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Father Alexis Oser. / Credit: Press Diocese of Alto Valle de Río NegroACI Prensa Staff, May 14, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).After nine years without priestly ordinations, the Diocese of Alto Valle de Río Negro in Argentina on May 1 celebrated the ordination of Father Alexis Oser, 27.Bishop Alejandro Benna of Alto Valle presided over the ordination ceremony, which took place at the cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in General Roca, the city where the new priest will carry out his ministry.The last ordination for the diocese was that of Father Vicente Alberto Bó in 2014, who died in 2021 from C...

Mattel's newest Barbie doll / Photo courtesy of MattelDenver Newsroom, May 14, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).Many little girls grow up playing with Barbie dolls and wishing that a doll would look just like them. Now, little girls with Down syndrome can live this dream. The American toy company Mattel announced April 25 that the first Barbie with Down syndrome would soon be hitting the shelves.The first Barbie doll was released on March 9, 1959. Over the years, Mattel has released several kinds of Barbies representing different shapes, sizes, races, and ethnicities. In 1980, Mattel released the fi...

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in Gyumri, Armenia, June 25, 2016. / L'Osservatore Romano/CNAVatican City, May 14, 2023 / 05:15 am (CNA).On Mother's Day, Pope Francis entrusted all mothers, including those in heaven, to the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus.Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace on May 14, Pope Francis asked the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square for a round of applause to celebrate all mothers."Mother's Day is celebrated in many countries today. Let us gratefully and affectionately remember all mothers, those who are still with us and those who have gone to ...

Pope Francis greets the crowd at his Regina Caeli address on May 14, 2023. / Vatican MediaVatican City, May 14, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis prayed Sunday that the recently signed cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians will be maintained and that "the weapons will be silenced.""In the past few days, we have once again witnessed armed conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians in which innocent people have lost their lives, including women and children," the pope said in his Regina Caeli address on May 14."I hope that the cease-fire that was recently reache...

North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh. / ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, intends to veto a bill from the Republican-led Legislature that would ban most abortions at the 12-week mark as legislative and legal feuds over abortion policies continue to rage in states across the country.The legislation would reduce the state's limit on legalized abortion by eight weeks. It would set a 20-week cutoff in cases of rape and incest and a 24-week cutoff in cases of life-threatening fetal anomalies. There would be an ex...