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From the Netflix documentary series, "Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi" / NetflixRome Newsroom, Apr 11, 2023 / 10:15 am (CNA).The chief prosecutor of the Vatican City State court met Tuesday with the brother of Emanuela Orlandi, a teenage girl who went missing from Vatican City nearly 40 years ago.Vatican prosecutor Alessandro Diddi said April 11 that Pope Francis has granted him "maximum freedom of action to investigate [Orlandis case] on a broad scale without ...

Null / ivanko80/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Apr 11, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).Texas judge Matthew Kacsmaryk suspended the FDAs approval of the abortion drug mifepristone Friday on the grounds that approval was given "based on plainly unsound reasoning and studies that did not support its conclusions." Though Kacsmaryks decision is set to take effect this Saturday, the Biden administration has appealed the ruling to the 5th Circuit Appellate Court in an effort to leave the F...

Burned vehicles after Good Friday raid on April 7, 2023, in Ngban, Benue state, Nigeria. / Courtesy of Justice, Development, and Peace CommissionWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 10, 2023 / 13:04 pm (CNA).At least 94 people reportedly have died in a series of deadly attacks on Christian communities throughout Holy Week in Benue state in north-central Nigeria, an ominous sign of escalating violence blamed on Muslim militias in the countrys Middle Belt region.On April 2, armed men reportedly&nbs...

Christ's Appearance to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection / / Alexander IvanovACI Prensa Staff, Apr 10, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).On Easter Monday, the Catholic Church celebrates whats called "Monday of the Angel." In many countries in Europe and South America, this day, also known as "Little Easter," is a national holiday.In a Vatican Radio recording in 1994, Pope John Paul II gave an explanation for Monday of the Angel:"Why is it called that?" the pope as...

Null / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.St. Louis, Mo., Apr 10, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).A spokesman for Ukraines foreign ministry criticized the Vaticans decision to have the words of two young people from Ukraine and Russia read aloud during Good Fridays Stations of the Cross, held at the Colosseum in Rome, as part of prayers for peace in Ukraine. Pope Francis has called for peace in Ukraine on numerous occasions, but the Ukrainian official said the juxtaposition of the words of the two young p...

Pope Francis delivered a brief message before reciting the Regina Caeli prayer on Easter Monday, April 10, 2023. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Apr 10, 2023 / 05:50 am (CNA).Pope Francis encouraged Christians to not be held back by fear of judgment, but to share the good news of Christs resurrection with others."At times we think the way to be close to God is by keeping him close to us; because then, if we reveal ourselves and start to talk about it, judgements, criticisms come," the pop...

Travis Ross, 32, was arrested April 6 by the Otoe County Sheriffs Office in connection with the vandalism at St. Paulinus Catholic Church in Syracuse, NE. / Otoe County Sheriffs OfficeBoston, Mass., Apr 10, 2023 / 13:45 pm (CNA).An arrest has been made in connection with the vandalism of St. Paulinus Catholic Church in Syracuse, Nebraska, that occurred on Palm Sunday weekend. Travis Ross, 32, was arrested April 6 by the Otoe County Sheriffs Office after video evidence and witnesses led auth...

Pope Francis gives his homily at the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on April 8, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Apr 8, 2023 / 13:40 pm (CNA).At the Vaticans Easter Vigil Mass, Pope Francis urged people to "roll away the stones of sin and fear" to experience the power of Christs resurrection.In his Easter homily on April 8, the pope issued an invitation to "rediscover the grace of Gods resurrection within you!""Today, brothers and sisters, the power...

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services. / EWTN News In DepthWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2023 / 20:08 pm (CNA).A top U.S. military hospital ended its contract with a community of Franciscan friars just before Holy Week, putting a for-profit firm in charge of Catholic pastoral care, according to the Archdiocese of the Military Services.Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the head of the archdiocese, blasted the move by Walter Reed National Military Medical C...

Pope Francis at the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on April 8, 2023. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Apr 8, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).Here is the full text of Pope Francis Easter Vigil homily, delivered on April 8 in St. Peters Basilica.The night is drawing to a close and the first light of dawn is appearing upon the horizon as the women set out toward Jesus tomb. They make their way forward, bewildered and dismayed, their hearts overwhelmed with grief at the death that took away their ...