Archive for May 11, 2023

Pope Francis receives relics of the Coptic martyrs from Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, May 11, 2023. Pope Francis also announced that the 21 men will be added to the Church’s official list of saints.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis adds Coptic Orthodox martyrs to liturgical book of saints

After receiving relics of the Coptic martyrs beheaded by ISIS, Pope Francis announced the 21 men will be added to... Read more

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By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Spanish bishops: Abortion as a right makes the unborn child ‘a true undocumented person’

The Spanish Bishops’ Conference criticized the May 9 ruling by the country’s constitutional court that upheld abortion as a right. Read more

Cardinal James Michael Harvey presided over a eucharistic procession at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum, in Rome on May 11, 2023. The 22nd edition of the annual procession was attended by about 130 students, faculty, and community members.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

PHOTOS: Eucharistic procession brings Jesus to halls of Rome university

An estimated 130 students, faculty, and community members participated in the 22nd annual procession at Rome’s University of St. Thomas... Read more

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By Zelda Caldwell

Eduard Habsburg, Hungary’s man at the Vatican, talks Pope Francis, cheesesteak, and family secrets

On a recent visit to Washington, D.C., the archduke of Austria sat down with CNA to discuss his new book... Read more

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By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Pope Francis urges freedom in message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees 

Pope Francis has expressed the importance of a migrant’s freedom to make the “decision to leave one’s native land.” Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

UK birth of ‘three-parent baby’ came at a high moral cost, Catholic bioethicists warn

“This is the destruction of two embryonic human individuals to create a third individual,” the Anscombe Bioethics Centre said. Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

In swing-state Virginia, pro-life attorney general opts not to support abortion pill lawsuit

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has refused to get involved and is instead defending a more moderate approach in the... Read more

Luis Vildoso participates in a meeting of young people of the Araure project, in Venezuela (2023).?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

What it’s like for the Church in Venezuela, a country in social and economic crisis

An aid worker who recently visited the central and western areas of the country said he “found a very lively... Read more