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Archbishop-elect José Cobo of Madrid, Spain. / Credit: Archdiocese of MadridACI Prensa Staff, Jun 12, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).After his appointment as archbishop of Madrid became official, José Cobo said he sees a need to "reposition the Church" in a changing society.Cobos appointment as the new archbishop to replace retired Cardinal Carlos Osoro was made official June 12. He has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Madrid since 2018.Asked at a press conference wha...

Null / Credit: UnsplashACI Prensa Staff, Jun 12, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).The Archdiocese of Madrid held an event on Saturday featuring testimonies "of Christian fathers and mothers with LGTBI children organized by CRISMHOM [Homosexual Christian Men and Women of Madrid] families." The announcement of the second edition of the event, on the archdioceses website and on social media, sparked controversy on Twitter.The June 10 event at St. Francis of Assisi Parish was announced with the rainb...

Null / ivanko80/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Jun 9, 2023 / 14:40 pm (CNA).The Maryland Board of Public Works approved nearly $1.3 million in emergency spending to pay for a stockpile of two abortion drugs in response to a lawsuit that could take one of the drugs off the market.Most of the spending will support two contracts to purchase 30,000 doses of mifepristone, which can kill an unborn child up to 10 weeks gestation. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine challenged the Food and Drug Administrati...

A few hundred Catholics marched through the streets of Washington, D.C., to publicly pray and adore the body of Christ during a eucharistic procession on Saturday, May 20, 2023. / Credit: Joe Portolano/CNABoston, Mass., Jun 9, 2023 / 14:10 pm (CNA).Eucharist processions are being planned across the country this weekend in celebration of the solemnity of Corpus Christi, a more than 700-year-old feast day that commemorates the real presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.The processions occur a...

Sacred images that were damaged by bullets in the church in Santa Anita were placed at the foot of the altar of the cathedral in Guachochi. / Guachochi Cathedral FacebookACI Prensa Staff, Jun 9, 2023 / 16:10 pm (CNA).The pastor of a church riddled with bullets in an armed confrontation between crime gangs in the border state of Chihuahua in northern Mexico called on the criminals involved to listen to "the voice of God" and to "turn their weapons into plows to till the earth, into...

Paris, France / Pedro Lastra / Unsplash (CC0)Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 9, 2023 / 15:10 pm (CNA).A 24-year-old Catholic Frenchman named Henri went viral Thursday as the "backpack hero" after he stopped a potentially deadly knife attack at a playground in southeastern France by chasing away the attacker with a backpack.French newspaper 20 Minutes reported on Henris heroic response to the shocking attack.The perpetrator, only partially identified by French authorities as Abdalmasih H...

Cross in the square of the church of San Martín, in Callosa de Segura, Spain. / Credit: Citizen Platform in Defense of the CrossACI Prensa Staff, Jun 9, 2023 / 15:40 pm (CNA).The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) has announced it has hired a law firm and a specialized association to clarify the alleged cases of abuse that occurred in its schools in Catalonia, Spain, and to accompany the complainants.The Jesuit delegate in Catalonia, Enric Puiggròs, has announced that the congregation has taken action...

The Los Angeles Dodgers are giving an award to a group of gay and transgender drag performers who mock the Catholic faith. / YouTube/Los Angeles Dodgers June 4, 2022, YouTube/60 Second Docs Dec. 27, 2021Washington D.C., Jun 9, 2023 / 13:38 pm (CNA).Prominent Catholics and other Christians, including baseball players and bishops, continue to denounce the Los Angeles Dodgers decision to honor an anti-Catholic drag group called the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" at a game on June 16.Th...

Pope Francis at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 17, 2023. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Jun 9, 2023 / 05:18 am (CNA).Pope Francis is "steadily improving" two days after he underwent abdominal surgery to correct an incisional hernia, a Vatican spokesman said Friday.According to Matteo Bruni, the pope rested during the night and on the morning of June 9 was able to eat breakfast and move from his hospital bed to an armchair."The medical team reports that the c...

Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the lead surgeon for Pope Francis' abdominal surgery, speaks at a press conference at Gemelli Hospital on June 7, 2023. / Andreas Thonhauser/EWTNRome Newsroom, Jun 7, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).Pope Francis is awake after reacting well to both surgery and general anesthetic, an Italian surgeon said Wednesday afternoon.Pope Francis "is well, awake, alert, and already made his first joke 10 minutes ago," Dr. Sergio Alfieri said June 7 during a brief press conference a...