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Republicans remove ‘right to life’ plank from party platform

July 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 125

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, praised the platform, saying it demonstrates that the Republican Party “remains strongly pro-life at the national level.” / Credit: Screenshot/EWTN News in Depth

Washington,… […]

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Vatican excommunicates Viganò for schism

July 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 165

Archbishop Carlo Viganò. / Credit: Edward Pentin/National Catholic Register

Rome Newsroom, Jul 5, 2024 / 09:35 am (CNA).
The Vatican has officially excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith announ… […]

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Convert, author, and noted radio host Al Kresta succumbs to liver cancer

June 15, 2024 Kathy Schiffer 8

Al Kresta, host of the nationally syndicated talk show “Kresta in the Afternoon” on Ave Maria Radio and the EWTN radio network, has gone to his eternal reward at age 73. His illness was brief, […]

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Cardinals Müller and Schönborn: Ordination of women is impossible

June 10, 2024 Catholic News Agency 12

Cardinals Christoph Schönborn and Gerhard Ludwig Müller. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

CNA Newsroom, Jun 10, 2024 / 13:45 pm (CNA).
Shortly after Pope Francis opposed the possibility of an ordained female diaconate, two German-speaking cardinals … […]

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Pope Francis says conservative critics have a ‘suicidal attitude’

May 16, 2024 Catholic News Agency 115

CNA Staff, May 16, 2024 / 16:58 pm (CNA). In an interview with “60 Minutes” airing this Sunday, Pope Francis takes aim at his “conservative critics” in the United States, reportedly saying a conservative is someone who […]

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Rediscovered book by Cardinal Fernández features graphic erotic passages on ‘spirituality and sensuality’

January 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 66

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Rome Newsroom, Jan 8, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA).
A 1998 book by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández featuring provocative, sexually-charged themes has resurfaced, likely adding further scrutiny to the already embattled… […]

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Vatican draws line on women’s ordination and homosexuality in new letter to German bishops

November 24, 2023 Catholic News Agency 35

Cardinal Pietro Parolin. / Claude Truong-Ngoc via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

CNA Newsroom, Nov 24, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA).
The Vatican has informed German bishops in writing that the ordination of women and changes in the Church’s teachin… […]

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‘Anti-Christian hate crimes’ in Europe up 44% in past year, watchdog group says

November 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 15

The Cross of San Lázaro of Seville, Spain, sculpted in the 16th century, was vandalized on the night of Oct. 21-22, 2023. / Credit: Emergencies Seville

CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 13:28 pm (CNA).
Europe has witnessed a 44% jump in anti-Christian … […]

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Synod 2023: What has Pope Francis said about synodality?

September 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 14

Pope Francis addressed pilgrims and tourists at his first outdoor general audience after the summer on Sept. 6, 2023. / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Sep 17, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).
The Synod on Synodality is set to launch the first of … […]

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Cardinal Hollerich: There’s ‘space to expand’ Church teaching on all-male priesthood

March 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 36

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, speaking at a press conference in the Vatican on Aug. 26, 2022. / Vatican News YouTube Channel

Rome Newsroom, Mar 28, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, the archbishop of Luxembourg an… […]

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