2014-05-23T22:04:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 23, 2014 at 10:04 pm   By

Washington D.C., May 23, 2014 / 04:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A U.N. anti-torture committee’s report on the Holy See recognized Church efforts to combat sex abuse, but some problems in the committee’s approach risk undermining international tr... Read more

2014-05-23T19:47:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 23, 2014 at 7:47 pm   By

Geneva, Switzerland, May 23, 2014 / 01:47 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A U.N. anti-torture committee report has said that the Holy See did not violate the international Convention Against Torture. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the apostolic nuncio leading the ... Read more

2014-05-23T19:36:00+00:00

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Jerusalem, Israel, May 23, 2014 / 01:36 pm (CNA).- The leaders of the Catholic communities in Israel, Jordan and Cyprus have chosen the logo and motto for the Pope's pilgrimage which will begin on Saturday, May 24. The motto is ¨That they ma... Read more

2014-05-23T19:28:00+00:00

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Jerusalem, Israel, May 23, 2014 / 01:28 pm (CNA).- CNA's special coverage team has arrived in the Holy Land for Pope Francis' historic visit. This weekend they will be bringing the prayer intentions of our readers to Jerusalem's Holy Sepul... Read more

2014-05-23T15:55:00+00:00

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Rome, Italy, May 23, 2014 / 09:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis privately visited the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome this morning to pray and entrust to the Virgin Mary his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. After 15 minutes of meditation and pray... Read more

2014-05-23T15:48:00+00:00

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Jerusalem, Israel, May 23, 2014 / 09:48 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A local youth has praised Pope Francis’ decision to visit Jerusalem’s Yad Veshem holocaust memorial during his Holy Land trip, saying that it raises awareness to what the Jewish c... Read more

2014-05-23T13:25:00+00:00

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Jos, Nigeria, May 23, 2014 / 07:25 am (CNA/EWTN News).- One day after bombings in his city killed nearly 120, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Nigeria, has called on the international community to take tangible steps in helping to defeat a radical I... Read more

2014-05-23T10:04:00+00:00

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Washington D.C., May 23, 2014 / 04:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Two U.S. bishops have joined other religious leaders in asking Secretary of State John Kerry to continue “determined U.S. leadership” in negotiating for peace between Palestine and ... Read more

2014-05-23T07:24:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 23, 2014 at 7:24 am   By

Vatican City, May 23, 2014 / 01:24 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Vatican official has revealed that Pope Francis was displeased by an extravagant banquet at a Vatican office during the recent canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, Italian media ar... Read more

2014-05-23T02:03:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 23, 2014 at 2:03 am   By

Ulan Bator, Mongolia, May 22, 2014 / 08:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Bishop Wenceslao Padilla, prefect of Ulaanbaatar – the local Church covering all of Mongolia – spoke with Aid to the Church in Need earlier this month about the Church's gr... Read more

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