Archive for July 3, 2021

The pachamama monstrance at St. John Macias parish in Zapopan, Mexico.?w=200&h=150

By David Ramos

Pachamama image used as monstrance in Mexican parish

The “pachamama” or “mother earth” image which accompanied various activities during the 2019 Amazon Synod in Rome was recently used... Read more

Melinda Gates.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Gates Foundation plans $2.1b for contraceptives, 'gender equality'

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will begin a push for increased access to contraceptives over the next five years... Read more

Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Archbishop Aquila: Catholic Democrats should take responsibility, not weaponize the Eucharist

Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver in his Friday column called out the 60 Catholic Democrats who penned a letter defending... Read more

Giovanni Angelo Becciu, former prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, pictured June 27, 2019.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Cardinal Becciu to stand trial at Vatican for embezzlement and abuse of office

The Vatican court announced it will hold a trial in connection with the Secretariat of State’s purchase of a London... Read more

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, center, in 2015.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Why has a Vatican judge ordered Cardinal Becciu and nine others to stand trial?: A CNA explainer

CNA's overview of a Vatican finance trial announced to start later this month. Read more

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Ana Estrada, 47, suffered from polymyositis, an incurable disease that left her confined to a wheelchair. Since 2019, she had been been petitioning Peruvian courts to recognize a right to euthanasia.

For first time, incurably ill patient undergoes euthanasia in Peru

Argentine pro-life Dr. Leandro Rodríguez Lastra.

Argentine doctor completes prison sentence for preventing a chemical abortion in process

Pope Francis greets an elderly couple at a general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Pope Francis to meet with thousands of grandparents and their grandchildren at the Vatican

Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin of the Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat in Ethiopia, which covers the Tigray region.

‘I’m a witness to unspeakable suffering’: Ethiopia bishop wants peace pact implemented

Left to right: Dr. John Bruchalski, a former abortionist and IVF provider, Emma Waters, a senior research associate at the Heritage Foundation, Andrew Kubick, a bioethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center and the Religious Freedom Institute, and Sister Deirdre Byrne, superior of the D.C. Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts, discuss the "eugenic" dangers of in vitro fertilization at a panel event at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2024.

Experts and former abortionist warn about ‘eugenic’ IVF industry

Reporter Catherine Hadro speaks with Sister Mary Gianna of the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ and Frank DeAngelis on “EWTN News In Depth” on April 19, 2024. Sister Mary Gianna, also known as Jenica Thornby, was a sophomore at Columbine High School and DeAngelis was principal on April 20, 1999, when two gunmen killed 12 students and one teacher before turning their guns on themselves.

Columbine High School massacre, 25 years later: ‘God, why did you allow me to survive?’

Pro-lifers participate in the Illinois March for Life in Springfield, April 17, 2024.

Thousands of pro-lifers attend ‘joy-filled’ Illinois March for Life

Participants in Italy's pro-life demonstration in Rome on May 21, 2022.

Italy set to pass amendment allowing pro-life groups into family planning clinics 

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Nuns who feuded with Texas bishop say they will defy Vatican order on monastery’s governance

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Indian bishops condemn Hindu group’s attack on Catholic school and priest

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