Archive for January 24, 2022

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, pictured in summer 2017.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Benedict XVI confirms he attended disputed 1980 meeting in Munich

A statement said that the mistake was the result of an editing error. Read more

Pope Francis listens to a boy called Emanuele at St. Paul of the Cross parish, Rome, on April 15, 2018.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis: Global synodal path ‘a great opportunity to listen to one another’

He made the remark in his 2022 World Communications Day message. Read more

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, with Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Catholic bishops of Ukraine and Poland say Russia tensions pose ‘great danger’

Church leaders appealed to world leaders to ‘refrain from hostilities.’ Read more

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay and President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

India’s Catholic bishops urged to highlight anti-Christian violence

A letter accused the bishops’ conference of ‘complete silence.’ Read more

St. Irenaeus depicted in the apse of Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Charleston, South Carolina.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

How St. Irenaeus helped save the early Church from schism

Pope Francis has proclaimed the saint a Doctor of the Church. Read more

Päivi Räsänen, Finland’s interior minister from 2011 to 2015, speaks to reporters while holding her Bible at Helsinki District Court on Jan. 24, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Finnish MP facing jail after tweeting Bible verse pleads not guilty as trial begins

Päivi Räsänen, a mother of five, is facing three criminal charges. Read more

Pro-abortion demonstrators yelled obscenities at people leaving a pro-life vigil at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on Jan. 22, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

NYC pro-abortion activists curse at churchgoers, beam 'God loves abortion' onto St. Patrick's Cathedral

Demonstrators at a Jan. 22 pro-abortion rally used drums, profanity, and laser-projected images to disrupt a Mass and prayer vigil... Read more

The Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 22, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Christine Rousselle

Walk for Life West Coast brings 15,000+ to San Francisco

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone condemned abortion as the equivalent of a sacrament of a “new secular religion” in his homily at... Read more

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By Jonah McKeown

Legal group seeks protection for Navy personnel objecting to COVID vaccine on religious grounds

A Christian legal group has filed a class-action lawsuit with the goal of blocking the Navy’s COVID vaccine mandate for... Read more

A pro-life ad at a bus stop in Spain.?w=200&h=150

By David Ramos

Pro-life ads removed in several Spanish cities

Alfonso Galdón, founding president of the Spanish political party Valores, denounced Friday the Murcia city government for banning the pro-life... Read more

Heavy ash fall is seen over Tonga, Jan. 17, 2022, several days after a volcanic eruption.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Cardinal Czerny leads prayer service after Tonga volcano

Cardinal Michael Czerny on Monday led a prayer service for Tonga, after an underwater volcanic eruption caused a devastating tsunami... Read more