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Pope Francis greets pilgrims from the popemobile in St. Peters Square on March 8, 2023. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNAVatican City, Mar 8, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis said Wednesday that there is no option to be "passive subjects" when it comes to evangelization because every baptized Catholic has a mission to actively proclaim the Gospel. "There are not those who preach, those who proclaim the Gospel in one way or another, and those who keep silent. No. Every baptized person … wh...

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The lethal injection room at California's San Quentin State Prison. / California Department of Corrections via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0)Denver, Colo., Mar 7, 2023 / 08:40 am (CNA).A group of Catholic bishops will visit San Quentin Prisons death row inmates on Tuesday as inmates await transfer to other facilities in light of Californias moratorium on executions.The visit is "simply extending a pastoral presence to those whose lives are on the line and on a time clock," Bishop Oscar Can...

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The campus of the University of Notre Dame. / ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Mar 4, 2023 / 11:43 am (CNA).In the wake of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision overturning the pro-abortion rights Roe v. Wade ruling, several bodies at the University of Notre Dame are hosting an event series dedicated to "reproductive justice." The series has attracted criticism for its decidedly pro-abortion slant: an "abortion doula" with a tattoo of abortion equipment is one of the speakers at its nex...

Harrison Butker and Cardinal Raymond Burke after Butker broke the Kansas City Chiefss field-goal record in week of the 2022-2023 season. / Austin QuickBoston, Mass., Mar 5, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is a champion on the field and in the spiritual life, where he says he wants nothing less than to become a saint. "If we want to be saints, we have to die to ourselves," Butker told CNA in an interview Wednesday.  Durin...

Pope Francis waves to the crowd in St. Peter's Square on March 5, 2023, during his Sunday Angelus reflection. / Vatican MediaWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 5, 2023 / 08:20 am (CNA).During his Sunday morning Angelus address, Pope Francis urged the faithful to reflect on the miracle of the Transfiguration and to see the same beauty in the faces of the people we interact with every day. In the March 5 address, the pope discussed the "beauty" shown in Sundays Gospel reading of Ma...

Archbishop José H. Gomez places the Book of Gospels and a cross on the coffin of Bishop David O'Connell before leading a procession at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, in downtown Los Angeles on March 3, 2023. / Photo by Jay L. Clendenin-Pool/Getty ImagesCNA Newsroom, Mar 3, 2023 / 16:56 pm (CNA).Thousands gathered Friday for the funeral of slain Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David OConnell, who was remembered as "a friend of Jesus Christ" and the poor.Archbishop José Gomez p...

Null / Vatican MediaDenver, Colo., Mar 3, 2023 / 13:25 pm (CNA).The decline in the number of priests, seminarians, and new vocations to the priesthood in the United States appears to be more pronounced in parishes where priests serve more parishioners, according to a report commissioned by the organization Vocation Ministry.Vocation Ministry aims to train and encourage priests, educators, and the Catholic laity to support and expand vocations programs in parishes and schools. It has held over 13...

Father Antoine Macaire Christian Noah escaped from his kidnappers in Haiti, February 2023. / Credit: Father Fausto Cruz Rosa, Superior Major of the Antilles Delegation of the Claretian MissionariesACI Prensa Staff, Mar 3, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).Father Antoine Macaire Christian Noah, a Claretian priest from Cameroon, escaped unharmed from a crime gang that had kidnapped him in Haiti last month and has been taken to another country for his safety. On March 2, Father Fausto Cruz Rosa, major sup...