‘An unprecedented opportunity’: Augustine Institute announces move to St. Louis 

The Augustine Institute’s new facilities in Florissant, Missouri. / Credit: Boeing Company and Augustine Institute CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA). The Augustine Institute, a Catholic educational and evangelization apostolate based in Denver for nearly two decades, announced on Tuesday that it will be moving its operations to a new campus in […]

A year after earthquake, Aleppo’s St. George Church rises again

Over a year after the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey in February 2023, restoration of Aleppo’s Church of St. George has been completed. / Credit: Abdul Kareem Daniel Aleppo, Syria, Apr 23, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA). This year’s feast of St. George was a particularly joyful one in the Syrian city of Aleppo, […]

More than 50,000 sign petition to recognize 171 killed in Sri Lanka attack as martyrs

The Vatican ambassador to Colombo, Archbishop Brian Udaigwe (third from left) and Sri Lanka’s Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith (fourth from left) take part in a remembrance service during the fifth anniversary of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks at St. Anthony Church in Colombo on April 21, 2024. / Credit: ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images ACI […]

Passions flare as Supreme Court hears case with major impact on homelessness policy

The Supreme Court on April 22 heard a case concerning the constitutionality of local laws that ban public camping and their impact on people who are homeless. The case concerns an ordinance adopted by Grants Pass, Oregon, prohibiting public camping within city limits. The city claimed the ordinance prohibiting public camping — which it defined […]

Florida could become the first state to defeat an abortion amendment

The Florida Supreme Court recently made national headlines when it issued two significant abortion rulings on the same day. One ruling cleared the way for a law to take effect that protects unborn life at six weeks and beyond. The other allowed a far-reaching abortion proposal, titled the Limiting Government Interference with Abortion Amendment, to be placed […]

Archbishop Wenski: Deportations to Haiti ‘unconscionable’ amid violence, instability

A U.S. archbishop has denounced the Biden administration’s decision to resume deportations of Haitian migrants, given the rampant violence and instability in Haiti. “These deportations are unconscionable given the realities on the ground,” said Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami in a statement to OSV News April 22. On April 19, U.S. Immigration and Customs […]