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Photo illustration. / ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 5, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).Every Holy Thursday, groups of Catholic faithful across the country and world embark on whats known as the Seven Churches Visitation. In this special tradition, pilgrims adore Christ in seven different altars of repose while praying and reflecting on the passion of Christ.At the end of each Holy Thursday Mass, the priest strips the altar and removes the Eucharist from the tabernacle to place it in repo...

Pope Francis presided over a Chrism Mass at which more than 1,880 priests, bishops, and cardinals renewed the promises made at their ordinations on April 6, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Apr 6, 2023 / 03:50 am (CNA).On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis presided over a Chrism Mass at which more than 1,880 priests, bishops, and cardinals renewed the promises made at their ordinations.Pope Francis thanked the priests for the "hidden good" that they do, often in a ministry carried out &...

Residents of Adunu line up to cast their ballots in Adunu Feb. 25, 2023. / Courtesy of Father Dauda Musa Bahago.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 6, 2023 / 03:00 am (CNA).Armed bandits killed one person and kidnapped more than 100 others in a March 14 raid on a predominantly Catholic town in north-central Nigeria, according to a Catholic priest and other local sources.Father Dauda Musa Bahago, a coordinator for the Justice, Development, and Peace Commission, a Catholic aid organization, told C...

Abbot Placid Solari, 70, chancellor of Belmont Abbey Catholic College in Belmont, North Carolina. / Credit: Belmont Abbey CollegeBelmont, North Carolina, Apr 6, 2023 / 12:15 pm (CNA).Whats needed in todays college environment is diversity, said Abbot Placid Solari of Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina.But his definition of diversity is not the one most people are used to hearing about. The 70-year-old, spectacled abbot told CNA that though sorely needed, "religious diversity is not the...

Null / Credit: Mon Petit Chou Photography / UnsplashWashington D.C., Apr 6, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).A bill that would ban abortions after six weeks gestation passed the Florida Senate and appears to be on its way to becoming law; however, lawmakers first need the state Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old "right to privacy" enshrined in the state constitution.The Heartbeat Protection Act, sponsored by Sen. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, passed the Senate 26-13 with support from most Republ...

Adoration. / Thoom / Shutterstock.Denver Newsroom, Apr 6, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).Did you know that it is possible to sing a special song of adoration on Holy Thursday and have your soul purified?Its true, and the song is "Tantum Ergo."First, some background. A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ, Mary, and all the saints to remove all the temporal punishment due to sin.What does this mean?"An indulgence does not confer gra...

Oregon resident Jessica Bates filed a federal lawsuit after state officials denied her adoption application because of her opposition to gender ideology. / Alliance Defending FreedomWashington D.C., Apr 6, 2023 / 12:36 pm (CNA).An Oregon woman filed a federal lawsuit against the states Department of Human Services after she was denied the opportunity to adopt a child because she refused to express support for gender ideology and homosexuality.The woman, Jessica Bates, filed an applicat...

On April 1, 2023, a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was vandalized at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Corona, California. / Courtesy of the Diocese of San BernardinoCNA Newsroom, Apr 6, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).A statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was smashed in half at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Corona, California, on April 1. "It was very heartbreaking, especially coming at the beginning of Holy Week," Maria Bravo, the parish office manager, told CNA in a statement Thursday.&...

Surveillance footage shows suspects spray-painting pro-abortion slogans on the exterior of South Broward Pregnancy Help Center, a pro-life clinic in Hollywood, Florida, on May 28, 2022. / Screenshot from Archdiocese of Miami Vimeo videoBoston, Mass., Apr 4, 2023 / 16:42 pm (CNA).Two more individuals have been indicted for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE), in connection with a string of pro-abortion attacks against pro-life pregnancy centers in Florida. ...

Pope Francis greets pilgrims from the pope mobile in St. Peters Square on April 5, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Apr 5, 2023 / 09:53 am (CNA).Pope Francis has offered advice for how to have a fruitful Holy Week, urging people to focus on the essentials and look to the cross as the source of hope.In his last public audience Wednesday before the start of the Paschal Triduum, the pope noted how many people today who walk down the street appear sad, focused "only on their cell phones, ...