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Articles by CNA Staff
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.
Eight churches damaged by Sept. 19 earthquake in Mexico
Sep 21, 2022 / 16:15 pmA Catholic church in Tangamandapio and seven other Catholic churches were damaged by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico on Monday.
Blessed Sacrament chapels at gas stations along highway are ‘oasis’ for Brazil travelers
Sep 21, 2022 / 15:00 pmRede Marajó, a chain of highway service stations in Brazil, has built seven chapels at its stations with the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle.
Human rights activists call on US State Department to return Nigeria to religious freedom watchlist
Sep 20, 2022 / 17:00 pmHuman rights advocates are calling on U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to put Nigeria back on a list of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom.
300,000 youths make pilgrimage to Virgin of Itatí in Argentina
Sep 20, 2022 / 14:20 pmUnder the theme “Together with Mary, we meet again as a synodal Church,” the young people made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Virgin of Itatí on Sept. 17.
Priest calls attempt to close Colombia Capitol building chapel ‘persecution of the Church’
Sep 20, 2022 / 12:15 pmA congressman has proposed to convert the Catholic chapel located in the capitol building where Colombia’s Congress meets into a “neutral place of worship.”
Thousands join March for Life in Berlin
Sep 20, 2022 / 06:00 amAround 4,000 participants took part in the March for Life in the German capital Saturday in support of the right to life for all people from conception to natural death.
Nicaraguan dictatorship prohibits procession for St. Michael the Archangel and St. Jerome
Sep 19, 2022 / 15:35 pmThe dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has prohibited upcoming processions in Masaya.
Catholic church burned, priests and religious sister kidnapped in war-torn Cameroon
Sep 18, 2022 / 13:10 pmGunmen set a Catholic church on fire and kidnapped five priests, one religious sister, and two lay people in western Cameroon, where a civil war has been raging since 2017.