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Jim Caviezel (left) will once again portray Jesus in the new Mel Gibson movie "The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection," which is set to begin production in spring 2023. / DFree/Shutterstock and Tinseltown/ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Jan 15, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).The highly anticipated sequel to "The Passion of the Christ" is set to begin filming this spring. The film, "The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection," will focus on the days immediately following Christs cru...

Pope Francis presides over the funeral Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square on Jan. 5, 2023. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Jan 15, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA).It was widely anticipated that a major reform of the Diocese of Rome was coming, as Pope Francis has been thinking about it for some time.But no one expected it to come when it did: On Jan. 6, one day after the funeral of Francis predecessor as Bishop of Rome, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.With the reform, Pope Francis fir...

Debbie and David Cowden, authors of "The Prayer Book for Tired Parents," told EWTN News Nightly in an interview on Jan. 6, 2023, that the book is "really focusing on growing together as a family, loving God more, and raising our kids to be great saints." / Credit: Victoria Cerise | mysticalrosephotos.comDenver, Colo., Jan 14, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).While many new parents might expect that the birth of a child will lead to a loss of sleep and that their savings could take a hit...

The bishops' call for adherence to Catholic "rules" follows an internet controversy over a August 2022 video of a laywoman who seemed to concelebrate Mass with priests. / Katholisches Medienzentrum YouTube screenshotDenver, Colo., Jan 12, 2023 / 10:10 am (CNA).Only ordained priests may preside at Mass, and the liturgy should not be "a testing ground for personal projects," three Swiss bishops have said. Their intervention follows internet controversy over a video of a l...

A Detroit-area pro-life pregnancy center and the home of one of its board members were spray-painted with threatening messages early in the morning of Dec. 17, 2022. / Pregnancy Aid DetroitSt. Louis, Mo., Jan 12, 2023 / 11:10 am (CNA).The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning recent attacks of vandalism, violence, and destruction against pro-life facilities, groups, and churches, and called on the Biden administration to investigate and prosecute the crimes.&n...

Null / Credit: ShutterstockCNA Newsroom, Jan 12, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).The Christian Lawyers Foundation in Spain has begun an online petition calling for the cancellation of "Scandal, Story of an Obsession," a television series that portrays the relationship between a 42-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy.For Christian Lawyers, the series promotes "the most absolute whitewashing of pedophilia," which "crosses the unhealthy line" of sexual attraction towards childr...

Cardinal George Pell gives an interview to EWTN News at his home in Rome in December 2020. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNARome Newsroom, Jan 12, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).Cardinal George Pell arrived in Rome on Sept. 30, 2020, in the midst of Vatican financial scandals and the immediate aftermath of the resignation of his once-rival, Cardinal Angelo Becciu.Pell returned to the Eternal City after defending himself against abuse charges in his home country of Australia for three years. In April 2020, Aust...

Frank Pavone gives a reflection on Scripture on his YouTube channel. / Credit: Screengrab YouTube Jan. 7, 2023.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 13, 2023 / 09:33 am (CNA).Frank Pavone, the national director of Priests for Life, was notified of his recent laicization, a diocesan official has told CNA, contradicting the ex-priests repeated claims that he has not received official notification of the Vaticans decree dismissing him from the clerical state.An official with the Amarillo Diocese in Texas,...

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, will chair the new subcommittee investigating the "weaponization" of the FBI and IRS. / Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty ImagesWashington D.C., Jan 13, 2023 / 12:28 pm (CNA).The House of Representatives will soon launch investigations into what Republicans call "the weaponization of the federal government" against political opponents, including pro-life activists.The new Republican-majority House passed H.R. 12, "Establishing a Select Subcommit...

Cardinal George Pell. / Matthew RareyRome Newsroom, Jan 13, 2023 / 13:05 pm (CNA).A Catholic journalist from Italy revealed Wednesday that Cardinal George Pell, who died on Jan. 10, had been the author of a controversial memo about the next papal election.The anonymous memo was circulated among cardinals during Lent last year and made public by Sandro Magister on March 15, 2022.Magister, a longtime Vatican journalist, revealed the identity of the documents author on Jan. 11, the day after Pells ...