Pro-freedom politician Christine Anderson calls out Liberal Canadian MP for saying she’s a ‘known Nazi’
‘Seriously, they are still going on about me? Gosh, I must have either underestimated my impact OR I must have scared the hell out of them,’ the EU MEP said.Read More
Holy Week ahead
Pencil Preaching for Friday, March 31, 2023
Bishops lament ‘terrible tragedy’ that left at least 38 migrants dead in Mexico
Migrants wake up after spending the night outside the immigration detention center where at least 38 migrants died during a fire in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on March 29, 2023. / Credit: Photo by Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Image… […]
Meet the new president of the European bishops’ commission
Bishop Mariano Crociata meets with Pope Francis on March 23, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Mar 30, 2023 / 11:30 am (CNA). Last week the European bishops elected the new president of their commission, Italian Bishop Mariano Crocia… […]
Witnesses tell House panel that speech is being silenced on college campuses
null / zimmytws/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Mar 30, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA). A scholar whose talk was shut down at a university and a student who witnessed the silencing of speech on campus recounted their experiences at a U.S. House subcommitt… […]
Tabernacle stolen from murdered Bishop David O’Connell’s residence
Bishop David O’Connell. / Credit: KTLA screenshot Boston, Mass., Mar 30, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA). An empty tabernacle that was bolted to the wall has been stolen from the residence of the late Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, who was murdered in his Hacienda Heights, California, home in February. A tabernacle is a […]
UPDATE: Pope Francis has bronchitis but is resting and improving, Vatican says
Pope Francis speaks at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on March 29, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media St. Louis, Mo., Mar 30, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis is exhibiting “marked improvement” after being admitted to the hospital on Wednesday with difficulty breathing, which was later diagnosed as bronchitis. “Pope Francis spent […]
Vatican’s liturgy czar rejects German Church’s plans for laity to preach homilies, conduct baptisms
Archbishop Arthur Roche at a Vatican press conference on Feb. 10, 2015. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA. CNA Newsroom, Mar 30, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s liturgy czar has intervened against the implementation of resolutions of the German Synodal… […]
U.S. and Canadian bishops join Vatican’s condemnation of colonialist ‘doctrine of discovery’
Pope Francis address representatives of Canada’s indigenous peoples at the archbishop’s residence in Québec City. / Vatican Media Washington D.C., Mar 30, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The U.S. and Canadian bishops released statements Thursday praising the Vatican’s repudiation of the “doctrine of discovery,” which has been used in the past to justify European colonialism […]
Spanish bishops deliver six volumes of information on sex abuse cases to ombudsman
Cardinal Juan José Omella, the archbishop of Barcelona, Spain, and Spain’s Ombudsman Ángel Gabilondo. / Credit: CEE ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 30, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). The president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE), Cardinal Juan José Omella, has handed over to the people’s ombudsman, Ángel Gabilondo, a total of six volumes of data […]