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A Syrian woman and her children warm by a stove at an emergency shelter in the center of the city of Maarat Misrin, in the rebel-held northern part of the northwestern Idlib province Feb. 7, 2023, one day after a deadly earthquake hit Syria and Turkey. / Photo by ABDULAZIZ KETAZ/AFP via Getty ImagesSt. Louis, Mo., Feb 7, 2023 / 12:50 pm (CNA).Catholic aid agencies worldwide are coordinating and sending aid after a series of massive earthquakes shook parts of Turkey and Syria, leaving continued d...

Father Oscar Benavidez. / Credit: Parish of the Holy Spirit of Mulukukú, NicaraguaCNA Newsroom, Feb 6, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).The dictatorship in Nicaragua, led by President Daniel Ortega, sentenced Father Óscar Danilo Benavidez Dávila to 10 years in prison for the alleged crimes of "conspiracy" and "spreading fake news" to the detriment of the regime.The news site Despacho 505 obtained access to the closed-doors verdict and reported Feb. 4 that the Tenth Criminal Trial Dis...

Father Daniel L. Mode, chaplain of the Coast Guard, stands in the large atrium of the Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C., in front of a massive wall of flags and insignia of the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Coast Guard. / Credit: Leslie Miller/Arlington Catholic HeraldWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 5, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).Father Daniel Mode was the chaplain for the "Lone Survivor" SEAL team in Afghanistan and has authored a book about the famed "Grunt Pa...

The documentary "Lourdes," showing in theaters on Feb. 8 and 9, follows the experiences of sick and disabled pilgrims who often seek consolation rather than cures. / Bosco FilmsWashington D.C., Feb 5, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).The French documentary film "Lourdes" will be shown in 700 theaters in the U.S., for a special two-day screening, on Feb. 8 (in French with English subtitles) and Feb. 9 (in Spanish with English subtitles).The film presents a unique and affecting view of th...

Pope Francis speaks to journalists on Feb. 5, 2023, during his flight back to Rome after his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. / Vatican MediaRome, Italy, Feb 5, 2023 / 11:35 am (CNA).Pope Emeritus Benedict XVIs death was used by people in a self-serving way, Pope Francis said aboard the papal plane returning from South Sudan on Sunday."I think Benedicts death was instrumentalized by people who want to serve their own interests," he said during an in-flight pre...

Pope Francis speaks to the media on Feb. 5, 2023, during his return flight to Rome from his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Feb 5, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA).On his return flight from South Sudan on Sunday, Pope Francis said that God loves and accompanies people with same-sex attraction. When asked by a journalist what the pope would say to families in Congo and South Sudan who reject their children because they are gay, Pope Francis respo...

Pope Francis interacted with an energetic crowd of 65,000 young adults and catechists at Martyrs' Stadium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Feb. 2, 2023. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Feb 4, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).A Catholic priest and five students were arrested after an event Thursday morning with Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, allegedly for criticizing the countrys president.The students and Father Guy Julien Muluku, a Congolese member of the Missionary Obla...

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby; Pope Francis; and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshields, lead a prayer service for Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian christians in Juba, Sudan. / Vatican MediaWashington D.C., Feb 4, 2023 / 11:25 am (CNA).During an ecumenical prayer service in South Sudan, Pope Francis called for Christian unity amid the violence in the country and urged the faithful to work and pray for peace to settle ongoing political conflicts.Pope Francis sp...

Pope Francis met with bishops, priests, and religious in St. Theresa Cathedral in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 4, 2023. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Feb 4, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis held a moment of silence Saturday for priests and religious who have been killed in South Sudan."Let us think in silence of these brothers and sisters who have lost their lives in this pastoral ministry," he said in St. Theresa Cathedral in Juba on Feb. 4.The pope met with the bishops, priests, and ...

Cardinal George Pells funeral Mass drew thousands of mourners to Sydneys St. Marys Cathedral Feb. 2, 2023. / Credit: Giovanni Portelli/The Catholic WeeklyDenver, Colo., Feb 2, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA).The late Cardinal George Pells funeral Mass drew thousands of mourners, filling Sydneys St. Marys Cathedral to capacity. Civic leaders, friends, and members of Pells family remembered the Australian cardinals dedication to the Church and the Gospel and his courage in the face of many obstacles, i...