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Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu (right) waits prior to the start of a consistory during which 20 new cardinals are to be created by the Pope, on Aug. 27, 2022 at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. ( / Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty ImagesRome Newsroom, Feb 9, 2023 / 08:48 am (CNA).Pope Francis met at the Vatican Thursday morning with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who is on trial for charges related to Vatican finances.The meeting appeared on the top of Pope Francis list of offic...

Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics. / zdk.de.Prague, Czech Republic, Feb 8, 2023 / 11:10 am (CNA).A leader of the controversial German Synodal Way said in a speech at Europes synod meeting Wednesday that the exclusion of women from ordination drives women from the Church.Irme Stetter-Karp, the president of the lay Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), addressed delegates in the meeting in Prague on Feb. 8."The stubborn adherence to the dual anth...

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, on Dec. 9, 2022 / Oleksandr Sawranskij / Major Archbishopric of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic ChurchWashington D.C., Feb 8, 2023 / 10:55 am (CNA).The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) announced Monday that it is switching its fixed-date religious celebrations to match the Gregorian calendar used by the Church in the West. Ukrainian Catholics have been among the few remaining sects under the papacy to celebra...

All Souls Catholic School and Church in Englewood, Colorado / Always dreamin|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 4.0Denver, Colo., Feb 8, 2023 / 08:55 am (CNA).A teacher at a Catholic parish school in Denver was fired after the Denver Archdiocese learned of her same-sex relationship, which violated the conduct code she had signed. The teacher has since aligned herself with LGBT activists and has made statements claiming there is no contradiction between her behavior and Catholicism.For six years Maggie Bart...

WYD Sydney - July 15 - 20, 2008 / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Feb 8, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).In a 2018 essay published after his death, Pope Benedict XVI said a Protestant-like understanding of the Eucharist and strong calls for intercommunion are often found together.Commenting on the current situation of eucharistic life in the Catholic Church, the pope emeritus said: "One process of great impact is the almost complete disappearance of the sacrament of penance."There is also the unders...

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The speech marks Biden's first address to the new Republican-controlled House. / Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWashington D.C., Feb 8, 2023 / 06:08 am (CNA).During his 2023 State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Joe Biden called on Congress to codify Roe v. Wade and pass legislation banning discriminatio...

A view of a Pride flag hanging from Peterborough Cathedral in 2019 / ShutterstockWashington D.C., Feb 6, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).As Church of England leaders meet in a contentious synod over whether to bless same-sex unions, tensions escalated when a diocese reported a lay synod member to police for "hate speech." The Diocese of Coventry announced reported synod member Sam Margrave to the police after he reportedly posted his beliefs that same-sex relationships are sinful. The dioce...

Member of Mexico Congress Salma Luévano. / Credit: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the UnionACI Prensa Staff, Feb 6, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).The Specialized Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary in Mexico has ruled against the National Front for the Family (FNF) and its president, Rodrigo Iván Cortés, for calling Salma Luévano, a "trans" woman congressional representative, a "man."In a Feb. 2 statement, the court said that Cortés and the FNF &qu...

Null / Credit: Chodyra Mike 1/Shutterstock.Denver, Colo., Feb 7, 2023 / 12:23 pm (CNA).A Planned Parenthood affiliate has won a legal judgment of almost $1 million against a pro-life group that gathered outside of a Spokane abortion clinic.The group, which calls itself the Church at Planned Parenthood, must pay $110,000 in civil damages to Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho and another $850,000 in legal fees to the abortion provider, The Spokesman-Review newspaper reported ...

Null / Alex Krisan via www.shutterstock.com.Washington D.C., Feb 7, 2023 / 10:47 am (CNA).Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced plans at his annual State of the State address Monday to expand support for crisis pregnancy centers in the state to $100 million.Abortion has been illegal in Tennessee for all stages of pregnancy since a ban went into effect in the state in August 2022. On Monday night, Lee, a Republican, proposed strengthening support for women and families through a list of expanded soci...