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"Santiago: The Camino Within" is being released for one day only on March 28, 2023. / YouTube/Fathom EventsBoston, Mass., Mar 21, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).A new film that takes moviegoers along on a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain is being released in theaters for one day only on March 28.The Camino de Santiago, also known as "The Way of St. James," is a 1,000-year-old pilgrimage route through Spain that leads to the Cathedral of Santiago located in the Archdiocese...

Maryland state capital building, Annapolis. Via Shutterstock. / nullWashington D.C., Mar 20, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).Legislation that would end the statute of limitations for lawsuits against entities that are accused of negligence involving incidents of child sexual abuse overwhelmingly passed the Maryland Senate last week. The bill, sponsored by Sen. William C. Smith, D-Montgomery, passed the Senate in a 42-5 vote. The proposed legislation was sent to the House of Delegates, where it has be...

The Vatican flag and the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/ACIACI Prensa Staff, Mar 20, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).The Holy See reported on Saturday that the Vaticans diplomatic headquarters in Nicaragua was forced to close."Yesterday, March 17, the chargé daffaires of the apostolic nunciature in Nicaragua, Monsignor Marcel Diouf, left the country for Costa Rica. The closure of the diplomatic headquarters of the Holy See occurred as a result of a request from the Nicar...

Null / Image credit: ADragan/ShutterstockCNA Newsroom, Mar 20, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).The U.S. Catholic bishops released a statement Monday offering moral guidance for Catholic health care institutions, reiterating that "gender transition" interventions are not to be performed because they do not respect the fact that God has created each person as a unity of body and soul. "The body is not an object, a mere tool at the disposal of the soul, one that each person may ...

Null / Minerva Studio/ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Mar 21, 2023 / 08:56 am (CNA).The Catholic Diocese of Oakland is considering filing for bankruptcy as it prepares to respond to hundreds of lawsuits concerning decades-old sex abuse incidents in what the local bishop called a "monumental challenge.""Since the closing of the filing window on Dec. 31, 2022, we have been informed there may be approximately 330 lawsuits filed against our diocese," Bishop Michael Barber, SJ, said in...

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Null / Credit: UnsplashWashington D.C., Mar 20, 2023 / 12:52 pm (CNA).Since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade in June 2022, the abortion battle has moved to the states.Now that abortion is no longer considered a federally guaranteed constitutional right, individual states are allowed to determine their abortion policies. This means that each state legislature has a renewed importance when it comes to the abortion fight.While 13 states have passed total abortion bans, many states have moved ...

CompassCare Pregnancy Services, which had its facility outside of Buffalo burned down last summer, was attacked again with pro-abortion graffiti. / CompassCare Pregnancy ServicesBoston, Mass., Mar 20, 2023 / 12:35 pm (CNA).A New York pro-life pregnancy center that was seriously damaged in an arson attack in June 2022 was vandalized again Thursday with pro-abortion graffiti. The destruction of property at CompassCare Pregnancy Services in Amherst, New York, is the latest in a wave of attack...

Null / Credit: Father Luis Ángel Espinosa, LC/CathopicACI Prensa Staff, Mar 19, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).In 2023 the Legionaries of Christ religious order will provide 32 new priests for service to the Church. Twenty-nine of them will be ordained in Rome in the papal basilica of St. Mary Major on April 29 by Cardinal Fernando Vérguez, president of the Governorate of the State of Vatican City.The other three will receive priestly ordination at different times of the year.The soon-to-be new priests...