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Pope Francis receives relics of the Coptic martyrs from Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, May 11, 2023. Pope Francis also announced that the 21 men will be added to the Churchs official list of saints. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, May 11, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis said Thursday that the Coptic Orthodox martyrs killed by ISIS in 2015 will be added to the Catholic Churchs official list of saints. He also received a relic of the martyrs blood ...

The Agape Pregnancy Resource Center in Des Moines, Iowa, was vandalized in June 2022. / FBI Omaha OfficeBoston, Mass., May 10, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).The FBIs Omaha, Nebraska, field office is offering a major reward to anyone who can help identify the individual or group who vandalized a pro-life pregnancy center in Des Moines, Iowa, in June 2022. The request comes following a yearlong string of attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers across the nation, which began after it was reported&n...

Migrants in Greece. / Ververidis Vasilis via www.shutterstock.com.Denver, Colo., May 11, 2023 / 13:10 pm (CNA).In his message for the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, released May 11, Pope Francis recognized the migratory flows of our times as "the expression of a complex and varied phenomenon" that requires analysis of the different stages, including the departure, arrival, and the possibility of returning to ones homeland.The Church observes the World Day of Migrants and Ref...

Key Catholic leaders ministering to migrants at the border pose for a photograph with President Joe Biden Jan. 8, 2023. Left to right: Bishop Seitz of El Paso, Texas; Sister Norma Pimental of Brownsville, Texas; and Ruben Garcia, director of migrant shelter Annunciation House. / Diocese of El PasoWashington D.C., May 8, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso issued an open letter to Congress on May 5 strongly condemning the Secure the Border Act of 2023 as "extreme&quo...

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Maryland state capital building, Annapolis. Via Shutterstock. / nullWashington D.C., May 8, 2023 / 13:45 pm (CNA).Republicans in Maryland are criticizing Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Wes Moore for approving legislation that will expand taxpayer-funded Medicaid coverage to include transgender surgeries and drugs for children. Under the old Maryland law, which is in effect until Jan. 1, 2024, Medicaid covers transgender surgeries and drugs for patients who were at least 18 years old and diagnosed...

Two-time Super Bowl champion kicker Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs delivers his speech to graduates at Georgia Tech on Saturday, May 6, 2023. / Credit: Georgia Tech/YouTubeBoston, Mass., May 8, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker offered graduating college students a wake-up call on Saturday. "Im about to pop off some hard truths," the two-time Super Bowl champion said as the commencement speaker at his alma mater, Georgia Institute of Techno...

A woman touches crosses setup at a memorial during a vigil on May 8, 2023, in Brownsville, Texas. The vigil was held in remembrance of the eight people killed May 7, 2023, and several injured after a man allegedly drove his car through a group of migrants waiting at a bus stop. / Credit: Photo by Michael Gonzalez/Getty ImagesWashington D.C., May 8, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).Two tragedies over the weekend have left 16 dead and many more wounded in Texas.Eight migrants were killed and 10 injured when ...

A new Swiss Guard swears to protect the pope, even sacrificing his life if necessary, during a ceremony on May 6, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, May 6, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).A group of new Swiss Guard recruits officially joined the ranks after swearing to "faithfully, loyally and honorably serve the reigning Pontiff" at the Vatican on Saturday.Wearing the red, orange, and blue grand gala uniform with armor, 23 new guardsmen swore their allegiance before friends and family durin...

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for the recitation of the Regina Caeli on May 7, 2023. / Vatican MediaCNA Staff, May 7, 2023 / 06:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Sunday warned against the danger of living life without a sense of purpose or a destination to set our course by, reminding the faithful that Jesus is "our compass for reaching heaven," our true home.Speaking to pilgrims gathered on a sunny day in St. Peters Square to pray the Regina Caeli, the p...