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Former U.S. postal worker Gerald Groff believes his religious freedom was violated when he was reprimanded for refusing to work on Sundays. / First Liberty InstituteWashington D.C., Apr 12, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Tuesday, April 18, in Groff v. Dejoy, a case involving a Christian former postal worker that has major implications for religious liberty rights in the U.S.What is the case about? In 2019, Gerald Groff resigned from his position with t...

Classroom in a Catholic school. / Wuttichai jantarak/ShutterstockSt. Louis, Mo., Apr 12, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).A statewide board in Oklahoma voted Tuesday to reject a proposal brought by the Oklahoma Catholic Conference to create a virtual, religious charter school, which would be the first of its kind in the nation if it is ultimately approved. The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to disapprove an application, first presented in February, to crea...

Null / Pexels|Photo by Vidal Balielo Jr.Washington D.C., Apr 12, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).Legal abortions in the United States decreased by more than 6% in the first six months that followed the U.S. Supreme Courts decision overturning the nearly 50 years of abortion precedent set in Roe v. Wade, according to a report from the pro-abortion nonprofit Society of Family Planning. The average number of monthly abortions decreased from 82,270 in the two months before Roe v. Wade was overt...

Null / ShutterstockCNA Staff, Apr 13, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA).Mary Makuc will be one of an estimated 15,000 pilgrims expected to descend on the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, this weekend for the first in-person celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday there in three years."I think its a foretaste of heaven," the 60-year-old resident of nearby Monterey, Massachusetts, said of the free event, which has been held at the 350-acre shrine on the western...

Null / Credit: Chodyra Mike 1/Shutterstock.Washington D.C., Apr 13, 2023 / 11:20 am (CNA).The Biden administration plans to issue an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court allowed a Texas judges ruling to severely restrict abortion pill access. The appeals court Wednesday night temporarily suspended the judges ruling to invalidate the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The decision will, however, leave in place restric...

Knock Shrine is the site of of an apparition of Mary, the Mother of God; St. Joseph, her spouse; and St. John the Evangelist in 1879. / Geyo John|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 3.0Washington D.C., Apr 13, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).During President Joe Bidens four-day trip to Ireland, he plans to visit Our Lady of Knock in Knock, County Mayo, which witnesses claim was the site of an apparition of Mary, the Mother of God; St. Joseph, her spouse; and St. John the Evangelist in 1879.Biden, who is the nations second...

At the age of 27, Ben Ferencz was assigned to prosecute the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units) trial, in which 22 former commanders were charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. / Adam Jones, Ph.D.|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 3.0St. Louis, Mo., Apr 13, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).The last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, Benjamin Ferencz, died last week on Good Friday at the age of 103. Ferencz secured the convictions of 22 Nazis for the murder of 1 million Jews during World War II....

Vandalism at a Heartbeat of Miami pregnancy center in Hialeah, Florida, July 3, 2022. / Heartbeat of Miami.Denver, Colo., Apr 13, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).Two alleged perpetrators of "Janes Revenge" threats and vandalism against pro-life pregnancy centers in Florida could face legal penalties of up to $170,000 each if lawsuits against them are successful.The lawsuits could help expose the nature of the purported anarchist movement whose radical pro-abortion vandalism and threats of more v...

Pope Francis greets an elderly couple at his general audience on Jan. 11, 2023 / Vatican MediaRome, Italy, Apr 13, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA).The Vatican announced Thursday the date and theme for the third annual World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.The event will take place this year on July 23, the Sunday before the feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim, the grandparents of Jesus, and the theme for the day, selected by the pope, will be "His mercy is from age to age" (Lk 1:50).According to...

Bishop Rolando Álvarez. / Credit: Middle Diocese - TV MercedACI Prensa Staff, Apr 11, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).Félix Maradiaga, a former political prisoner and presidential candidate who now lives in exile in the United States, explained why he believes that Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who was sentenced to 26 years and four months in prison, decided to stay in Nicaragua and not be deported to the United States when he had the chance to leave.In a recent interview with EWTN and ACI Prensa, CNAs Spani...