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Father Marko Rupnik, SJ. / Screenshot Vatican NewsACI Prensa Staff, Apr 27, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).Father Johan Verschueren, the superior of Father Marko Rupnik, a Jesuit priest and artist accused of sexually abusing numerous nuns, explained that from an ecclesial point of view it is "illegal" for Rupnik to be the owner of a company.On April 22, Verschueren, the Jesuit superior in Rome, told ACI Prensa, CNAs Spanish-language news partner, that "the unhappy thing" is that Rupni...

Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal meets Pope Francis in a private, 30-minute encounter at the Vatican on the morning of April 27, 2023. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Apr 27, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).Ukraines prime minister told journalists Thursday that he has asked Pope Francis for help getting back children forcibly deported to Russia.Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met Pope Francis in a private, 30-minute encounter at the Vatican on the morning of April 27.According to the Associated Pre...

Pope Francis addresses civil authorities and other dignitaries at a former a Carmelite monastery in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 2023, on the first day of his three-day pilgrimage to the country. / Credit: Vatican MediaWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 28, 2023 / 11:40 am (CNA).Pope Francis spoke out strongly against abortion and gender ideology Friday, citing both as examples of "ideological colonization" during a speech in Budapest.The popes denunciation came during an address to civ...

Pope Francis addresses civil authorities and other dignitaries at a former a Carmelite monastery in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 2023, on the first day of his three-day pilgrimage to the country. / Vatican MediaWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 28, 2023 / 06:55 am (CNA).Speaking to Hungarian civil authorities in Budapest, "a city of bridges," Pope Francis on Friday challenged the nations of Europe to recapture a spirit of fraternal unity and pursue "creative efforts for peace.&quo...

Church of Our Lady of La Palma in Algeciras, Spain. / Credit: Faconaumanni (CC BY-SA 3.0) Wikimedia CommonsACI Prensa Staff, Apr 28, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).On Jan. 25 a young Moroccan national identified as Yassine Kanjaa carried out jihadist attacks in Algeciras, Spain, killing a sacristan and seriously wounding a priest in two different incidents.The General Commissariat of Information, an intelligence service under Spains National Police, compiled two reports on the attacks dated Jan. 29 and J...

Null / Image credit: 40 days for lifeACI Prensa Staff, Apr 28, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).The international organization 40 Days for Life reported Wednesday that during its 2023 Lenten campaign, 680 babies were saved from abortion around the world, totaling 23,528 children rescued since the initiative began in 2007.In information shared with ACI Prensa, CNAs Spanish-language news partner, 40 Days for Life in Ibero-America said that during the campaign, which lasted from Feb. 22 to April 2 in the litu...

Null / Credit: Father Luis Ángel Espinosa, LC/CathopicDenver, Colo., Apr 26, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA).More than 450 men are set to be ordained priests this year, and the survey of their ordination class shows that the overwhelming majority of priests-to-be were raised Catholic in intact families and individually showed habits of frequent church service and regular prayer life."On this day, let us thank God for continuing to call men and women to serve him and his Church as priests, religious,...

Woman holding transgender sign. Via Shutterstock / nullACI Prensa Staff, Apr 27, 2023 / 07:55 am (CNA).A bill that would ban so-called "conversion therapy" for people with same-sex attraction could trigger a "witch hunt" against parents and health professionals in Mexico, a pro-family leader has warned.The Justice, Diversity, and Health committees of the federal Chamber of Deputies (lower house of Congress) approved for debate a bill against "conversion therapy" alr...

Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peters Square on April 26, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Apr 26, 2023 / 05:15 am (CNA).It is no accident that the patron saint of foreign missionaries is a cloistered nun, Pope Francis said Wednesday.Speaking in St. Peters Square on April 26, the pope pointed to the example of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the patron saint of missionaries, and other cloistered religious who sustain the life of the Church through intercessory prayer."Truly, the...

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, grand chancellor of the Pontifical Institute John Paul II, speaks at a press conference. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2023 / 15:02 pm (CNA).Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has spoken in support of legalized medically assisted suicide, calling it "feasible" despite the clear teachings of the Catholic Church against it."Personally, I would not practice suicide assistance, but ...