2024 Kathy Schiffer 7

A new research project from the American Life League reveals that despite limitations imposed in some states, abortion regulations have not and will not work to stop abortion pills from being sold. The proof is […]

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Ahead of synod, prominent priests publish on ‘LGBTQ issues’

September 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 52

Father Timothy Radcliffe told the Synod on Synodality delegates that the time before the 2024 assembly “will be probably the most fertile time of the whole synod, the time of germination.” / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Newsroom, Sep 23, 2024 / 13… […]

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Rupnik art appears on Vatican website again — and in Pope Francis’ apartment

August 16, 2024 Catholic News Agency 30

On the Vatican website, the Holy See’s communications department used a picture of a Rupnik mosaic of the dormition of Mary at the top of an article for the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary on Aug. 15, 2024. / Credit: Screenshot from Vatican … […]

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