Father Josh Johnson, pastor at Sacred Heart Church in Baton Rouge, said he has seen progress in terms of Catholics being willing to listen to the experiences of those who have experienced racism and an openness among many Catholics to acknowledge racism as a sin and as a continued problem in U.S. society.
ROME – Tens of thousands of people were present in St. Peter’s Square for the funeral Jan. 5 of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years.
(CNA) — A Catholic parish in central Michigan is suing the state attorney general over the state Supreme Court’s recent redefinition of “sex” discrimination as encompassing sexual orientation and gender identity, arguing that the redefinition, among other things, threatens the parish’s ability to hire people who model the church’s teachings.
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Washington D.C., Feb 6, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
As Church of England leaders meet in a contentious synod over...
The Four Chaplains — Father John P. Washington, a Catholic priest (pictured above); Rev. George L. Fox, a Methodist minister; Rabbi Alexander D. Goode; and Rev. Clark V. Poling, a Reformed...
Jerrid Farnam, 32, has been charged with several felonies in connection with a violent vandalism at Subiaco Abbey in Subiaco, Arkansas, on Jan. 5, 2023. He said he was about to begin breaking...
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Washington D.C., Feb 6, 2023 / 13:21 pm (CNA).
The Associated Press (AP) issued new guidelines advising reporters not to use the terms “crisis pregnancy center” or...
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Washington D.C., Feb 6, 2023 / 09:55 am (CNA).
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Jan. 17 that...
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Denver, Colo., Feb 3, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
Authorities in the U.K. have dropped charges against a woman arrested for silent prayer in a “buffer zone” that...
Cardinal George Pell’s funeral Mass drew thousands of mourners to Sydney’s St. Mary’s Cathedral Feb. 2, 2023. / Credit: Giovanni Portelli/The Catholic Weekly
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Cardinal Joseph Zen, former bishop of Hong Hong, attends the funeral Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Jan. 5, 2023, in St. Peter's Square. / Credit: Diane Montagna
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Member of Mexico Congress Salma Luévano. / Credit: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union
ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 6, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).
The Specialized Chamber of the Electoral...
Father Oscar Benavidez. / Credit: Parish of the Holy Spirit of Mulukukú, Nicaragua
CNA Newsroom, Feb 6, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship in Nicaragua, led by President Daniel Ortega...
A woman reacts as rescuers search for survivors through the rubble of collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey, on Feb. 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s southeast...
Pope Francis greets a young boy a Mass in Juba, South Sudan on Feb. 5, 2023. / Vatican Media
Rome Newsroom, Feb 5, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).
At a Mass in South Sudan on Sunday, Pope Francis...