Ireland’s homosexual Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announces resignation
Leo Varadkar’s shock resignation as Irish prime minister comes just weeks after voters delivered a landslide rejection of the government’s proposed amendments to redefine marriage, motherhood, and the family.
La Crosse, Wis., bishop resigns for health reasons; Detroit auxiliary named successor
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop William P. Callahan, 73, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, for health reasons, and has appointed Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Gerard W. Battersby as his successor.
Russian presidential election leaves Catholics facing ‘uncertain future’
A senior priest in Russia has said he fears uncertain conditions for local Catholics after March 15-17 presidential elections, in which Vladimir Putin claimed a landslide victory after the forced elimination of effective opponents.
Arizona bishop thanks Pope Francis for calling out US impacts on climate change
During an event at the University of Arizona March 18 Tucson Bishop Edward Weisenburger and other Catholics noted the local impact of new federal air quality standards.
Texas again blocked from enforcing controversial law targeting migrants — for now
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision late March 19 once again blocking Texas from enforcing its controversial law that makes it a state crime for unauthorized migrants to cross into Texas from Mexico.
World’s oldest nun is 115-year-old Brazilian
Sister Inah Canabarro and her nephew Kléber Canabarro. / Credit: ACI Digital ACI Digital, Mar 20, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). “My secret, my great secret, is to pray,” said Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest nun in the world at 115 years of age… […]
African cardinal: Fiducia Supplicans seen as ‘cultural colonization, Western imperialism’
A screenshot of Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo during the March 17 interview with KTO. / Credit: KTO ACI Africa, Mar 20, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Fiducia Supplicans, the declaration by the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith (DDF) permitting t… […]
People of South Sudan “slowly perishing,” bishop calls for urgent help
UN also highlights the worsening humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, exacerbated by violence and impunity and where war and violence has displaced nearly 4 million, mostly women and children
How to support Christians in the Holy Land
Every year, a Franciscan mission in Jerusalem collects the donations of the global “pro Terra Sancta” collection on Good Friday, offerings used for the maintenance of holy places and for Christians living in the Holy Land
Pope Francis shifts approach to contentious topics ahead of synod’s final assembly
The Vatican announced a refocusing of the topics to be addressed in the upcoming Synod assembly in October. Sensitive issues, such as women’s diaconate, are being set aside.