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Pope Francis lambasts the scourge of human trafficking 

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis speaks from the window of the Apostolic Palace on a rainy Sunday in Rome on Feb. 11, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, May 23, 2024 / 17:41 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis today urged the abolition of human trafficking, “one o… […]

Joy in Syria: Pope Francis gives ‘green light’ for canonization of ‘Martyrs of Damascus’ 

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A moment of prayer during the procession through the narrow streets of the Christian quarter of Bab-Touma (St. Paul) in the Old City of Damascus on July 9, 2023, in celebration of the liturgical feast of the Martyrs of Damascus. / Credit: Courte… […]

Federal government backs down, allows Virginia Knights to hold annual Memorial Day Mass 

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

A Virginia council of the Knights of Columbus will be permitted to hold its annual Memorial Day Mass on Monday, May 27, 2024, in a federal cemetery after the National Park Service (NPS) backed down and allowed the group to hold the observance. /… […]

Number of Catholic parishes in Baltimore’s core will be halved, archdiocese says 

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

St. Vincent de Paul Church, the oldest Catholic parish church in continuous use in Baltimore, which was dedicated in 1841, is among the churches slated for closure. / Credit: Smash the Iron Cage|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 4.0

CNA Staff, May 23, 2024 / … […]

Michigan attorney general releases third report on alleged diocesan abuse

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Cathedral of St. Augustine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. / Credit: rossograph via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

CNA Staff, May 23, 2024 / 13:38 pm (CNA).
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has released the third of seven reports on alleged sexual a… […]

Vatican reinstates Carmelite nun after bishop’s dismissal in Texas over affair with priest

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 6

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns

CNA Staff, May 23, 2024 / 13:04 pm (CNA).
The Holy See has re… […]

Biden administration launches reporting tool for health law at center of abortion dispute

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

The Biden administration holds that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) can be used to require emergency room doctors to perform abortions. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, May 23, 2024 / 11:17 am (CNA).
The Bide… […]

Archaeological discovery sheds light on Christian pilgrimages to Holy Land 1,500 years ago

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in Rahat (aerial view), May 2024. / Credit: Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority

Jerusalem, May 23, 2024 / 10:31 am (CNA).
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a Byzan… […]

Carlo Acutis to be first millennial saint: Pope Francis recognizes miracle for canonization

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

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Rome Newsroom, May 23, 2024 / 06:22 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, paving the way for him to become the first Millennial saint.The Italian … […]

Analysis shows number of nonreligious Americans stabilizing after prior surge

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 23, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
From the early 1990s through the 2010s, the number of Americans who identified as atheist, agnostic, and nonaffiliated saw a major surge — but… […]

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