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Null / Tudoran Andrei/ShutterstockRome Newsroom, Jan 18, 2023 / 13:05 pm (CNA).The persecution of Christians is at its highest point in three decades, according to the latest report from advocacy group Open Doors.The World Watch List, released by Open Doors on Jan. 18, reported that, overall, the number of Christians facing persecution worldwide remained steady in 2022 at approximately 360 million.In a list of the 50 countries with the most persecution, North Korea returned to the first spot in ...

Pope Francis meets a Buddhist delegation from Cambodia on Jan. 19, 2023. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Jan 19, 2023 / 07:20 am (CNA).Pope Francis spoke with Buddhist monks from Cambodia on Thursday about the need for "ecological conversion."In a meeting at the Vatican on Jan. 19, the pope defined "ecological conversion" as "true repentance" that leads to the end of "ideologies and practices that are hurtful and disrespectful to the earth."Francis s...

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Father Michael Mithamo Kingori embraces Archbishop Anthony Muheria during his Jan. 14, 2023, ordination Mass. / Credit: Nyeri ArchdioceseACI Africa, Jan 17, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA).The ordination of the first-ever blind Catholic priest in Kenya will help show people that "disability is not inability," the archbishop of Nyeri has said.In a message shared with ACI Africa, CNAs news partner in Africa, Archbishop Anthony Muheria of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri reflected on the Jan. 14 o...

Mark Houck with his children / Credit: Thomas More SocietyBoston, Mass., Jan 17, 2023 / 11:36 am (CNA).Mark Houck, the pro-life father of seven arrested by the FBI early in the morning at his Pennsylvania home last September will stand trial on Jan. 24 in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.The case garnered national interest amid shocking details of the arrest and allegations that the federal government is targeting its political opponents, in this case, pro-lifers. Houck was arrested in fr...

Null / ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Jan 17, 2023 / 16:23 pm (CNA).The Catholic bishops of Scotland have warned that a proposal to ban what critics characterize as gay or transgender "conversion therapy" would have "totalitarian" effects and in effect would ban mainstream religions such as Catholicism.  Legislators, the bishops said, are in the process of drafting a bill that would "outlaw pastoral care, prayer, parental guidance and advice relating to sexual orie...

Theodore McCarrick outside Dedham District Court, Friday, Sept. 4, 2021. / Joe Bukuras/CNADedham, Mass., Jan 17, 2023 / 16:43 pm (CNA).Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is in "significant" mental decline and may not be fit to stand trial for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy, his attorneys say in a new court filing.The legal team for the 92-year-old ex-prelate said it plans to file a motion to dismiss the case, citing a neurological exam conducted by Dr. David Schretle...

Biagio Conte, a lay missionary based in Palermo, is seen doing a pilgrimage in a almost deserted street on March 20, 2020, in Palermo, Italy. Conte died Jan. 12, 2023, and his Jan. 17, 2023, funeral in Palermo was attended by thousands. / Photo by Tullio Puglia/Getty ImagesCNA Newsroom, Jan 17, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).Thousands of people attended the Jan. 17 funeral of Biagio Conte, the lay missionary founder of the Hope and Charity Mission who was also known as a "modern-day St. Francis.&quo...

Farmers and pet owners alike brought out their beloved animals to the Vatican for a special blessing on the feast of St. Anthony Abbot, Jan. 17, 2023. / Alan Koppschall/EWTNVatican City, Jan 17, 2023 / 12:20 pm (CNA).St. Peters Square was filled with horses, cows, donkeys, dogs, goats, geese, and rabbits on Tuesday for the feast of St. Anthony Abbot.Farmers and pet owners alike brought their beloved animals to the Vatican for a special blessing on Jan. 17.While many American Catholics associate ...

Pope Francis prays at the general audience, Oct. 19, 2022 / Daniel Ibáñez / CNAVatican City, Jan 18, 2023 / 03:05 am (CNA).At the end of his Wednesday audience, Pope Francis asked for people to join him in praying for persecuted Christians around the world.The pope said on Jan. 18 that he was praying for Father Isaac Achi, a Catholic priest who died after bandits set fire to his parish rectory in northern Nigeria.Armed bandits attacked the parish residence at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Churc...