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Cornell University in Ithaca, New York / Dantes De MonteCristo|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 4.0Denver, Colo., Apr 5, 2023 / 11:30 am (CNA).Citing the need for the free exchange of ideas, the leaders of Cornell University have rejected a student resolution advocating that the university mandate "content warnings for traumatic content in the classroom." "We cannot accept this resolution, as the actions it recommends would infringe on our core commitment to academic freedom and freedom of inqu...

A roll of I Voted stickers. / PhilipR / ShutterstockSt. Louis, Mo., Apr 5, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA).Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz, who garnered numerous endorsements and campaign funding from pro-abortion organizations during a contentious race for a seat on Wisconsins Supreme Court, emerged as the victor Tuesday night in what proved to be the most expensive state Supreme Court race in history. The 2023 Wisconsin judicial race, which might have remained obscure in other years even ...

Bishop Erik Varden spoke to CNA about the role of a bishop, and why the Nordic bishops conference chose to publish a letter on sexuality and transgenderism at this time. / Pål JohannesVatican City, Apr 5, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).In March, the bishops of the five Nordic countries issued a pastoral letter affirming the Catholic Churchs teaching on human sexuality."This covenantal sign, the rainbow, is claimed in our time as the symbol of a movement that is at once political and cultural,"...

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus reflection from the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City on March 26, 2023. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Apr 5, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Wednesday revised parts of the penal law of the Eastern Catholic Churches.The changes follow the 2021 reform of Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, which covers penal law in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.The April 5 motu proprio on the law of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Vocare Peccatores, takes effect June 29...

St. Paulinus Catholic Church was vandalized sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning prior to Palm Sunday liturgy 2023. / Father Ryan SalisburyBoston, Mass., Apr 3, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).The pastor of a Catholic church in Syracuse, Nebraska, was shocked when he discovered Saturday morning that the altar had been tipped over, a statue desecrated, and several other objects damaged. "Somehow, in the Lords providence, this was allowed," Father Ryan Salisbury, pastor of St. P...

As Holy Week 2023 processions began in Spain, three wooden carvings of the Virgin Mary were damaged by fire in three separate incidents. / Credit: Brotherhood of Holy Tuesday (Chiclana), Brotherhood of the Virgen del Rocío (Vélez), and Virgen de Gracia Parish (Almadén)ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 3, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).As Holy Week processions began in Spain, three wooden carvings of the Virgin Mary were damaged by fire in three separate incidents. The cause of each of the fires appears to be acci...

Archbishop Michael O. Jackels speaks to McConnell AFB airmen at the 2013 McConnell National Prayer Breakfast March 7, 2013, at the McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. / Katrina M. Brisbin/U.S. Air ForceVatican City, Apr 4, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Archbishop Michael O. Jackels from the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa.An April 4 statement from the United States bishops conference said Jackels resignation was for health reasons...

NHS National Health Service sign UK. / TK Kurikawa/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Apr 4, 2023 / 11:54 am (CNA).A Maltese Catholic priest who served as a chaplain in a London hospital received £10,000 in a settlement with the United Kingdoms National Health Service after he alleged he was fired for expressing the Churchs teaching on homosexuality. Father Patrick Pullicino, who is also a medical doctor, sued the London NHS Trust for harassment, religious discrimination, and victimization. The 73-ye...

The installation ceremony of Bishop John Peng Weizhao in Nanchang, China, on Nov. 24, 2022. / Chinese Catholic Patriotic AssociationVatican City, Apr 4, 2023 / 09:56 am (CNA).A Chinese bishop was installed Tuesday as the bishop of Shanghai without the Vaticans approval, according to Asia News.The report says Bishop Joseph Shen Bin of Haimen was appointed to lead the Diocese of Shanghai by the Council of Chinese Bishops, the state-sanctioned bishops conference.Shen Bin is also the head of the Cou...

Pope Francis meets with executives and employees of the Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale, Italy's main welfare agency, April 3, 2023. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Apr 3, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis has urged Italys main welfare agency not to forget the contribution of foreign workers."It should not be forgotten that foreign workers who do not yet have Italian citizenship also contribute to the pension system," the pope said in the Vaticans Apostolic Pala...