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Pope Francis prays at his Wednesday audience in St. Peters Square on April 12, 2023. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNAVatican City, Apr 12, 2023 / 10:47 am (CNA).Pope Francis revised a law regulating the Vaticans judicial system on Wednesday, reversing some aspects of the popes prior reform of the Vatican City courts.The April 12 motu proprio eliminates the previous mandate for a full-time Vatican magistrate, allowing all members of the court to be able to take on other positions. It also sti...

Null / nullACI Prensa Staff, Apr 12, 2023 / 11:45 am (CNA).Two Catholic Relief Services (CRS) workers were shot and killed April 9, Easter Sunday, while riding in a CRS vehicle in the Amhara region of Ethiopia on their way back from an assignment in Addis Ababa.In an April 10 statement, CRS, the international Catholic humanitarian aid agency that serves those most in need in more than 100 countries, said it was "devastated to report the loss" of two of its staff workers, Chuol Tongyik,...

Synod on Synodality logo / Courtesy USCCBRome Newsroom, Apr 12, 2023 / 09:25 am (CNA).A committee of 22 people this week kicked off the writing process for the Synod on Synodalitys working document that will be the blueprint for discussions during the meeting of bishops in October. According to a statement from the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops on April 12, a "group of experts from five continents" is meeting at the Vatican until April 19 "with the aim of starti...

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Death row in an American prison. / Jerry-Rainey/ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Apr 12, 2023 / 12:15 pm (CNA).Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, citing "pro-life values," has called on lawmakers to end the states death penalty in the upcoming legislative session. At the same time, he called for the legalization of abortions for pregnant women who were raped or victims of incest.The death penalty is "inconsistent with Louisianas pro-life values, as it quite literally promotes a culture of...

Null / ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, Apr 10, 2023 / 15:18 pm (CNA).Organizations defending freedom of the press and freedom of speech in Nicaragua are demanding the release of Víctor Ticay, a Nicaraguan journalist who was arrested by the dictatorship on Holy Thursday after posting about a Holy Week event on social media.On April 7, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) demanded the immediate release of Ticay and an end to the arrest of members of the press for doing their jo...

Protestant graffiti in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1974, during The Troubles / George Garrigues|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 3.0Denver, Colo., Apr 10, 2023 / 14:41 pm (CNA).Pope Francis and other Christian leaders called for prayer and a rededication to the peace secured in Northern Ireland by the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, acknowledging that "open wounds" from the conflict still exist."Today marks the 25th anniversary of the so-called Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement, which en...

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Protestant graffiti in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1974, during The Troubles / George Garrigues|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 3.0Denver, Colo., Apr 10, 2023 / 14:41 pm (CNA).Pope Francis and other Christian leaders called for prayer and a rededication to the peace secured in Northern Ireland by the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, acknowledging that "open wounds" from the conflict still exist."Today marks the 25th anniversary of the so-called Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement, which en...