2013-08-01T08:03:00+00:00

Last updated on: August 1, 2013 at 8:03 am   By

Raleigh, N.C., Aug 1, 2013 / 02:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pro-life advocates are praising North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory for signing into law a multi-part pro-life bill that rasies abortion safety regulations in the state. “While we pray for the... Read more

2013-08-01T00:48:00+00:00

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 31, 2013 / 06:48 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Orani Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro said World Youth Day 2013 has had a positive impact on the country, not only in economic terms, but also as far as Catholic witness.  &... Read more

2013-07-31T23:03:00+00:00

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Bridgeport, Conn., Jul 31, 2013 / 05:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has selected Auxiliary Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Brooklyn to be the next Bishop of Bridgeport, Conn. “My friends, I come to you as a fellow pilgrim on the journey of fa... Read more

2013-07-31T22:40:00+00:00

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Vatican City, Jul 31, 2013 / 04:40 pm (CNA).- The Institute for Religious Works, informally known as the Vatican Bank, has launched a new website intended to advance transparency about the institute at a time of controversy. The institute’s pre... Read more

2013-07-31T19:31:00+00:00

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Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Jul 31, 2013 / 01:31 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Celebrating Mass for the 79 victims of the July 24 train crash near Santiago de Compostela, Spanish Archbishop Julia Barrio invited the mourning families to seek hope and comfort ... Read more

2013-07-31T17:05:00+00:00

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Vatican City, Jul 31, 2013 / 11:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis is considering whether he will make Pope Pius XII a saint, in the same way that he approved the cause of John XXIII.   A source who works at the Vatican’s Congregation fo... Read more

2013-07-31T15:51:00+00:00

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Vatican City, Jul 31, 2013 / 09:51 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis’ message for the Jan. 1, 2014 World Day of Peace is that living a life of fraternity can lead to peace for a world struggling with many tragedies. “In the face of the m... Read more

2013-07-31T14:21:00+00:00

Last updated on: July 31, 2013 at 2:21 pm   By

Rome, Italy, Jul 31, 2013 / 08:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis celebrated the Feast of Saint Ignatius in Rome by reminding his fellow Jesuits of the dual centrality of Christ and the Church for their lives and their order. Jesuit Father Federic... Read more

2013-07-31T10:06:00+00:00

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Denver, Colo., Jul 31, 2013 / 04:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Thirty-year-old Heather Quinlan will soon be leaving her home in California to spend a year in Rwanda serving as a mentor and English teacher at a Catholic boarding school for girls ages 11 to 19... Read more

2013-07-31T08:08:00+00:00

Last updated on: July 31, 2013 at 8:08 am   By

Washington D.C., Jul 31, 2013 / 02:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Recent comments by Pope Francis on the role of women in the Church not only assert that their status does not depend on ordination, but call for a developed “theology of women,” say... Read more

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