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Nicaraguan political prisoner Juan Sebastian Chamorro speaks to the press ouside a hotel in Herndon, Virginia, on Feb. 9, 2023, after he was released by the Nicaraguan government. / Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty ImagesWashington D.C., Mar 23, 2023 / 17:14 pm (CNA).Recently released political prisoners and human rights activists testified before members of Congress Wednesday about the ongoing persecution in Nicaragua, which one witness called an "unholy war against the Cat...

Null / Bilderstoeckchen/ShutterstockSt. Louis, Mo., Mar 23, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles will lead a six-mile eucharistic procession on Saturday through the city as part of the National Eucharistic Revival, a three-year initiative of the U.S. bishops to renew Catholics devotion to Christ in the holy Eucharist.The March 25 procession will go from a historic Los Angeles mission church, three miles down a main road to another parish, and back.The day will begin with M...

Pleuntje via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)Boston, Mass., Mar 23, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee has stripped one of his priests of the faculty to hear confessions following the clergymans public support for civil laws mandating that priests break the seal of confession for sins of sexual abuse."I have informed Father James Connell that effective immediately he is to cease all such erroneous communications that distort the teachings of the Church about the confessional...

Null / Credit: Cherries/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Mar 24, 2023 / 11:08 am (CNA).Catholic bishops in Texas are all-in advocating for parental school choice in the state Legislature this spring. "St. Paul VI spoke well of the Catholic Churchs understanding of education. He said, Parents, who have the primary and inalienable right and duty to educate their children, must enjoy true liberty in their choice of schools. Therefore, parental choice continues to be a top priority of the Texa...

Father Esquibel (Daniel Zovatto) and Father Gabriele Amorth (Russell Crowe) in Screen Gems The Pope's Exorcist. / Jonathan Hession © 2023 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Denver, Colo., Mar 24, 2023 / 09:56 am (CNA).The trailer of the upcoming Russell Crowe movie "The Popes Exorcist" indicates that the film might not do justice to the Italian exorcist Father Gabriel Amorth or the rite of exorcism as practiced in the Catholic Church, according to an exorcist organization Amorth hims...

Pope Francis reads the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in St. Peters Basilica, March 25, 2022. / Vatican Media.St. Louis, Mo., Mar 24, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).March 25 marks one year since Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.Earlier this week, the pope encouraged "each believer and community, especially prayer groups," to renew the consecration of the whole world every March 25 on the solemnity of the Annunciation. But what does...

A memorial Mass for the late Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell was held at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Hacienda Heights, California, on March 1, 2023. / Credit: YouTube/St. John Vianney Hacienda HeightsBoston, Mass., Mar 24, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA).Carlos Medina, the man charged with murdering Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David OConnell in February, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in court Wednesday.News of OConnells Feb. 18 murder shocked the nation after i...

"Santiago: The Camino Within" is being released for one day only on March 28, 2023. / YouTube/Fathom EventsBoston, Mass., Mar 21, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).A new film that takes moviegoers along on a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain is being released in theaters for one day only on March 28.The Camino de Santiago, also known as "The Way of St. James," is a 1,000-year-old pilgrimage route through Spain that leads to the Cathedral of Santiago located in the Archdiocese...

Maryland state capital building, Annapolis. Via Shutterstock. / nullWashington D.C., Mar 20, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).Legislation that would end the statute of limitations for lawsuits against entities that are accused of negligence involving incidents of child sexual abuse overwhelmingly passed the Maryland Senate last week. The bill, sponsored by Sen. William C. Smith, D-Montgomery, passed the Senate in a 42-5 vote. The proposed legislation was sent to the House of Delegates, where it has be...

The Vatican flag and the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/ACIACI Prensa Staff, Mar 20, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).The Holy See reported on Saturday that the Vaticans diplomatic headquarters in Nicaragua was forced to close."Yesterday, March 17, the chargé daffaires of the apostolic nunciature in Nicaragua, Monsignor Marcel Diouf, left the country for Costa Rica. The closure of the diplomatic headquarters of the Holy See occurred as a result of a request from the Nicar...