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Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. / Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsVatican City, May 5, 2023 / 07:50 am (CNA).A bishop should nurture closeness to Christ, share the beauty of the faith, use social media wisely, and have a universal vision, the new head of the Vaticans Dicastery for Bishops shared this week.Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, who took up his new role in April, spoke to Vatican News abou...

Photograph of a girl at the border with Ukraine, part of the "Womens Cry" photo exposition at the Vatican during the month of May 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI PrensaACI Prensa Staff, May 3, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).A photo exhibition titled "Womens Cry" will be on display during the month of May in St. Peters Square. It seeks to give a voice to the suffering and injustices endured by women around the world.On several occasions Pope Francis has recalled the intention of th...

Pope Francis greets His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales at the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Vatican on Oct. 13, 2019. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, May 4, 2023 / 03:04 am (CNA).The Vaticans secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will represent Pope Francis at the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, May 6.Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni announced Parolins attendance at the ceremony on Thursday.Parolin will be in attendance with other high-ranking guests, includ...

Newspaper publisher and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai poses during an interview in Hong Kong in 2020. / Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 4, 2023 / 00:01 am (CNA).Following public outcry over its apparent censorship of a new documentary about imprisoned Catholic Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, TikTok has reversed its suspension of the account belonging to the films producer, the Michigan-based Acton Institute.A spokesperson for the social media gia...

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley preaching during Mass in the cathedral in 2021. / Archdiocese of Oklahoma CitySt. Louis, Mo., May 4, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City in an interview this week called for responding to those experiencing gender dysphoria with empathy but without compromising on the reality of Gods creation of humanity as male and female. "We can show love and compassion and concern as a parent, as a pastor, as a friend, without jettisoning our co...

A screenshot from Pope Francis' May 4 video message to young people attending World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, May 4, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis has sent a video message to the teens and young adults preparing to attend World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, in August."Ill see you in Lisbon," he said, according to an English translation of the message, delivered in Spanish. The message was published on the Vaticans YouTube page on May 4...

Arundel Castle in Sussex has been the seat of the Duke of Norfolk's ancestors for 850 years. / Miles Sabin from Brighton, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsLondon, England, May 4, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).The Earl Marshal of England is little known and rarely seen, but he oversees the worlds biggest spectacles. Queen Elizabeths funeral last year is reported to have attracted more than 4 billion viewers, making it perhaps the most-watched event in history. This was the finest moment for th...

Fra John T. Dunlap, was sworn in as grand master of the Order of Malta on May 3, 2023. / Twitter @orderofmalta.Rome Newsroom, May 4, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).The Order of Malta this week elected Fra John Dunlap as prince and 81st grand master of the Order of Malta.He was sworn in on May 3 and will hold the office for 10 years.Dunlap, 66, is Canadian and the first professed knight from the Americas to lead the sovereign state and religious order. He is a lawyer by profession.The position of grand ma...

Critics of the Hate Speech bill worry that it could criminalize the speech of people such as author J.K. Rowling, who has said that "transgender women" are not actually women. / Daniel Ogren |Wikipedia|CC BY 2.0Denver, Colo., May 2, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).Ireland is preparing to enact a broader ban on hate crimes and hate speech as critics warn of effects on freedom of expression.Backers presented the bill, The Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Act 20...

Null / Juanje Garrido/ShutterstockWashington D.C., May 2, 2023 / 11:10 am (CNA).Two middle school teachers in California sued their school district April 27 over a policy they argue could force them to deceive parents if the parents child identifies as a gender that does not match his or her biological sex.The policy in question, adopted by the Escondido Union School District (EUSD), refers to a students "transgender or gender-nonconforming status" as "private informatio...