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A woman touches crosses setup at a memorial during a vigil on May 8, 2023, in Brownsville, Texas. The vigil was held in remembrance of the eight people killed May 7, 2023, and several injured after a man allegedly drove his car through a group of migrants waiting at a bus stop. / Credit: Photo by Michael Gonzalez/Getty ImagesWashington D.C., May 8, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).Two tragedies over the weekend have left 16 dead and many more wounded in Texas.Eight migrants were killed and 10 injured when ...

A new Swiss Guard swears to protect the pope, even sacrificing his life if necessary, during a ceremony on May 6, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, May 6, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).A group of new Swiss Guard recruits officially joined the ranks after swearing to "faithfully, loyally and honorably serve the reigning Pontiff" at the Vatican on Saturday.Wearing the red, orange, and blue grand gala uniform with armor, 23 new guardsmen swore their allegiance before friends and family durin...

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for the recitation of the Regina Caeli on May 7, 2023. / Vatican MediaCNA Staff, May 7, 2023 / 06:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Sunday warned against the danger of living life without a sense of purpose or a destination to set our course by, reminding the faithful that Jesus is "our compass for reaching heaven," our true home.Speaking to pilgrims gathered on a sunny day in St. Peters Square to pray the Regina Caeli, the p...

Photo illustration. / ShutterstockDenver, Colo., May 7, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).A leading artificial intelligence researcher some call the "godfather" of AI says the technology is developing at a "scary" rate and warns that it should not expand beyond our ability to control it. He joins the voice of many leaders, including Pope Francis, who want to ensure ethical concerns are "built in" at the technologys foundation.Geoffrey Hinton, a longtime researcher at Google new...

Franciscan Univesity of Steubenville students who participated in the Unplugged Scholarship in its first year (from left to right): Theresa Ryan, Grace Pollock, and Paul Merkel / Photos courtesy of Theresa Ryan, Grace Pollock, and Paul MerkelBoston, Mass., May 7, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).As Franciscan University of Steubenville students wrap up their spring semester, a large group of its undergraduates will be heading into summer significantly changed after participating in the schools invitation t...

Null / Credit: Zolnierek / ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, May 5, 2023 / 18:20 pm (CNA).Rodrigo Iván Cortés, president of the National Front for the Family (FNF) in Mexico, said he will appeal to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights if the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Court of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF) rejects his appeal and upholds his Feb. 22 conviction by the Specialized Chamber of the same entity.Cortés appeal was on the agenda of the Superior Chamber for May 3 but at the last ...

A group of migrants from South America crosses the Rio Bravo border between Mexico and the United States to request asylum. / Credit: David Peinado Romero/ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, May 5, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).Auxiliary Bishop Francisco Javier Acero of the Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico expressed the Churchs profound concern over the "waves of migrants" crossing the country and stressed that those who suffer the most are "unaccompanied minors."Speaking with ACI Prensa, C...

Null / EWTN News NightlyBoston, Mass., May 4, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).The Archdiocese of Hartford is appealing to the Vatican for guidance on how to proceed with its investigation of a possible eucharistic miracle at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Thomaston, Connecticut.The referral is the first public update by the archdiocese since it was first reported in late March that Jesus, truly present in the holy Eucharist, appeared to multiply himself in the ciborium, typically a gold chalice t...

Null / Credit: ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, May 4, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).Researcher and lawyer Martha Patricia Molina on May 3 presented the third installment of her report "Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church?"The document gives an account of the at least 529 attacks perpetrated by the Daniel Ortega dictatorship in the last five years with 90 committed so far in 2023.In her Zoom presentation made from exile, the researcher exposed the "hostilities, persecution, sieges, desecration, d...

Elisabeth Ohlsen. / Credit: E. OhlsonWashington D.C., May 4, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).An art exhibit at the European Unions Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, has prompted criticism from conservative politicians in Italy for its display of a blasphemous depiction of Jesus Christ and the apostles.The artwork, a series of photographs by lesbian Swedish photographer Elisabeth Ohlson, includes one of a man who is meant to represent Christ wearing a white robe and a halo made out of stars above h...