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Metropolitan Anthony, chairman for external church relations of the Russian Orthodox Church, greets Pope Francis after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 3, 2023. / Daniel Ibañez/CNARome Newsroom, May 3, 2023 / 06:15 am (CNA).Pope Francis greeted the chairman for external church relations of the Russian Orthodox Church after his weekly public audience on Wednesday.The brief encounter in St. Peters Square with Metropolitan Anthony comes amid heightened scrutiny of dipl...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrates a Pontifical Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament at Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, London, Sept. 11, 2021. / Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.London, England, May 3, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).The coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, May 6, will be a historic moment for both the Catholic Church and the British monarchy, as well as the whole of the U.K.For the first time since the Reformation, a Catholic prelate will be formally participating in the coronation ceremo...

Father Dario E. Viganò, president of the MAC Foundation, shares about the foundation in a May 2, 2023, presentation at the Vatican Apostolic Library / Credit: Father Dario E. ViganòRome Newsroom, May 3, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).Unveiled this week, an Italian foundation aims to both preserve and give better access to the audiovisual heritage of the Catholic Church.One member of the MAC Foundation, which takes its name from the Italian initials for "Audiovisual Memories of Catholicism," s...

Null / Video_Creative / Shutterstock.Boston, Mass., May 3, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont signed a bill Tuesday allowing non-residents to avail themselves of the states assisted suicide law.Vermont legalized assisted suicide in 2013, but with this new law became the first state in the nation to change its legislation to allow the life-ending procedure to those living out of state, according to the Associated Press.Oregon stopped enforcing its residency requireme...

Bishop Richard Henning (left) and Bishop Thomas Tobin. / Credit: Diocese of Rockville Centre / Diocese of ProvidenceBoston, Mass., May 1, 2023 / 10:50 am (CNA).Pope Francis announced Monday that he has accepted the resignation letter of Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, submitted on his 75th birthday on April 1, as required by canon law.Tobin is succeeded by Bishop Richard Henning, whom Pope Francis in November appointed as coadjutor bishop of Providence, home to more th...

Null / Credit: Brian A Jackson / ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, May 1, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).A court has decreed that preliminary proceedings be initiated to investigate a group of artists for "the possible existence of a criminal offense" against religious sentiments.The decision of the Trial Court No. 6 of Fuenlabrada, Spain, was made as a result of a complaint filed by the Christian Lawyers Foundation.The complaint alleges the so-called Collective of Southern Artists (CAS) committed ...

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services. / EWTN News In DepthWashington D.C., May 1, 2023 / 12:10 pm (CNA).After the U.S. Senate approved a Department of Veterans Affairs rule that provides for abortions at the departments medical centers, the archbishop of military services issued a scathing letter condemning the Senate and the Biden administration. The Senate voted 51-48 to affirm the new rule, which ensures VA medical centers provide aborti...

The statue of Our Lady of Fatima was returned to St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Gibbsboro, New Jersey, Sept. 7, 2022. / Msgr. Louis MarucciBoston, Mass., May 1, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).One of the replicas of the original Our Lady of Fatima statue will be touring the Archdiocese of Newark from April 28 to May 31. It was crafted using detailed instructions from Servant of God Sister Lucia Dos Santos, one of the three Fatima seers.One of only 13 copies in the world, the statue is typi...

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Null / Chinnapong / ShutterstockRome Newsroom, May 2, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis has praised the Billings method of natural family planning as "a valuable tool" for married couples that also provides needed education about the meaning of the conjugal act."In the second half of the last century, as pharmacological research for fertility control expanded and the contraceptive culture was on the rise, John and Evelyn Billings conducted careful scientific research and develope...