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U.S. President Joe Biden / Credit: White House - Public DomainDenver, Colo., Jan 6, 2023 / 17:15 pm (CNA).President Joe Biden will visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday, days after his administration announced several changes in immigration policy, including stricter enforcement action against Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans who try to cross the border unlawfully."Do not just show up at the border. Stay where you are and apply legally from there," the president said in Thursday rema...

Bishop-designate Michael John Izen, next auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Minneapolis-St. Paul. / Archdiocese of Minneapolis-St. PaulDenver, Colo., Jan 6, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA).Father Michael John Izen has served the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as a priest for almost 18 years, and Pope Francis has decided he will be the archdioceses next auxiliary bishop."I was surprised, humbled, and a little terrified when I received the call from the apostolic nuncio informing me that P...

Visit to the United States - April 15- 20, 2008 / Vatican MediaWashington D.C., Jan 6, 2023 / 12:55 pm (CNA).Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31, was remembered as "brilliant," yet "humble" and "warm" in a discussion yesterday with some of Americas most notable Catholics. "Even if he had never become pope," said Mary Ann Glendon, former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, "[Benedict XVIs] legacy would have been the legacy of one of the grea...

The World Cup arrived Jan. 4, 2023, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján in Argentina. / Credit: Luján ShrineACI Prensa Staff, Jan 6, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).The World Cup won by the Argentine soccer team arrived Wednesday at the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján as a way of thanking the Virgin for the team winning the world championship. The rector of the basilica, Father Lucas García, considered it "a joy" to be able to make the connection between what soccer represents and the Virgin ...

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, the outgoing president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaking on Nov. 15, 2022, at the conference's fall assembly in Baltimore. / Screenshot from USCCB videoWashington D.C., Jan 6, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA).At a Jan. 5 memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Archbishop José Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles said that while the late pope will be remembered for his great intellect, his real legacy will be the love he ha...

The blind man from birth washes his eyes in the Pool of Siloam / Credit: Wikimedia / Public DomainCNA Newsroom, Jan 7, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).The excavation site of the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem, the place where Jesus restored sight to a blind man, will be open to the public for the first time.The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the Israel National Parks Authority, and the City of David Foundation announced the start of excavations that will allow the complete exposure of the Pool of Siloam...

Pope Francis delivers the Angelus address for the Solemnity of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2023. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Jan 7, 2023 / 07:35 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Friday issued a document reorganizing the Vicariate of Rome in what he called a time of "epochal change."The apostolic constitution, In Ecclesiarum Communione, replaces a 1998 constitution promulgated by Pope John Paul II. It goes into effect on Jan. 31."In arranging this new Constitution for the Vicariate," Fra...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in summer 2017 / EWTN/Paul BaddeRome Newsroom, Jan 7, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).Pope Benedict XVI spent the final decade of his life largely out of the public eye, living in retirement as pope emeritus in a monastery in Vatican City.The retired pope, whose pontificate lasted from 2005 to 2013, was the first pope to resign in almost 600 years, shocking the world with a Latin-language announcement of his retirement on Feb. 11, 2013.He was 85 years old at the time and cited h...

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Null / Sundry Photography / ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Jan 6, 2023 / 07:22 am (CNA).Abortion pills that can end a pregnancy through 10 weeks gestation will have far wider availability as CVS and Walgreens have announced they intend to fill prescriptions for the drug mifepristone, following federal rule changes on Tuesday.The move drew criticism from pro-life activists. Lila Rose of LiveAction said on Twitter Jan. 4 it is "disgusting that pharmacists will now be dispensing lethal poison alon...