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FBI agents arrive at a farm on Jan. 24, 2023, where a mass shooting occurred in Half Moon Bay, California, the day before. Seven people were killed at two separate farm locations that were only a few miles apart. The suspect, Chunli Zhao, was taken into custody a few hours later without incident. / Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesCNA Newsroom, Jan 24, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).In the wake of yet another mass shooting in California, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone released a statem...

Pope Francis prays in front of a crucifix during his general audience on Oct. 26, 2022. / Vatican MediaWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 24, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).Pope Francis is calling on Catholics and people worldwide to remember those suffering from leprosy, or Hansens disease, ahead of World Leprosy Day."We cannot forget these brothers and sisters of ours," the 86-year-old pontiff said in a message to the Second Symposium on Hansens disease held Jan. 23-24 in Rome. "We must not ...

Null / Credit: PixabayCNA Newsroom, Jan 24, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).Father Pedro Flores, delegate of the Educational Community of the Local Church of the vicariate of Beni in Bolivia, criticized the "perverted curriculum" on comprehensive sexual education presented by the Ministry of Education.In a Jan. 20 press conference, Flores pointed out that the content, which will be taught in schools beginning in the Initial Level (0-6 years old), "is a perverted curriculum, which will perve...

Father James Martin, SJ. / Credit: Flickr by Shawn (CC BY-NC 2.0)ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 24, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).Father Francisco José Delgado, a priest of the Archdiocese of Toledo in Spain and host of "The Sacristy of the Vendée" program on YouTube, criticized Jesuit Father James Martin for a controversial post on Twitter about the gay "marriage" of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.The controversy began with the accusation that Buttigiegs travel expenses as...

Father Fidelis Moscinski (lower left, standing behind the cross), a well-known pro-life activist and priest of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFR) is seen during a tense standoff between pro-life and pro-abortion demonstrators in Lower Manhattan on July 2, 2022. The pro-life marchers were trying to reach a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic where they planned to hold a prayer vigil, and the pro-abortion demonstrators were trying to block their path. / Jeffrey Bruno/CNAWashington, D.C. New...

Father Marko Rupnik / Credit: Centroaletti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsRome Newsroom, Jan 24, 2023 / 10:47 am (CNA).The Society of Jesus has asked Father Marko Rupnik to stay close to Rome as more alleged victims of the Jesuit priest and artist go public with their stories.Father Johan Verschueren, SJ, this week told ACI Prensa, CNAs Spanish-language news partner, that he had asked Rupnik "not to leave Lazio," the Italian region where Rome is located.Verschueren is the major su...

A woman attends a rally for Mark Houck outside the James A. Byrne United States Courthouse in Philadelphia on Jan. 24, 2023, while holding a sign that says "Justice for Mark Houck!" / Joe Bukuras/CNAPhiladelphia, Pa., Jan 24, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).Opening statements for the trial of Mark Houck, a pro-life advocate charged with violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, wont begin until tomorrow, but that didnt stop a crowd of about 50 supporters from gather...

St. James Cathedral, Seattle. / DarrylBrooks/ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Jan 24, 2023 / 12:15 pm (CNA).A decline in Catholic religious practice and other changes in western Washington state means parishes will have to merge so that parish life can sustain itself, the Archdiocese of Seattle said Sunday."The mission of the Catholic Church is at the heart of strategic pastoral planning," Archbishop Paul Etienne of Seattle said Jan. 22. "To achieve our mission, we must reinvigorate the...

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a press conference at the presidential office in Taipei on Dec. 27, 2022. / Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty ImagesRome Newsroom, Jan 24, 2023 / 11:30 am (CNA).Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has written a letter to Pope Francis underlining the importance of maintaining peace with China and a commitment to the islands sovereign democracy."The war that erupted between Russia and Ukraine last February has brought home to humanity just how valuabl...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, following the final vote on the Respect for Marriage Act in Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2022. / Credit: PBS NewsHour screenshot via YouTubeDenver, Colo., Jan 23, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA).After someone broke into her house and violently attacked her husband, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought the services of a priest to perform an "exorcism" of the couples San Francisco home, her daughter told the New York Times."I think that weighed really heavy...