Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. / Shutterstock
Rome Newsroom, Apr 21, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
More than 25 cardinals and bishops will take part in the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, which will include Cardinal Charles M… […]
Washington D.C., Apr 21, 2021 / 11:00 am America/Denver (CNA). Bishops across the United States on Tuesday and Wednesday responded to the guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, in the trial for […]
A detail from Joseph with the Child and the Flowering Rod, by Alonso Miguel de Tovar (1678–1752). Public Domain.
Rome Newsroom, Apr 21, 2021 / 10:01 am (CNA).
The proclamation of the Year of St. Joseph by Pope Francis in December 2020 coincided … […]
Cathedral of St. Mary, Fargo, North Dakota / Cathedral of St. Mary
Washington D.C., Apr 21, 2021 / 10:00 am (CNA).
The Diocese of Fargo and the Fargo Police Department are investigating an incident of vandalism outside the cathedral last weekend… […]
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims during his March 28, 2018 general audience in St. Peter’s Square. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
Vatican City, Apr 21, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has sent four ventilators to hospitals in Colombia after the South American country recorded its highest daily death rate since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the Colombian health ministry, the country reported 420 deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours April 20. More than 68,700 people have died from COVID-19 in Colombia since February 2020. The country has a population of 50 million people.
The donated ventilators from Pope Francis were also accompanied by boxes of personal protective equipment. The Colombian bishops’ conference said that the apostolic nuncio sent the medical equipment to hospitals in Quibdó, western Colombia.
The equipment was flown into the city with the help of the Colombian Air Force and the Military Ordinariate of Colombia.
Bishop Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto of Quibdó wrote in a note: “This gesture highlights the continuous solicitude of Pope Francis for Colombia in many areas and expresses his concern for all the Churches.”
During the coronavirus outbreak, Pope Francis has donated ventilators and other medical equipment to countries such as Brazil, Spain, and Romania.
In South America, fears are growing over the spread of the P.1 variant of COVID-19, also known as the Brazil variant, which recent research suggests is much more transmissible.
In March, Peru’s health minister said that 40% of cases in the capital city of Lima were caused by the Brazil variant. Cases of the new variant have also been detected in Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Argentina.
Vatican City, Apr 21, 2021 / 07:00 am America/Denver (CNA). The Vatican Museums have released a new YouTube series featuring the history behind famous works of art in short videos. “Secrets of the Vatican Museums” […]
The perpetual adoration chapel in Niepokalanów, Poland. / EWTN Poland.
CNA Staff, Apr 21, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Employees of EWTN Poland were preparing for the Feast of Divine Mercy when they noticed a glitch in their YouTube channel, which bri… […]
The national flag of Egypt. / kb-photodesign via Shutterstock
Rome Newsroom, Apr 21, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).
A Coptic Orthodox Christian was killed by ISIS affiliates in Egypt earlier this week, five months after being kidnapped.In a video, 62-ye… […]
Pope Francis gives a general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace. / Vatican Media.
CNA Staff, Apr 21, 2021 / 03:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis encouraged Catholics on Wednesday to read a 19th-century Russian spiritual classic.Spea… […]
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CNA Staff, Apr 20, 2021 / 20:41 pm (CNA).
The Connecticut House of Representatives has advanced a bill to end the religious exemption from childhood vaccine requirements, beginning in 2022. The bill to end the relig… […]
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