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Pope Francis cuts salaries of Vatican cardinals again
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 18:40 pm Pope Francis has decided to cut the salaries of the cardinals working at the Vatican again, a measure that will take effect Nov. 1. According to the Italian ANSA news agency, layman Maximino Caballero Ledo, the prefect of the Secretariat for the…
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Pope Francis in Angelus address mourns Catholic priest murdered in Mexico
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 27, 2024 / 11:40 am In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis remembered Father Marcelo Pérez, a priest recently murdered in the violence-stricken region of Chiapas, Mexico. The pope called the slain priest “a zealous servant of the Gospel and God’s faithful people” and said he joined the…
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Synod final document: key changes for Catholic Church’s future
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú Rome Newsroom, Oct 26, 2024 / 16:48 pm In a significant departure from previous synods, Pope Francis adopted the final document of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday, forgoing the traditional apostolic exhortation in favor of direct implementation of the assembly’s conclusions. The 52-page document, approved by 355 synod members in attendance,…
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UPDATE: Satanic Temple denies it intends to desecrate the Eucharist during planned ‘black mass’
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2024 / 17:20 pm The so-called Satanic Temple on Thursday denied that it intends to use a consecrated host during a sacrilegious “black mass” event scheduled for this evening. The Archdiocese of Atlanta has since confirmed that “a representative for The Satanic Temple of Atlanta has now provided…
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Doctor concealed tax-funded puberty blocker study after it did not show mental health benefits
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2024 / 17:45 pm A doctor who runs the “transgender” clinic at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles blocked the publication of a $6 million federal study on puberty blockers because the results failed to show any mental health benefits for children who were given the gender transition drugs,…
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New York theater shuts down as archdiocese says performances must be in line with Church
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 23, 2024 / 16:15 pm An off-Broadway theater in Manhattan has closed down after its landlord — the Archdiocese of New York — began exercising greater scrutiny over the plays performed there to ensure they were in line with Catholic teaching. The New York-based art group SheNYC said in a press release…
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Church in Venezuela demands release of minors jailed in election protests
By Andrés Henríquez Caracas, Venezuela, Oct 22, 2024 / 18:15 pm At the conclusion of the 45th Extraordinary Plenary Assembly of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference (CEV, by its Spanish acronym), the bishops published a statement that included an analysis of the current state of the country along with a demand that the government release thousands…
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Jerusalem cardinal: Two-state solution to end Israel-Hamas war is now ‘unrealistic’
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 21, 2024 / 18:30 pm The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, has indicated that for now a two-state solution to end the war between Israel and Hamas in the Holy Land is “not realistic.” “My impression is that no one wants a wider conflict, but…
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Pope Francis canonizes 14 new saints, including priests martyred in Syria
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 20, 2024 / 11:00 am Pope Francis canonized 14 new saints on Sunday, including a father of eight and Franciscan friars killed in Syria for refusing to renounce their faith and convert to Islam. In a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 20, the pope declared three nineteenth-century…
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‘Pray for a decent end to the Synod’: Cardinal Zen and George Weigel criticize Vatican’s China strategy
By AC Wimmer Vatican City, Oct 19, 2024 / 11:05 am Two prominent Catholics — Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong and American author George Weigel — have leveled sharp criticisms at the Synod on Synodality, focusing particularly on the Vatican’s approach to China. In a blog post published on Oct. 18, Zen, the 92-year-old bishop…