CNA STAFF, Mar 22, 2013 / 09:21 am (CNA).- The director of the Catholic News Agency of Argentina (AICA) has told CNA that claims of Pope Francis supporting gay civil unions when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires are not true. Miguel Woites, who works... Read more
Vatican City, Mar 22, 2013 / 05:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis invited the diplomats accredited to the Holy See to join him in fighting both material and spiritual poverty, which both contribute to the lack of peace in the world. “Fighti... Read more
Albuquerque, N.M., Mar 22, 2013 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Despite only being 27 years old, Tim Harris already has a lengthy resume. The New Mexico native has won more medals than Michael Phelps, was voted homecoming king by the largest margin of votes in hi... Read more
New Orleans, La., Mar 22, 2013 / 02:00 am (CNA).- After fighting a lawsuit for over five years, Benedictine monks in Louisiana finally won the right to sell their handmade wooden caskets when a federal appeals court ruled in their favor March 20. &l... Read more
Washington D.C., Mar 22, 2013 / 12:04 am (CNA).- Five members of Congress say the U.S. State Department is not doing enough to help Pastor Saeed Abedini, an imprisoned U.S. citizen being held in an Iranian prison because of his Christian beliefs. &l... Read more
Washington D.C., Mar 21, 2013 / 05:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Despite proposals to modify the federal contraception mandate, the U.S. bishops said that the regulation is still unacceptable due to its narrow view of religion and resulting violations of rel... Read more
CNA STAFF, Mar 21, 2013 / 04:08 pm (CNA).- Clarifying previous comments, a priest who was kidnapped during Argentina’s dictatorship in the 1970s is emphasizing that Pope Francis was not responsible for his detainment. In a statement published o... Read more
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mar 21, 2013 / 12:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis surprised the owner of a kiosk in Buenos Aires with a telephone call to send his greetings and explain that he will no longer need a morning paper delivered each day. Aro... Read more
Vatican City, Mar 21, 2013 / 09:33 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis will celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at a youth detention center rather than the traditional Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Vatican says. On March 28, Holy Thursda... Read more
Annapolis, Md., Mar 21, 2013 / 04:01 am (CNA).- Catholics in Maryland are welcoming the repeal of the death penalty in the state as a step towards a culture of life that respects the dignity of all human persons, from conception to natural death. &ld... Read more
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