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Pope Francis speaks during his Angelus address on March 19, 2023. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Mar 19, 2023 / 07:51 am (CNA).We should treat the physical and social differences of others as a chance to love, not as an inconvenience, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address on Sunday.The popes weekly message focused on the days Gospel reading, which recounts Jesus miraculous healing of the blind man.Francis pointed out the reactions of the different characters in the story and invited people to r...

German Cardinal Gerhard Müller (left) and American Cardinal Raymond Burke. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAWashington D.C., Mar 17, 2023 / 13:09 pm (CNA).A synod of German bishops overwhelmingly approved Church blessings of same-sex unions and unions between divorced and remarried Catholics, but the move has faced harsh criticism from some members of the Catholic hierarchy who have accused the German bishops of abandoning the faith. German Cardinal Gerhard Müller and American Cardi...

Ian Dinkla, 21, and Bryn Taylor, 26, abortion activists and students at the University of Florida are arrested by university police. / Created EqualWashington D.C., Mar 17, 2023 / 16:20 pm (CNA).Two pro-abortion activists were caught on video stealing pro-life signs and then violently resisting arrest on March 10 at the University of Florida in Gainesville.The activists, identified by the police as Ian Dinkla, 21, and Bryn Taylor, 26, were arrested by officers from the University of Florida Poli...

The image of the Virgin of Ireland in the Cathedral of Gyor, Hungary. / Credit: Diocese of GyorACI Prensa Staff, Mar 17, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).On March 17, 1697, on the feast day of St. Patrick and in the same year penal laws were enacted in Ireland banning Catholic bishops and priests from the country, an image of the Virgin Mary known as the Weeping Irish Madonna shed tears of blood for three hours.The painting is now kept in the cathedral of Gyor, Hungary, where it was taken by the bishop of ...

Pope Francis heard confessions at a parish in Rome on Friday, March 17, 2023, and encouraged people to remember that God "holds out his hand and lifts us up whenever we realize that we are hitting rock bottom." / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNARome Newsroom, Mar 17, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).Pope Francis heard confessions at a parish in Rome on Friday and encouraged people to remember that God "holds out his hand and lifts us up whenever we realize that we are hitting rock bottom."In ...

Church of the Sacred Heart in Bordeaux, France. / Credit: Olivier432 - Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 18, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).The walls of Sacred Heart Church, located in downtown Bordeaux, France, were vandalized with satanic graffiti and communist and anarchist symbols the night of March 12-13.In addition, the vandals burned trash on the churchs esplanade.The news was confirmed on March 13 by Constance Pluviaud, head of communications for the Archdiocese of Bordeaux.&q...

Father Sean Gough, a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, England, faced criminal charges for praying for free speech outside an abortion clinic after business hours in violation of a strict buffer zone law in the English city of Birmingham. "I pray wherever I go, inside my head, for the people around me. How can it be a crime for a priest to pray?" he said in a Feb. 9, 2023, statement from the ADF UK legal group. / Credit: ADF UKDenver, Colo., Mar 16, 2023 / 12:52 pm (CNA...

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Null / Credit: Cherries/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Mar 15, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).A group of Jewish parents filed a lawsuit Monday against the California Department of Education, calling for the state to provide religious schools with equal access to special needs education funding for their students.Under California law, federal and state special education funding is available to public schools and secular private schools. However, state law prohibits these funds from going to privat...

Plan B. / Mike Mozart via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).Washington D.C., Mar 15, 2023 / 15:55 pm (CNA).Miami Universitys student government association has plans to install a "Plan B" emergency contraception vending machine on its Oxford, Ohio, campus in time for the fall semester. Plan B emergency contraception, also known as "the morning-after pill," is a one-step pill that can sometimes act as an abortifacient. Though plans have not yet been finalized, the universitys student governm...