2014-05-07T10:04:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 7, 2014 at 10:04 am   By

Geneva, Switzerland, May 7, 2014 / 04:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Insinuations at a U.N. committee hearing that Catholic teaching against abortion may violate an international anti-torture convention has raised questions about the partiality of the body. ... Read more

2014-05-07T08:02:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 7, 2014 at 8:02 am   By

Vatican City, May 7, 2014 / 02:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After years of tension, news that Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has invited Pope Francis to visit the country may be a sign that relations between the Holy See and Ireland are returning to normal... Read more

2014-05-07T06:04:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 7, 2014 at 6:04 am   By

Vatican City, May 7, 2014 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis will meet with United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon May 9, as well as with the Chief Executives Board for Coordination, marking an opportunity for the Pope to encourage reform ... Read more

2014-05-06T22:05:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 6, 2014 at 10:05 pm   By

Washington D.C., May 6, 2014 / 04:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. government should designate Syria as a “country of particular concern” due to “particularly severe violations of religious freedom” in its ongoing conflict, a gl... Read more

2014-05-06T19:57:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 6, 2014 at 7:57 pm   By

Washington D.C., May 6, 2014 / 01:57 pm (CNA).- Chinese authorities’ bulldozing of a large Protestant church shows the need for greater respect for religious freedom in the country, a U.S. congressman has said. “The destruction of church... Read more

2014-05-06T17:21:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 6, 2014 at 5:21 pm   By

Vatican City, May 6, 2014 / 11:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Thirty young men joined the ranks of the Swiss Guards today, taking an oath of allegiance to Pope Francis and promising to serve the Church by protecting him and all of his successors. Addressin... Read more

2014-05-06T16:54:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 6, 2014 at 4:54 pm   By

Rome, Italy, May 6, 2014 / 10:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In an address to the presidency of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Cardinal Gerhard Müller reaffirmed the necessity of reform of the conference, saying it has effectively moved be... Read more

2014-05-06T13:57:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 6, 2014 at 1:57 pm   By

Vatican City, May 6, 2014 / 07:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his daily Mass Pope Francis recounted the death of St. Stephen, the Church’s first martyr, explaining that being a Christian means giving witness rather than remaining sterile within ourse... Read more

2014-05-06T10:01:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 6, 2014 at 10:01 am   By

Geneva, Switzerland, May 6, 2014 / 04:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- All individuals who commit torture and abuse must face prosecution from legitimate government authorities, a Holy See delegation has told a U.N. committee on a global anti-torture convention... Read more

2014-05-06T09:40:00+00:00

Last updated on: May 6, 2014 at 9:40 am   By

Vatican City, May 6, 2014 / 03:40 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During Italy’s fourth annual March for Life, two women shared testimonies of being conceived in rape, and expressed hope that they can offer light to women who are pregnant through similar ci... Read more

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