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The loss of St. Bernard's Church in Grouard, Alberta, Canada, on May 22, 2023, makes a sad moment for those with memories of the church, said Grouard-McLennan Archbishop Gerard Pettipas. Two men have been arrested in connection with the fire. / Credit: Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan photo/B.C. CatholicVancouver, Canada, May 25, 2023 / 12:15 pm (CNA).The archbishop of Grouard-McLennan in Northern Alberta, Canada, says he is saddened but "not overcome" by the loss of a 121-year-old church to arson.Archbishop Gérard Pettipas, CSsR, released a statement Tuesday, May 23, following the M...

Cardinal Mario Grech, who serves as secretary general of the global Synod on Synodality, speaks to EWTN Rome Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser for an exclusive interview that aired on EWTN on May 22, 2023. / EWTN VaticanRome Newsroom, May 25, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).Cardinal Mario Grech, who serves as secretary general of the global Synod on Synodality, says the ongoing process underway in the Church risks missing "a moment of grace" if it focuses on polarizing issues raised during listening sessions, including same-sex marriage, abortion, and women's ordination.  In a sit-down...

A man places his hands on the glass urn holding the remains of St. Pio in Pietrelcina, Italy, in 2016. St. Pio was found to be in a state of partial deterioration and partial preservation when his coffin was opened in 2008, but experts present at the exhumation have said there was no supernatural quality to what was preserved. Artificial preservation techniques have since been applied to conserve his body from further deterioration and a lifelike mask has been placed over his skull. / Ivan Romano/GettyRome Newsroom, May 25, 2023 / 09:33 am (CNA).Catholic pilgrims are descending on a Benedictin...

Null / Shutterstock.CNA Newsroom, May 25, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill Thursday prohibiting abortion after six weeks of pregnancy that goes into effect immediately.The Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act, passed the Republican-controlled Senate Tuesday in a 27-19 vote, a week after the House passed the bill. The new law includes exceptions for rape and incest, the life of the mother, and fetal abnormalities up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. "With my signature, the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act is now law and will be...

Null / Credit: ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, May 25, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).A Catholic bishop and Alliance Defending Freedom have criticized the 2022 ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) on the Pavez Pavez vs. Chile case for proposing controversial nondiscrimination "training" regarding sexual orientation that could threaten the country's religious denominations.The court gave Chile, and indirectly the Church, two years to comply.ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner, recently interviewed Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz, the bishop of San Bernardo, Ch...