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Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services. / EWTN News In DepthWashington D.C., May 1, 2023 / 12:10 pm (CNA).After the U.S. Senate approved a Department of Veterans Affairs rule that provides for abortions at the department's medical centers, the archbishop of military services issued a scathing letter condemning the Senate and the Biden administration. The Senate voted 51-48 to affirm the new rule, which ensures VA medical centers provide abortion when the life or health of the mother is deemed to be at risk or in cases of rape or incest, reg...

The statue of Our Lady of Fatima was returned to St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Gibbsboro, New Jersey, Sept. 7, 2022. / Msgr. Louis MarucciBoston, Mass., May 1, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).One of the replicas of the original Our Lady of Fatima statue will be touring the Archdiocese of Newark from April 28 to May 31. It was crafted using detailed instructions from Servant of God Sister Lucia Dos Santos, one of the three Fatima seers.One of only 13 copies in the world, the statue is typically housed at the Shrine of Fatima in Fatima, Portugal, where the Marian apparitions of Fatima, Po...

Null / Chinnapong / ShutterstockRome Newsroom, May 2, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis has praised the Billings method of natural family planning as "a valuable tool" for married couples that also provides needed education about the meaning of the conjugal act."In the second half of the last century, as pharmacological research for fertility control expanded and the contraceptive culture was on the rise, John and Evelyn Billings conducted careful scientific research and developed a simple method, accessible to women and couples, for natural knowledge of fertility, offering the...

Pope Francis stands on an altar erected outside the Parliament Building in Budapest's Kossuth Lajos' Square during a public outdoor Mass on April 30, 2023. / Vatican MediaCNA Staff, Apr 30, 2023 / 05:47 am (CNA).During an outdoor Mass in Budapest on Good Shepherd Sunday, Pope Francis called on Hungarians to be "open and inclusive," reflecting on how Jesus wants his flock to share the abundant life they've received from him."Though we are diverse and come from different communities, the Lord has brought us together, so that his immense love can enfold us in one embrace,...

In his address to a Catholic university in Hungary, Pope Francis spoke about the false freedoms offered by both communism and consumerism, and encouraged people to seek out Christ's truth. / Vatican NewsRome, Italy, Apr 30, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA).Speaking at a Catholic university in Hungary on Sunday, Pope Francis warned of the risk of technological domination and the threat it poses to culture and to our human ecology.He also spoke about the false freedoms offered by both communism and consumerism, and encouraged people to seek out Christ's truth.On April 30 the pope addressed around 250 peopl...