Maryland 2024 referendum proposes constitutional right to abortion
Maryland Capitol. / Dave Newman / Shutterstock. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 27, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). Voters in Maryland will take part in a statewide referendum next November to decide whether to make abortion access a constitutional right… […]
Vulnerable People Project works to bring heat to Afghans facing harsh winter
Founder and President of the Vulnerable People Project Jason Jones speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” host Tracy Sabol on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” CNA Staff, Dec 27, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). Afghans are facing yet another brutal win… […]
Pope Francis: One must never dialogue with the devil
Pope Francis delivers his general audience address to pilgrims in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on Dec. 27, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 27, 2023 / 09:10 am (CNA). Pope Francis inaugurated a new catechetical serie… […]
The Command to Evangelize: ‘Go Tell It on the Mountain’
“Go Tell It on the Mountain” is not only a beloved Christmas carol. It is also one of the most powerful calls to evangelize. Even as the world and personal events seem to ramp up in discord and madness, the powerful song charges us with the missive to proclaim the good news “over the hills and […]
Pope in new series of talks: ‘The devil is a seducer’
The devil is sly and sneaky like a serpent and subtly entices people to sin, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience Dec. 27. Beginning a new series of audience talks about vices and virtues, the pope said that evil grows “when one begins to fantasize about it, to nurse it in the imagination […]
Memorials nationwide honor thousands of homeless who die every year
At least 20 people experiencing homelessness in the United States die every day, according to HomelessDeathsCount.org. To help remember and honor those who have died, the National Coalition for the Homeless began sponsoring memorial services in 1990. Each year, the Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day is observed on the first day of winter, Dec. 21, which […]
Maryland parish’s living Nativity offers reminder ‘the Lord still comes’
SILVER SPRING, Md. (OSV News) — The Nativity — the gift of Jesus to the world on Christmas — was brought to life in a poignant way Dec. 24 during a living Nativity outside St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring. The living Nativity on Christmas Eve was held on the exact day of the 800th […]
We have no time to contrast biodiversity loss
As part of a study on the impact of climate change and the loss of biodiversity, researchers from University College London have found that organisms’ populations could decline abruptly rather than gradually, leaving us with very little time to respond. Read all
Seventeen Days Inside a Mountain
Seventeen Days Inside a Mountain By Jo McGowan December 27, 2023 “Miracles,” by Seamus Heaney, has always been a favorite poem of mine. This week it felt turbocharged in its power and humility. Not the one who takes up his bed and walks But the ones who have known him all along And carry him […]
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