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The Way of the Cross in a parish of the Archdiocese of Managua, Nicaragua. / Credit: El Calvario Masaya ParishACI Prensa Staff, Feb 28, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).The Nicaraguan dictatorship led by Daniel Ortega has prohibited holding the Stations of the Cross in the streets the same week that the dictator accused the Church of being a "mafia."Local media reported Feb. 23 and 24 that the government had banned the Stations of the Cross, a traditional practice during Lent and Holy Week.Accord...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will travel to Hungary April 28-30 where he will meet with government officials, refugees, academic scholars and young people in Budapest, the Vatican announced Feb. 27.The pope will arrive in Budapest April 28 and will meet with Katalin Novák, president of Hungary, and the countrys prime minister, Viktor Orbán, as well as local bishops, priests and other members of Hungarys Catholic community.Novák, who is Hungarys first female head of state, invited Pope F...

ROME (CNS) -- What matters is the truth and the love that God sees, not what is superficial, showy and self-centered, Pope Francis said during a Mass to mark the beginning of Lent.Lent is the time, he said, "to proclaim that God alone is Lord, to drop the pretense of being self-sufficient and the need to put ourselves at the center of things, to be the top of the class, to think that by our own abilities we can succeed in life and transform the world around us.""How many distracti...

WASHINGTON - Father Daniel J. Mahan, a priest of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, has been appointed as the director of the recently formed Institute on the Catechism, housed within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis. Father Michael J.K. Fuller, USCCB general secretary, made the appointment, which takes effect July 1, 2023.The USCCBs Subcommittee on the Catechism provides consultation to the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis on ...

WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, outlining regulations that, if implemented, would impose punitive restrictions on the right to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, issued the following statement: "We are deeply troubled by this proposal, which perpetuates the misguided not...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A year after Russias invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis asked, "Can the Lord forgive so many crimes and so much violence? He is the God of peace."At the end of his weekly general audience Feb. 22 and with a group of Ukrainian parliamentarians seated in the front row, the pope noted that Feb. 24 would mark "one year since the invasion of Ukraine, a year since this absurd and cruel war -- a sad anniversary.""The record of deaths, injuries, refugees and...

WASHINGTON - On March 18-19, Catholics across the United States will help suffering people around the world by giving to The Catholic Relief Services Collection, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and taken up in dioceses across the country. Some dioceses take the collection on a different date. #iGiveCatholicTogether also accepts donations for this collection.  "Whenever you give, your offering is multiplied by thousands of Catholics, bringing Christs love throug...

Credit: sfam_photo/Shutterstock. / nullCNA Newsroom, Feb 27, 2023 / 10:56 am (CNA).A citizens convention made up of randomly selected members of the French public voted Feb. 19 in favor of legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide, including for minors, preparing the way for the drafting of new "end of life" legislation.The 184-member council was convened by French President Emmanuel Macron to debate "end of life" issues after the governments National Consultative Ethics Com...

Photo illustration. / ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Feb 27, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).The Diocese of San Diego has rejected a lawsuits allegations that it restructured diocesan properties to hide assets from sexual abuse victims. The diocese said its restructuring was part of a 10-year effort to establish parishes as separate legal entities.Irwin Zalkin, a San Diego lawyer who represents about 120 people who have filed sex abuse claims against the diocese, has alleged otherwise. He contends the propert...

Priest celebrating the traditional Latin Mass at the church of St Pancratius, Rome / Thoom/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Feb 27, 2023 / 17:28 pm (CNA).The Diocese of Albany, New York, has at least temporarily banned the Traditional Latin Mass at two parishes to comply with an order issued by the Vatican last week. Effective immediately, parish churches in the diocese are prohibited from celebrating the Latin Mass in accordance with the "Missale Romanum" of 1962, according to a statement...