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Father Marko Rupnik, SJ. / Screenshot Vatican NewsRome Newsroom, Jan 11, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).Jesuits in Slovenia have asked for forgiveness from the women who have have accused Father Marko Rupnik, S..J, of spiritual and sexual abuse, saying they believe the claims.Rupnik, a Jesuit priest and artist originally from Slovenia, has been accused of the sexual, spiritual, and psychological abuse of at least nine women from a religious community with which he was formerly connected.The alleged abuse...

Protesters clash with members of the Peruvian riot police during a demonstration in the city of Cusco, Peru, on Jan. 11, 2023. / Photo by IVAN FLORES/AFP via Getty ImagesCNA Newsroom, Jan 11, 2023 / 17:15 pm (CNA).The Standing Council of the Peruvian Bishops Conference condemned the murder of a policeman burned alive by a mob during violent protests taking place in the Puno region in the countrys south."We cannot go back to the dark times of terror that afflicted our country for 20 years. T...

Cardinal George Pell leads Eucharistic adoration and a Eucharistic procession at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome on May 18, 2021. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Jan 12, 2023 / 03:38 am (CNA).The funeral Mass of Cardinal George Pell will be held in St. Peters Basilica at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, the Vatican announced Thursday.Pell, the prefect emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy, died suddenly in Rome on Jan. 10, at the age of 81.The funer...

Null / ShutterstockCNA Newsroom, Jan 11, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA).Dozens of abductees are still being held in captivity following the Christmas Day attack on Angwan Aku Village in Kaduna, a state located in the north of Nigeria, a Catholic priest in the West African country has told ACI Africa in an interview. On Christmas Day 2022, militant Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists attacked Angwan Aku village, reportedly killing one person and abducting 53 others, according to a Persecution.org re...

Null / Credit: Aditya Romansa/UnsplashCNA Newsroom, Jan 11, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).The pro-life referral service Grávida (Pregnant) Santa Fe in Argentina issued a statement clarifying erroneous information about the assistance provided to a pregnant minor, a victim of rape, and her mother, insisting that both voluntarily sought pro-life help.Various media outlets have recently charged that on Jan. 2, the civil association Grávida held a pregnant girl and her mother "captive" in one of...

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Cardinal George Pell. / Matthew Rarey/CNACNA Newsroom, Jan 10, 2023 / 18:17 pm (CNA).The Catholic Church in Australia reacted with surprise and sadness at the news of the death of Cardinal George Pell, with one former prime minister saying the country had "lost a great son and the Church has lost a great leader."Pell, prefect emeritus of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, died Tuesday in Rome at the age of 81 from cardiac arrest."This news comes as a great shock to all of us...

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua (on the left), during his hearing on Jan. 10, 2023. / Credit: Judiciary of NicaraguaCNA Newsroom, Jan 10, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who has been held under house arrest in Nicaragua by the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, since August 2022, will be put on trial, accused of "conspiracy" and spreading "fake news" against the regime.In a hearing held today, a...

Cardinal George Pell gives an interview to EWTN News in Rome, Italy, on Dec. 9, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. / nullWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 10, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).Cardinal George Pell, prefect emeritus of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, died on Tuesday at the age of 81.The Australian prelate suffered a cardiac arrest and died at 8:50 p.m. Rome time, his secretary confirmed to EWTN. A towering figure of the Church both physically and intellectually, Pell served for ma...

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