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Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition speaks with listeners at a March 2023 presentation at St. Nicholas Church in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. "Most people ask for euthanasia because they are going through a difficult time of life," Schadenberg said. / Credit: Nicholas ElbersVancouver, Canada, Apr 3, 2023 / 07:47 am (CNA).Caring and compassion are the most effective solutions we have to combat the growing requests for Medical Assistance in Dying, Euthanasia Pre...

LyLena Estabine, a junior at Harvard University, is in the OCIA program at St. Pauls Catholic Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and plans to join the Church at the Easter Vigil on April 8, 2023. / Credit: LyLena EstabineBoston, Mass., Apr 2, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).The Churchs teaching on Mary and the Eucharist were the two biggest hurdles for 21-year-old LyLena Estabine, a former Protestant, in accepting the Catholic faith.Ahead of Holy Week and her full entrance into the Catholic Church, Estab...

Pope Francis presided over Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square on April 2, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Apr 2, 2023 / 04:25 am (CNA).Pope Francis presided over Mass for Palm Sunday 2023 in St. Peters Square on April 2. Below is the full text of his homily:"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Mt 27:46). This is the cry that todays liturgy has us repeat in the responsorial psalm (cf. Ps 22:2), the only cry that Jesus makes from the cross in the Gospel we have he...

Null / Credit: St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center Facebook pageDenver, Colo., Apr 1, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).After interviewing three priests in January who were students at CU Boulder, Denver Catholic spoke to the men and women behind the ministry to figure out their "secret sauce." What is the St. Thomas Aquinas Center doing to turn out great apostles?"Its Boulder," said Father Peter Mussett, pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Boulder. "The secret sauce that we ...

Henri de Lubac / Society of JesusRome Newsroom, Apr 1, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).French bishops have voted to open the sainthood cause of 20th-century theologian Henri de Lubac.The French bishops conference announced on March 31 that the opening of de Lubacs cause for beatification was approved during the bishops plenary assembly in Lourdes. De Lubac is considered by many to be one of the most important theologians of the 20th century. The French Jesuit priest was a leading thinker in the ressourcem...

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Square for Easter 2022 / Daniel Ibanez/CNARome Newsroom, Apr 1, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).Palm Sunday marks the start of one of the most full and beautiful liturgical periods of the Catholic Church year.It is also one of the busiest liturgical periods at the Vatican, where Pope Francis has been scheduled to preside over nine Masses, liturgies, and devotions between April 2 and Easter Monday, April 10.With Pope Francis having been hospitalized on March...

Pope Francis address representatives of Canada's indigenous peoples at the archbishop's residence in Québec City. / Vatican MediaWashington D.C., Mar 30, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).The U.S. and Canadian bishops released statements Thursday praising the Vaticans repudiation of the "doctrine of discovery," which has been used in the past to justify European colonialism in the Americas and throughout the world.The doctrine of discovery is a philosophical, political, and legal theory...

WASHINGTON - The Dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promoting Integral Human Development released today a Joint Statement on the "Doctrine of Discovery." The matter at issue involves documents (papal bulls) issued in the fifteenth century with regard to European exploration of land beyond continental Europe. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and secretary for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement in response to todays Joint Statemen...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After having difficulty breathing, Pope Francis went to Romes Gemelli hospital March 29 where he was diagnosed with a respiratory infection that will be treated in the hospital for several days, the Vatican press office said.In the past few days, the statement said, "Pope Francis complained of some respiratory difficulties and this afternoon he went to Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic for some medical tests. The outcome of these showed a respiratory infection -- a COVID-19 ...