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Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrates a Pontifical Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament at Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, London, Sept. 11, 2021. / Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.London, England, May 3, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).The coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, May 6, will be a historic moment for both the Catholic Church and the British monarchy, as well as the whole of the U.K.For the first time since the Reformation, a Catholic prelate will be formally participating in the coronation ceremony, along with other Christian leaders across the country who have been invited to formally bestow a...

Father Dario E. Viganò, president of the MAC Foundation, shares about the foundation in a May 2, 2023, presentation at the Vatican' Apostolic Library / Credit: Father Dario E. ViganòRome Newsroom, May 3, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).Unveiled this week, an Italian foundation aims to both preserve and give better access to the audiovisual heritage of the Catholic Church.One member of the MAC Foundation, which takes its name from the Italian initials for "Audiovisual Memories of Catholicism," said the foundation is working to create a digital library that will be "a single online access...

Null / Video_Creative / Shutterstock.Boston, Mass., May 3, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont signed a bill Tuesday allowing non-residents to avail themselves of the state's assisted suicide law.Vermont legalized assisted suicide in 2013, but with this new law became the first state in the nation to change its legislation to allow the life-ending procedure to those living out of state, according to the Associated Press.Oregon stopped enforcing its residency requirement for assisted suicide in 2022 but has not enshrined that provision in law.Earlier this year Vermo...

Bishop Richard Henning (left) and Bishop Thomas Tobin. / Credit: Diocese of Rockville Centre / Diocese of ProvidenceBoston, Mass., May 1, 2023 / 10:50 am (CNA).Pope Francis announced Monday that he has accepted the resignation letter of Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, submitted on his 75th birthday on April 1, as required by canon law.Tobin is succeeded by Bishop Richard Henning, whom Pope Francis in November appointed as coadjutor bishop of Providence, home to more than 603,000 Catholics. "On this day dedicated to St. Joseph the Worker, and as we begin thi...

Null / Credit: Brian A Jackson / ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, May 1, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).A court has decreed that preliminary proceedings be initiated to investigate a group of artists for "the possible existence of a criminal offense" against religious sentiments.The decision of the Trial Court No. 6 of Fuenlabrada, Spain, was made as a result of a complaint filed by the Christian Lawyers Foundation.The complaint alleges the so-called Collective of Southern Artists (CAS) committed the crime of derision of the Christian faith.Specifically, the lawsuit was filed for an exhibition o...