Proposed Hong Kong law could cut off island’s Catholics from the Vatican
The incoming Article 23 will add new offenses to those already extant under the National Security Law imposed on Hong Kong.Read More
Australia’s formal inquiry into COVID response is our last chance to correct past wrongs
The Australian Federal government has bowed to pressure to honor its campaign promise to have a Royal Commission into the country’s response to COVID-19.Read More
Catholic prison ministry makes good use of large donation of Bible study materials
null / Credit: OFFSTOCK/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 20, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Jerry Trzeciak leads a lot of Catholic retreats. But the participants aren’t your typical parishioners, and they live in a place where not many people have the courage to go. For the past several years, Trzeciak has worked with the Texas Department […]
Abuse victims: Protestant church must relinquish power
Hanover (KNA) Following the presentation of the first nationwide study on abuse in the Protestant Church, those affected are urging for swift consequences. “Much remains to be done,” said Detlev Zander, spokesperson for the organisation representing those affected, according to a statement issued by the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) on Tuesday. “Only if the […]
Marx: Church must not stand alongside AfD and Putin
Augsburg (KNA) Cardinal Reinhard Marx from Munich has called on the Church to defend freedom. “Freedom may be under threat, but then we as a church have to stand on the side of freedom,” said Marx on Tuesday in Augsburg. “Not on the side of authoritarian regimes, not of those who dream of the past, […]
Alabama Supreme Court rules that frozen embryos are children under state law
null / Credit: Sora Shimazaki/Pexels Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 20, 2024 / 06:31 am (CNA). The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen human embryos constitute children under state statute, a decision that could have wide-reaching effects on in vitro fertilization and other medical concerns there. The nine-judge court said in the 8-1 ruling that […]
Education initiative seeks to bolster Catholic schools with ‘treasury’ of Church’s tradition
null / Mehdi Kasumov/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 20, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). A K–12 education initiative out of the Catholic University of America (CUA) seeks to bolster what its director calls “the distinctive excellence of Catholic education” by offering school accreditation and fostering professional development of Catholic school leadership around the country. The Institute […]
Francisco and Jacinta: Brother and Sister Saints Who Were Seers at Fatima
Official portrait of Francisco and Jacinta Marto, designed by Silvia Patricio. Francisco and Jacinta died very young, shortly after the apparitions, while Lucia survived for many years, becoming a Discalced Carmelite until her death on Feb. 13, 2005,
Christians must fight Putin’s perversion of the Gospel, says Ukrainian intellectual
Interview with Constantin Sigov, director of the European Center at Mohyla University (Kyiv)
Long after Pope’s abuse summit, victims still traumatized by the system meant to address their cases (AP)
The “structural conflict of interest built into the system,” the “lack of fundamental rights for victims,” and the lack of published case law foster “the utter dysfunction of the Catholic Church’s response to the global clergy sex abuse scandal,” Vatican correspondent Nicole Winfield argues in an Associated Press wire story.