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Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services. / EWTN News In DepthWashington D.C., May 1, 2023 / 12:10 pm (CNA).After the U.S. Senate approved a Department of Veterans Affairs rule that provides for abortions at the departments medical centers, the archbishop of military services issued a scathing letter condemning the Senate and the Biden administration. The Senate voted 51-48 to affirm the new rule, which ensures VA medical centers provide aborti...

The statue of Our Lady of Fatima was returned to St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Gibbsboro, New Jersey, Sept. 7, 2022. / Msgr. Louis MarucciBoston, Mass., May 1, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).One of the replicas of the original Our Lady of Fatima statue will be touring the Archdiocese of Newark from April 28 to May 31. It was crafted using detailed instructions from Servant of God Sister Lucia Dos Santos, one of the three Fatima seers.One of only 13 copies in the world, the statue is typi...

Null / Chinnapong / ShutterstockRome Newsroom, May 2, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis has praised the Billings method of natural family planning as "a valuable tool" for married couples that also provides needed education about the meaning of the conjugal act."In the second half of the last century, as pharmacological research for fertility control expanded and the contraceptive culture was on the rise, John and Evelyn Billings conducted careful scientific research and develope...

Pope Francis stands on an altar erected outside the Parliament Building in Budapest's Kossuth Lajos' Square during a public outdoor Mass on April 30, 2023. / Vatican MediaCNA Staff, Apr 30, 2023 / 05:47 am (CNA).During an outdoor Mass in Budapest on Good Shepherd Sunday, Pope Francis called on Hungarians to be "open and inclusive," reflecting on how Jesus wants his flock to share the abundant life theyve received from him."Though we are diverse and come from different co...

In his address to a Catholic university in Hungary, Pope Francis spoke about the false freedoms offered by both communism and consumerism, and encouraged people to seek out Christs truth. / Vatican NewsRome, Italy, Apr 30, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA).Speaking at a Catholic university in Hungary on Sunday, Pope Francis warned of the risk of technological domination and the threat it poses to culture and to our human ecology.He also spoke about the false freedoms offered by both communism and consumeris...

South Carolina State House . Credit: Real Window Creative/Shutterstock / nullWashington D.C., Apr 28, 2023 / 16:42 pm (CNA).Pro-life bills that would have restricted abortion in Nebraska and South Carolina failed to pass their state legislatures on Thursday after a small number of dissenting Republicans joined Democratic lawmakers to oppose the legislation in both states.In both states, the measures failed by one vote.NebraskaA Nebraska bill, which needed a two-thirds vote in the states unicam...

Pope Francis holds a puzzle cube during his meeting with young people at a sports arena in Budapest, Hungary, on April 29, 2023. / Vatican MediaBudapest, Hungary, Apr 29, 2023 / 10:16 am (CNA).Editors note: Pope Francis on Saturday met with thousands of young people gathered at the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna. Speaking at the end of his second day of his three-day visit to Hungarys capital, the Holy Father encouraged his audience to be energetic disciples of Jesus, who "wants us to b...

Father Vincent Delorenzo pleaded guilty April 25, 2023, to sexually abusing a 5-year-old boy in 1987. / YouTube/MLive, Feb. 6 2020Boston, Mass., Apr 27, 2023 / 13:47 pm (CNA).A Michigan Catholic priest who was removed from active ministry in 2002 after a sexual abuse complaint was brought against him pleaded guilty in state court April 25 to charges of sexually abusing a 5-year-old boy in 1987.Since the first complaint was brought to the Diocese of Lansing against Father Vincent Delorenzo in 20...

Curtis Martin, founder of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), meets Pope Francis in 2022. Martin was named April 25, 2023, to an advisory group of 14 consultors to advise the members of the Dicastery for Evangelization. / Credit: FOCUSDenver Newsroom, Apr 27, 2023 / 11:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis new appointments to the Dicastery for Evangelization include several prominent American Catholics. CNA spoke with a few of them about their views on how Catholics can best "Go, the...

Null / Credit: All kind of people/ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Apr 27, 2023 / 15:20 pm (CNA).As the Biden administration seeks to establish a million-dollar hotline to provide abortion referrals, pro-life advocates say they have long had better alternatives to help pregnant women and their babies.An April 11 announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that current Title X funding recipients may apply for a grant worth $1 million to $1.5 million to launch a hotline...