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Pope Francis speaking at the general audience, Dec. 7, 2022 / Daniel Ibáñez / CNARome Newsroom, Dec 7, 2022 / 04:03 am (CNA).Pope Francis spoke Wednesday about how freeing it can be to let go of the things that we are most attached to in life and place them in Gods "benevolent hands."In his general audience on Dec. 7, the pope said that in the face of rejection, when things do not go our way, it is good to remember that "only God knows what is truly good for us."Sometimes t...

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a case examining the scope of free speech protected by the...

A He Gets Us ad in Washington, D.C. / Credit: He Gets UsDenver, Colo., Dec 5, 2022 / 13:30 pm (CNA).Television, internet, and billboard ads encouraging people to take a deeper look at Jesus have been running across the U.S. since March, thanks to the nondenominational Christian campaign He Gets Us.With a $100 million price tag and planned Super Bowl spots, He Gets Us is an initiative of the Servant Foundation. The foundation is managed by the Kansas-based foundation and donor-advised fund The Si...

Installation of the first Nativity scene in the European Parliament / Credit: European People's PartyCNA Newsroom, Dec 5, 2022 / 12:25 pm (CNA).Christmas this year marks the first time in its history that the European Parliament has allowed a Nativity scene to be set up at its headquarters in Brussels. Until now, officials of the European institution had considered it "potentially offensive."The efforts of Isabel Benjumea, a member in the EUs House of Representatives from Spain, w...

Catholics and other Christians in Congo took to the streets Dec. 4 to protest increasing...

Winter in Kyiv, Ukraine (2018) / Viktor Bystrov / Unsplah (CC0)Rome Newsroom, Dec 6, 2022 / 03:24 am (CNA).The Vaticans charity office is holding a drive to collect thermal shirts for people in Ukraine as they face an energy emergency amid the war.Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the popes almoner, said Dec. 5 that the charity office of the Vatican is "already stocking up" on thermal shirts for men, women, and children.Others are encouraged to join the initiative by bringing or shipping shir...

Null / U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa|Flickr|CC BY 2.0Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 5, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).Republicans in Congress, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, have vowed to hold up the vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to force an end to the U.S. militarys COVID-19 vaccine requirement. "We will secure lifting that vaccine mandate on our military," McCarthy said in an interview on Sunday. All military personnel are cu...

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Livia Tossici-Bolt says she was urged by council officers to "move on" after praying in public near an abortion center in Bournemouth, England. / ADF InternationalCNA Newsroom, Dec 6, 2022 / 09:06 am (CNA).Pro-life and free-speech campaigners in the United Kingdom are awaiting a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court on Wednesday regarding censorship zones around abortion clinics.The Northern Irish Assembly adopted the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Northern Ireland Bill in Marc...

Breaking News / CNABoston, Mass., Dec 4, 2022 / 13:23 pm (CNA).A Catholic campus ministry center at the University of Nebraska received a death threat Saturday morning in a note signed, "Janes Revenge," a calling card used by pro-abortion activists. "If our right to abortion in Bellevue is taken away due to the attempt to pass an abortion ban and it gets passed[,] we will shoot up your Newman center with our new AR14 rifles. Sincerely, Janes Revenge," the note, whic...