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Pope Francis (left); Bishop Rolando Álvarez (right) / Vatican Media; Diocese of MatagalpaVatican City, Feb 12, 2023 / 08:20 am (CNA).Pope Francis entrusted Nicaragua to the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary on Sunday after Bishop Rolando Álvarez was sentenced to 26 years in prison by Daniel Ortegas dictatorship."The news from Nicaragua has grieved me a great deal, and I cannot but remember with concern Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, whom I care about deeply," the pope...

Null / ShutterstockWashington D.C., Feb 10, 2023 / 17:25 pm (CNA).Legislation that would require school officials to defer to parents when a student claims to be transgender passed the Republican-controlled Virginia House of Delegates this week, but it will now head to Democratic-controlled Senate committees. House Bill 2432, known as "Sages Law," would compel school officials to notify at least one of a students parents or guardians if that student informs them that he or she wants to...

Bishop Rolando Álvarez. / Credit: Diocese of MatagalpaACI Prensa Staff, Feb 10, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA).The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua sentenced on Friday, Feb. 10, the bishop of Matagalpa, Rolando Álvarez Lagos, to 26 years and four months in prison, charging him with being a "traitor to the homeland."The sentence against Álvarez comes just one day after the dictatorship deported 222 political prisoners to the United States.Álvarez refused to get on the plane with th...

Frank Pavone gives a reflection on Scripture on his YouTube channel. / Credit: Screengrab YouTube Jan. 7, 2023.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 10, 2023 / 15:50 pm (CNA).Two former officials of Priests for Life are calling for laicized priest Frank Pavone to step down as national director of the pro-life organization to allow for an independent investigation of his conduct.In a joint statement released Friday, Andrew Smith, a former employee and board member of Priests for Life, and Father Stephen...

Frank Pavone gives a reflection on Scripture on his YouTube channel. / Credit: Screengrab YouTube Jan. 7, 2023.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 10, 2023 / 15:50 pm (CNA).Two former officials of Priests for Life are calling for laicized priest Frank Pavone to step down as national director of the pro-life organization to allow for an independent investigation of his conduct.In a joint statement released Friday, Andrew Smith, a former employee and board member of Priests for Life, and Father Stephen...

Mark and Ryan-Marie Houck of Kintnersville in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania, are the parents to seven young children. / Credit: Ryan-Marie HouckBoston, Mass., Feb 11, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).When Mark Houck, pro-life advocate and Catholic father of seven, was acquitted in January of federal charges under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, he, his wife, and his kids praised God and embraced in joy outside a Philadelphia courthouse.The unanimous not-guilty finding by the 12-per...

Rony Roller Circus. / Paolo Macorig via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).Rome, Italy, Feb 11, 2023 / 03:42 am (CNA).The Vaticans charity office has invited around 2,000 poor and marginalized people to a circus performance in Rome on Saturday."Making it possible to participate in this performance is a way to give a few hours of contentment to those who are confronted with a hard life and need help to nurture hope," Pope Francis almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, said this week in an announceme...

Archbishop-designate Frank Leo of Toronto. / Archdiocese of TorontoVatican City, Feb 11, 2023 / 09:10 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Saturday appointed Bishop Francis (Frank) Leo to lead the Archdiocese of Toronto, Canadas largest Catholic diocese.Leo has been an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, since September 2022. He also served in various diplomatic posts for the Vatican from 2008-2012.The archbishop-designate succeeds Cardinal Thomas Collins, who has led the Toronto arch...

Null / Liderina / Shutterstock.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 9, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).A little more than a third of Catholic parents say it is extremely or very important for their children to grow up to have religious beliefs similar to their own, according to a recent Pew Research Center report.In the study released last month and expounded further in a Feb. 6 article, 35% of Catholic parents with children under 18 said it is extremely or very important for their children to grow up to share ...

Former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Nicole Parker (left) testifies during the first hearing of the Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 9, 2023, in Washington, D.C. / Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWashington D.C., Feb 9, 2023 / 16:05 pm (CNA).A former FBI agent told members of the new House panel investigating the abuse of federal power that she left the agency after she believes it became "politic...