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Articles by CNA Staff
Large sign outside Peru’s Congress tells OAS: ideology does not define women
Oct 5, 2022 / 14:30 pmA large mobile sign with the message “women are defined by biology, not ideology,” addressed participants of the 52nd General Assembly of the Organization of American States.
Cardinal Müller warns of grave danger that could lead to humanity’s ‘collective suicide’
Oct 3, 2022 / 18:00 pm“Anthropological nihilism has as its father the pride of the creature that wants to become like God (Genesis 3:5) and wants to establish the difference between good and evil, true and false for itself,” he said.
Priest prevented from returning to Nicaragua: It’s ‘not a crime’ to criticize government
Oct 3, 2022 / 17:00 pmBefore Father Guillermo Blandón could take the flight from Miami to Nicaragua, he was informed that the Nicaraguan government had prohibited him from returning.
LGBT organizations in Spain are pressuring the government to pass the ‘trans law’
Sep 30, 2022 / 17:00 pmThree LGBT organizations have met with the main party of the governing coalition in Spain, seeking the passage of the “trans law” before the close of the legislature next year.
Catholic organizations in Colombia call Bogotá cathedral attack by militants ‘terrorism’
Sep 30, 2022 / 16:00 pmCatholic organizations condemned the Wednesday night attack by abortion militants on the Bogotá cathedral and demanded authorities arrest those involved.
Caritas Algeria closes at government’s behest
Sep 30, 2022 / 15:00 pmThe Church in Algeria announced Sunday that the country has ordered the Church’s aid organization Caritas Algeria to cease its operations.
Priests reject controversial synod poster: it’s ‘out of bounds and confusing’
Sep 29, 2022 / 16:00 pmTwo Spanish priests recently posted their analyses on social media of a controversial drawing posted to the Synod on Synodality Facebook page.
Nicaraguan dictator Ortega verbally attacks pope, calls Church ‘the perfect dictatorship’
Sep 29, 2022 / 13:54 pmPresident Daniel Ortega called the pope a “holy tyrant” and said the Church is “the perfect dictatorship” during a Sept. 28 event in the country’s capital.
Denial of clemency to death row inmate disappoints Oklahoma archbishop
Sep 28, 2022 / 18:00 pmOne day after a parole board denied clemency to death row inmate Benjamin Cole, the archbishop of Oklahoma City registered his disappointment in the decision.
40 Days for Life in Spain announces guidelines amid government harassment of pro-lifers
Sep 28, 2022 / 13:30 pmThe first campaign in Spain since the government criminalized what is deemed harassment at abortion businesses by pro-lifers begins today and ends Nov 6.
Florida bishop calls for prayers ahead of Hurricane Ian
Sep 27, 2022 / 16:00 pmBishop Gregory L. Parkes of St. Petersburg asked for prayers for “protection during the storm.”
Church in Nicaragua asks for continued prayers for abducted bishop and priests
Sep 27, 2022 / 15:00 pmThe Diocese of Matagalpa asked for prayers for its bishop, Rolando Álvarez, and others who were arrested and abducted in August.
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Archbishop calls on consecrated to wear religious dress as a ‘revolutionary’ gesture
Sep 27, 2022 / 14:00 pmArchbishop Luis Argüello of Valladolid, Spain, made his remarks in a homily for a diaconal ordination, noting that deacons wear specific vestments.
Church and contraception: Experts expose errors in Pontifical Academy for Life book
Sep 27, 2022 / 10:07 amNine international experts have pointed out in an open letter the serious errors contained in a book published a few weeks ago by the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Authorities reach agreement to reopen Catholic chapel at Colombian airport
Sep 26, 2022 / 14:00 pmThe management company that operates the airport had previously announced that the chapel was going to be converted into a “neutral” place of worship.
FBI raids home of pro-life leader on questionable charges
Sep 23, 2022 / 17:56 pmIf convicted, he could face up to 11 years in prison.
Pro-life caucus forms in Colombia’s Congress in aftermath of legalization of abortion, assisted suicide
Sep 23, 2022 / 16:00 pmMembers of the new pro-life caucus stated that “there is a major commitment to life, family, and religious freedom.”
Spanish bishop to Belgian bishops: The Church doesn’t have authority to bless gay unions
Sep 23, 2022 / 14:00 pmBishop José Ignacio Munilla reminded the Belgian bishops that the blessing of gay unions goes against the teaching of the Catholic Church.
Ortega dictatorship expels another religious congregation from Nicaragua
Sep 22, 2022 / 16:30 pmThe dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua has expelled the Religious Sisters of the Cross, thus continuing its attacks against the Church in Nicaragua.
Blessed Sacrament found intact in tabernacle of church burned by armed men in Cameroon
Sep 22, 2022 / 14:00 pmIn the aftermath of the fire that gutted a church in Cameroon, Bishop Aloysius Fondong found the sacred Hosts and the ciborium containing them to be intact.