Could Zuppi become latest confidante to fall out of Francis’s favor?
ROME – Will Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, president of the powerful Italian bishops’ conference, be the next erstwhile darling of the Pope Francis era to fall from favor? The question may seem impertinent, but it’s being asked anyway amid a rare perceived contrast between Zuppi and the pontiff vis-à-vis Italian politics. Such a development […]
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Netherlands permits euthanasia for physically healthy 29-year-old woman
null / Credit: Sam Tanno/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jun 4, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA). A physically healthy 29-year-old woman was allowed to end her life through physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands on the grounds of depression, sparking renewed debate about the sanctity of life and legislation. Zoraya ter Beek died by euthanasia on May 22. […]
Uganda Martyrs Day: President urges Christians to lead by example in fostering peace
Believers gather at the Namugongo Shrine in Uganda for this year’s Martyrs’ Day Pilgrimage on June 3, 2024, where the country’s president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, urged them to be at the forefront of fostering peace in the East African region. Museveni lauded Christians and other believers in the country for “embracing unity” and fostering religious […]
Pope Francis appoints new members to Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jun 4, 2024 / 13:22 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed two cardinals and an archbishop as new members of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. […]
Pope Francis tells gay man rejected from seminary to ‘go ahead with your vocation’
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on May 8, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jun 4, 2024 / 13:52 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has reportedly encouraged a 22-year-old gay man to continue to pursue a vocation to the priesthood after he was not accepted […]
Hong Kong cardinal urges forgiveness on Tiananmen Square 35th anniversary
Bishop Stephen Chow of Hong Kong. / Credit: Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus CNA Staff, Jun 4, 2024 / 14:22 pm (CNA). Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan of Hong Kong, marking the 35th anniversary of the infamous Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, urged Christians in China to “learn to proactively forgive” and “move beyond […]
Indian Supreme Court: Anti-conversion law may be ‘unconstitutional’
Activists wave placards and chant slogans as they participate in a demonstration against the Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, also known as the Anti-Conversion Bill, on Dec. 22, 2021, in Bengaluru, India. / Credit: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images Bangalore, India, Jun 4, 2024 / 14:52 pm (CNA). Catholics in India expressed optimism following […]
Melinda Gates, a Catholic, to give millions to fund abortion throughout the world
Melinda French Gates shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace on June 23, 2023. / Credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Jun 4, 2024 / 15:22 pm (CNA). Melinda Gates’ high-dollar funding of abortion throughout the world offers what pro-life leaders say is a “grim reminder” […]
World’s biggest monstrance created in reparation for Spanish war leads yearly procession
There are 159 sculptures adorning the monstrance used in the annual Corpus Christi procession in Valencia, Spain, including biblical scenes from the Old Testament up to the Good Shepherd and the risen Christ. The apostles and doctors of the Church adorn the host and Eucharistic miracles are depicted. Saints particularly devoted to the Eucharist are […]