Pyongyang, North Korea, Feb 20, 2014 / 12:27 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The North Korean government has allegedly detained a 75-year-old Christian missionary named John Short, possibly for distributing Christian pamphlets. “I know he’s courage... Read more
Vatican City, Feb 19, 2014 / 08:41 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis appointed members of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Feb. 19, confirming both Cardinal Leonardo Sandri as prefect, and Archbishop Cyril Vasil as secretary. Both had been... Read more
Washington D.C., Feb 19, 2014 / 04:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians in the West must take seriously their duty to support those suffering in the Middle East, the birthplace of Christianity, said a team of filmmakers working on a documentary about the... Read more
Vatican City, Feb 19, 2014 / 02:48 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As the global number of elderly increases, one Vatican advisory group is meeting this week to discuss the many challenges associated with aging and its often accompanying disabilities. The Pont... Read more
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb 19, 2014 / 12:38 pm (CNA).- Sister Megan Rice of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for breaking into and causing damage at a Tennessee nuclear weapons manufacturing facility. ... Read more
Washington D.C., Feb 19, 2014 / 08:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have introduced bills bolstering the ability of individual states to declare what they will and will not recognize as a marriage and enforce that definition withi... Read more
Vatican City, Feb 19, 2014 / 04:57 am (CNA).- During his Wednesday audience, Pope Francis encouraged the pilgrims filling St. Peter's Square to receive the sacrament of reconciliation. "Everyone say to himself: ‘When was the last time... Read more
Denver, Colo., Feb 19, 2014 / 04:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The head of a major U.S. missionary apostolate says that evangelization – not simple catechesis – is needed to prepare Catholics for good marriages by putting Jesus Christ at the cent... Read more
Malakal, South Sudan, Feb 19, 2014 / 02:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Violence in South Sudan has put people in parts of the Diocese of Malakal at risk of starvation, as well as illnesses from a lack of clean water, a local priest has warned. “The q... Read more
Vatican City, Feb 19, 2014 / 12:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Gerhard Mueller, who will be made a cardinal Feb. 22, is a personal friend to Benedict XVI and has forged a good relationship with Pope Francis. The prefect of the Congregation for t... Read more
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