Twin Sisters of Life share their vocation stories prior to Life Fest
Sister Pia Jude (left) and Sister Luca Benedict (right), twin sisters and Sisters of Life. / Credit: Sisters of Life CNA Staff, Jan 18, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Sister Pia Jude and Sister Luca Benedict are both Sisters of Life who will be speaking at the upcoming Life Fest, a morning of prayer for […]
Catholicism and threats to American democracy in the 2024 elections
What will US Catholics do if Donald Trump is again the Republican candidate for president?
Kenyan court to prosecute Christian cult leader for “terrorism” over mass deaths
Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, the self-proclaimed pastor of “Good News International Ministries,” and 94 alleged accomplices face charges of murder, manslaughter and terrorism
In Myanmar, China plays on multiple fronts at the risk of losing control
Showcasing its influence in Myanmar, China announces a “ceasefire” between Myanmar’s junta and armed ethnic groups. As the junta’s main arms supplier, Beijing appears to be playing multiple sides.
Artificial Intelligence: The “human creation” label, a new certification tool
As self-published titles proliferate on platforms such as Amazon, a publishing house adds a “human creation” certification meant to guarantee that a book has not been “written” by artificial intelligence
“Israeli suffering made me blind to Palestinian suffering”
Laura Moses-Lustiger, a law student and novelist, shares her horror and anger following the October 7 attacks, and her later shame at having lacked empathy for Palestinians under bombardment
A record 365 million Christians persecuted worldwide, says new report
The evangelical NGO “Open Doors” publishes its annual Watch List that ranks the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution. North Korea is still No. 1.
Catholic bishops issue religious freedom report in run-up to US elections
The US Catholic bishops identify main threats to religious freedom in new report, warning the Church could face increasing attacks from the far-right and far-left in this election year
Pope Francis encourages Verona Arena’s artists to offer love, charity, joy
Pope Francis has invited those engaged in the arts to go forward with love, joy and charity when welcoming the Arena Foundation of Verona in the Vatican, for the occasion of the centenary celebrations for the ‘rebirth’ of the historic and world-renowned Italian Arena. Read all
Poland’s church wants to mediate in dispute over imprisoned politicians
Warsaw (KNA) The Catholic Church in Poland is intervening in the conflict between two imprisoned politicians from the right-wing conservative opposition party PiS and the new government in Warsaw. The Bishops’ Conference announced on Wednesday evening that its chairman, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, had written to both politicians offering to lobby Justice Minister Adam Bodnar for […]