Cop blames Freedom Convoy protesters for being ‘hostile’ despite police trampling lady with horse
The accusations of hostility were made during day 23 of the trial for Freedom Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, who are both standing trial for allegedly counseling criminal mischief by organizing the pro-freedom protest in 2022.
Scott Moe tells Trudeau he will stop collecting carbon tax unless Saskatchewan gets tax break
‘I cannot accept the Federal Government giving an affordability break to people in one part of Canada, but not here,’ Scott Moe said in an announcement on Monday.
The first Synod on Synodality assembly is over. What comes next?
Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Oct 30, 2023 / 11:45 am (CNA). The first part of the Synod on Synodality’s two-part assembly concluded Sunda… […]
Vatican, Iranian foreign ministers discuss Israel-Hamas war amid risk of wider conflict
Iran’s minister of foreign affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher. / Credit: ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images and Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 30, 2023 / 12:15 pm (CNA). Vatican foreign … […]
Christmas 2023 at the Vatican: Nativity to recall St. Francis’ first-ever manger scene
Pope Francis visits the Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square following vespers on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2022. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 30, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA). The Christmas 2023 Nativity scene at the Vatican will evoke the first-ever live manger, which was created by St. Francis of Assisi in […]
Franciscan friar’s ‘Way of the Cross’ resumes on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem
Friars walking along the Via Dolorosa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. After two weeks, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land returned to pray the Way of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem… […]
Invoking the Commandments in time of war
Jesus teaches that the commandments to love God and neighbor form the foundations of the Ten Commandments. The first three Commandments teach us to love God; the following seven teach us to love neighbor. The […]
Synod on Synodality 2023: A look at the key discussions and decisions
Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 30, 2023 / 13:45 pm (CNA). Now that the Synod on Synodality has drawn to a close, all eyes are on&nbs… […]
A post-synodal exhortation: Let’s learn to speak more accurately
With all due respect to various folks, including Cardinal Schoenborn, the Synod that just concluded wasn’t a Synod of Bishops but a Synod of Bishops and Others. If the Pope wants to have a Synod […]
‘You are not alone’: Pope Francis meets women who escaped the Mafia
Pope Francis meets with a group of women who escaped criminal organizations in Italy on Oct. 30, 2023, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 30, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Monday encouraged a group of women who e… […]