Vatican arrests ex-employee for attempted extortion using allegedly stolen Bernini manuscript
Bernini’s famous baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Ricardo André Frantz|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 3.0 Rome Newsroom, Jun 6, 2024 / 11:52 am (CNA). The Vatican arrested a former employee in late May for attempted extortion after he sold an allegedly stolen 17th-century manuscript to the Vatican for hundreds of thousands of euros. According to the […]
Zero Abortions in Arkansas for 2023: A Pro-Life Victory
Damon Shaw The Arkansas and American flags are in front of the Arkansas State Capitol Building in Little Rock, Ark. Arkansas Right to Life Executive Director Rose Mimms said the ADH’s report of no abortions, even to save the life of the mother, shows abortion does not need to be available for any reason.
Senate Rejects ‘Trojan Horse’ Right to Contraception Act
Kent Nishimura Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speaks during a news conference on the Right to Contraception Act outside the U.S. Capitol on June 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, spoke out against the bill, calling it a continuation of the Democrats’ ‘summer of scare tactics’ in a speech on the […]
Faith, Flying and Outer Space: America’s First Black Astronaut Has Only Gratitude at 90 Years Young
Blue Origin Ed Dwight was one of six crewmates on the 10-minute flight of a Blue Origin rocket, backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos. The road not taken so long ago — not the space trip — gives him pause.
May the Force Be With You (and With Your Spirit)
Leon Neal Costumed Stormtroopers stand on the Millennium Bridge with the dome of St. Paul’s in the background at the Dec. 15, 2016, premier of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” in London. The new book My Life with the Jedi forges a surprising alliance between Star Wars and St. Ignatius of Loyola.
On D-Day Anniversary, Pope Francis Prays For Men Who Start and Prolong Wars
Aaron Chrown Bishop Jacques Habert of the Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux in France greets Britain’s Princess Anne (right) on June 5, 2024, as she arrives to attend the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s annual service of remembrance at Bayeux Cathedral in Bayeux, Normandy, northwestern France, as part of the events to mark the 80th anniversary […]
Vatican Arrests Ex-Employee for Attempted Extortion Using Allegedly Stolen Bernini Manuscript
Ricardo André Frantz Bernini’s famous baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica. The manuscript Pergolizzi attempted to sell to the Vatican dates to 1633 and was written by collaborators of the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Arizona voters to consider measure criminalizing illegal crossings into the state from Mexico
Arizona voters in November will consider a measure to make unauthorized crossings of the state’s international border a state crime separate from a federal one after state lawmakers approved its inclusion on the general election ballot.
Pro-family leaders in Mexico react to Sheinbaum’s election
Rodrigo Iván Cortés, president of the National Front for the Family, described Claudia Sheinbaum’s victory as “very bad news for life, family, and freedoms.” / Credit: EWTN Noticias/Screenshot ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 5, 2024 / 18:50 pm (CNA). Various pro-life, pro-family, and lay leaders of the Catholic Church in Mexico have reacted with concern to […]
Remembering 3 heroic chaplains on the 80th anniversary of D-Day
U.S. assault troops in an LCVP landing craft approach Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Father Ignatius Maternowski (shown at left) died that fateful day. / Credit: Public domain/U.S. military National Catholic Register, Jun 6, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA)… […]