Pope Francis in new interview: ‘Church has to change’ in favor of human dignity
Pope Francis smiles during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 27, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Oct 17, 2023 / 13:10 pm (CNA). Pope Francis, speaking in a new interview published by a media outlet in his native Argentina, said the Church must change “in favor of the dignity of the […]
A papal visit to the South Pole? Pope Francis looks to new peripheries
Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 6, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Oct 17, 2023 / 13:40 pm (CNA). Pope Francis, who is known as “the pope of the peripheries,” has suggested the possibility of traveling to somewhere … […]
Theologian at Synod on Synodality: There’s ‘too much emphasis’ on women priests
“As a woman, I’m not focused at all on the fact that I’m not a priest,” Renée Köhler-Ryan, one of 54 women delegates to the Synod on Synodality, said at a press briefing Oct. 17, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Oct 17, 2023 / 1… […]
Polish elections point to possible shift in country’s abortion laws, ‘political clashes’
The Sejm, the lower house of the Polish Parliament. / Credit: SpandowStockPhoto/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 17, 2023 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Liberal opposition parties won a significant political victory over Poland’s conservative Law… […]
‘It touches every family’: Israeli man says niece among those kidnapped by Hamas
Rocket shells are left on the grass outside a house where civilians and soldiers were killed by Hamas militants days earlier, Oct. 11, 2023 in Be’eri, Israel. / Credit: Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images CNA Staff, Oct 17, 2023 / 15:10 pm (CNA). An Israeli man told EWTN News this week that his niece is among […]
Trump runs pro-life ads in Iowa following criticism over abortion comments
Former President Donald J. Trump makes remarks at the 2023 CPAC on March 4, 2023. / Credit: Julia Nikhinson/Consolidated News Photos/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 17, 2023 / 15:40 pm (CNA). Just a few months ahead of the Republica… […]
Pope Francis names an auxiliary bishop for Paris
Auxiliary Bishop-elect Emmanuel Tois of Paris. / Credit: Archdiocese of Paris ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 17, 2023 / 16:10 pm (CNA). The Vatican Press Office announced Oct. 17 that Pope Francis has appointed Father Emmanuel Tois as a new auxiliary bi… […]
Florida attorney general seeks to block pro-abortion measure from 2024 ballot
null / Credit: Sora Shimazaki/Pexels CNA Staff, Oct 17, 2023 / 16:40 pm (CNA). The Florida attorney general has asked the state Supreme Court to block an effort to place a pro-abortion constitutional amendment before voters in next year’s elect… […]
Was It Suicide — or Murder?
11 years ago, on Oct. 13, 2012, Fr. Joseph Moreno was found dead in his rectory office, with a single bullet wound to the head. Officials immediately ruled it a suicide, but the bizarre circumstances surrounding the death of this whistleblower priest point to a different conclusion. Watch other episodes of Forward Boldly. But Christine […]
Who Are We? Where Are We Going?
When freshmen come to the campus of the University of Mary for the first time to register for classes, I sometimes tell them an old legend of a rabbi from Capernaum of Galilee in Roman times. Rabbi Akiva was walking alone at twilight one evening, reciting psalms and prayers as he went along. Such was […]