Alleged Marian apparitions the subject of new observatory
Statue of Virgin Mary in Medjugorje, Bosnia Herzegovina. / Gnuckx via Flickr (CC BY 2.0). Rome Newsroom, May 20, 2023 / 08:42 am (CNA). An institution has been formed in Rome to study alleged Marian apparitions and other supernatural phenomena … […]
Vatican: Italian cardinal entrusted with Ukraine peace mission
Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna, was made a cardinal during the consistory of Oct. 5, 2019. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Rome Newsroom, May 20, 2023 / 11:46 am (CNA). Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has been asked by Pope Francis to head a pea… […]
Bolivia Jesuits ask victims of two priests implicated in scandal to make formal complaint
null / Torwaistudio, Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, May 20, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA). In the developing sexual abuse of minors scandal involving Jesuits in Bolivia, a May 13 article in the Spanish newspaper El País implicated two other priests, Fr… […]
Catholic Textbook Project Announces Winners of their Annual History Essay Contest
Winners of Catholic Textbook Project’s annual history essay contest for Catholic schools were announced this week. “Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s history essay contest. We received many excellent entries from parochial, private, and home schools. Choosing the winners is never easy, and it wasn’t this year, either!,” announced Michael Van Hecke, founder and… […]
PHOTOS: Thousands march in Italy’s national ‘Demonstration for Life’
Members of an Italian pro-life and pro-family organization marched in the “Demonstration for Life” May 20, 2023, with a banner saying “There’s life in the mother’s womb. Let’s care for it. #stopabortion” / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, May 20, 2023 / 12:48 pm (CNA). Thousands of individuals, families, and young people braved the cool, rainy […]
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai–a devout Catholic–denied lawyer of his choice, remains imprisoned
WSJ—A Hong Kong court ruled Friday that imprisoned newspaperman Jimmy Lai, a devout Catholic, can’t hire the British lawyer he wants for his upcoming national security trial. That came the morning after Mr. Lai’s son Sebastian accepted the Cato Institute’s prestigious Milton Friedman Prize on behalf of his father in Washington. The two events tell… […]
Film Review of “The Hong Konger”: Jimmy Lai’s Moral Heroism
Don’t Miss this film on Catholic businessman Jimmy Lai—WSJ—Currently imprisoned by the Chinese government for pressing the case for freedom and democracy, the defiant entrepreneur and media mogul is the focus of a stirring, free-to-stream documentary. “It would be so boring just being a businessman,” notes the Hong Kong entrepreneur and media mogul Jimmy Lai,… […]
Vatican: Italian cardinal entrusted with Ukraine peace mission
Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna, was made a cardinal during the consistory of Oct. 5, 2019. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Rome Newsroom, May 20, 2023 / 11:46 am (CNA). Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has been asked by Pope Francis to head a peace mission between Russia and Ukraine on behalf of the Vatican, the Holy […]
Bolivia Jesuits ask victims of two priests implicated in scandal to make formal complaint
null / Torwaistudio, Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, May 20, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA). In the developing sexual abuse of minors scandal involving Jesuits in Bolivia, a May 13 article in the Spanish newspaper El País implicated two other priests, Francesc Peris and Carlos Villamil, and also published the testimonies of eight alleged victims. The […]
Meeting Gollum on an Airplane
Ryan Fletcher ‘Air New Zealand’ We are all Ring-wearers on occasion, even if we desire to be Ring-bearers.