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Null / St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 4.0Boston, Mass., Apr 18, 2023 / 13:20 pm (CNA).The Catholic bishops of Tennessee joined more than 130 religious leaders in the state Tuesday in calling on Republican Gov. Bill Lee and the Legislature to enact tighter gun restrictions including "extreme risk" or "red flag" laws.The letter comes less than a month after a mass shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville in which a former student shot and killed three current students and three staff members."As faith leaders, we encourag...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis introduces U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, not pictured, at the start of a climate crisis event at the Arvada Center for Performing Arts in Arvada, Colorado, on March 6, 2023. / Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty ImagesDenver, Colo., Apr 15, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).Catholic and pro-life leaders lamented Colorado Gov. Jared Polis' final approval of three strongly pro-abortion bills on Friday, objecting that they prioritize abortion "at the cost of countless children's lives."The new laws ban abortion-pill reversal treatments, greatly restrict advertising for pro-l...

Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience on Dec. 28, 2022. / Vatican Media.Vatican City, Apr 16, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis asked people to pray for Sudan on Sunday, that the country's rival military factions might lay down their weapons and pursue peace."I am following with concern the events unfolding in Sudan," he said April 16, from a window overlooking St. Peter's Square. "I am close to the Sudanese people, already so tried, and I invite you to pray so that they might lay down their arms and pick up the path of peace and harmony," he added.The pope invite...

The tomb of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) in Lagiewniki, Poland. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.ukWashington D.C., Apr 16, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).Forty-two years ago, a family of three from Massachusetts packed their bags and headed to Poland seeking a miracle. Bob and Maureen Digan, along with their 8-year-old son, Bobby, arrived at Sister Faustina Kowlaska's tomb at the Shrine of Divine Mercy near Krakow on March 23, 1981. Maureen had been in a wheelchair since she was a teenager, after a diagnosis of Milroy's lymphedema and the subsequent amputation of her leg. Their son Bobby was born wi...

Null / liseykina / Shutterstock.Washington D.C., Apr 14, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that would prohibit abortions after six weeks' gestation, but the legislation will not go into effect until the Florida Supreme Court settles a lawsuit related to the state's current 15-week gestation limit.The bill, known as the Heartbeat Protection Act, passed the Senate 26-13 and the House 70-40. It received support from most of the Legislature's Republicans with only a few dissenters and was opposed by Democratic leadership. The governor signed the bill shortly afte...