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Pope Francis receives cross made from barbed wire from North Korean border

October 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

South Korean President Moon Jae-in presents the cross to Pope Francis at the Vatican, Oct. 29, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Oct 29, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis received a cross made from barbed wire from the demilitarized zone th… […]

Pope Francis meets US President Joe Biden at the Vatican

October 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis meets President Joe Biden on Oct. 29, 2021. / Vatican Media/CNA

Vatican City, Oct 29, 2021 / 06:25 am (CNA).
Pope Francis met Joe Biden on Friday, in the U.S. president’s first official visit to the Vatican since his inauguration.Bi… […]

Vatican gives world’s dioceses more time to consult Catholics ahead of Synod on Synodality

October 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis takes part in a moment of reflection for the opening of the synodal path at the Vatican’s New Synod Hall, Oct. 9, 2021. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.

Vatican City, Oct 29, 2021 / 05:30 am (CNA).
The Vatican announc… […]

Pope Francis to meet leaders of the US, India and South Korea in the next 24 hours

October 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis, pictured Oct. 15, 2014. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk. / null

Vatican City, Oct 29, 2021 / 02:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has a packed schedule over the next 24 hours as he meets the leaders of three countries who, when taken tog… […]

In BBC message, Pope Francis says UN climate summit must offer ‘effective responses’ to ecological crisis

October 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis reads his message broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Oct. 29, 2021. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.

Vatican City, Oct 29, 2021 / 01:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Friday urged participants in a crunch United Nations climate s… […]

Parental notice repeal puts unborn children and young girls at risk, Illinois critics say

October 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Springfield, Ill., Oct 28, 2021 / 16:19 pm (CNA).
The Illinois legislature’s vote to repeal parental notice requirements for abortion hurts young girls and unborn children, the Catholic Conference of Illinois and other p… […]

Archbishop Aquila: Christ’s challenging truthfulness needed regarding reception of Communion

October 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver. / null

Denver, Colo., Oct 28, 2021 / 15:36 pm (CNA).
As the US bishops prepare to discuss a draft statement on the Eucharist, the Archbishop of Denver has recalled Christ’s direct, challenging approach to the … […]

Colombian judge orders that non-terminally ill woman must be permitted euthanasia

October 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Credit: sfam_photo/Shutterstock.

Medellin, Colombia, Oct 28, 2021 / 14:01 pm (CNA).
A Colombian judge ordered Wednesday that euthanasia procedures be resumed for Martha Liria Sepúlveda Campo, a 51-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosi… […]

Paid leave program removed from social spending package

October 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Parents with children. / Catherine Scott via Wikimedia Commons (CC by-SA 2.0).

Washington D.C., Oct 28, 2021 / 13:02 pm (CNA).
A provision creating a national paid leave program will not be included in the social spending package being crafted b… […]

Bishop: Discrimination law could force Guernsey’s Catholic schools to close

October 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth, pictured May 21, 2015. / Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Oct 28, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
An English bishop has said that a proposed anti-discrimination law could force an island’s Catholic schools… […]

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