2013-11-19T09:04:00+00:00

Last updated on: November 19, 2013 at 9:04 am   By

Washington D.C., Nov 19, 2013 / 02:04 am (CNA).- After lengthy advocacy from both human rights and Christian groups, the U.S. State Department has officially designated the Nigeria-based Islamist group Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organization. ... Read more

2013-11-19T07:04:00+00:00

Last updated on: November 19, 2013 at 7:04 am   By

Vatican City, Nov 19, 2013 / 12:04 am (CNA).- At least 30 priests employed in Vatican departments may be removed from their posts and sent to dioceses in the following months, according to three different Vatican sources.   “The Congregati... Read more

2013-11-19T00:28:00+00:00

Last updated on: November 19, 2013 at 12:28 am   By

Washington D.C., Nov 18, 2013 / 05:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Members of minority religious communities, particularly Christians in the Middle East, face grave persecution around the world, religious freedom experts warn. "There are parts of the w... Read more

2013-11-18T22:09:00+00:00

Last updated on: November 18, 2013 at 10:09 pm   By

Vatican City, Nov 18, 2013 / 03:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Nov. 15 approved a new document on the rules for the Holy See's financial oversight agency to distinguish better the roles and functions of its leadership. The Pope's doc... Read more

2013-11-18T21:58:00+00:00

Last updated on: November 18, 2013 at 9:58 pm   By

Vatican City, Nov 18, 2013 / 02:58 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In his daily homily Pope Francis cautioned against modern society's push for a unified secular ideology, saying that this does not create positive globalization but rather an “adolescent... Read more

2013-11-18T17:38:00+00:00

Last updated on: November 18, 2013 at 5:38 pm   By

Vatican City, Nov 18, 2013 / 10:38 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis will officially deliver his first post-synodal apostolic exhortation to coincide with the end of the Year of Faith. During a Nov. 18 press conferenc... Read more

2013-11-18T12:32:00+00:00

Last updated on: November 18, 2013 at 12:32 pm   By

Vatican City, Nov 18, 2013 / 05:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A well-known composer and professor in Rome has revealed his goal of depicting the Bible through musical composition, stressing that it is an important avenue of evangelization. “My career... Read more

2013-11-18T11:05:00+00:00

Last updated on: November 18, 2013 at 11:05 am   By

Mexico City, Mexico, Nov 18, 2013 / 04:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Church in the Americas will be strengthened only by faithful Catholics whose lives of witness flow from their relationship with Jesus, the archbishop of Rio de Janeiro has said. &quo... Read more

2013-11-17T23:09:00+00:00

Last updated on: November 17, 2013 at 11:09 pm   By

Baltimore, Md., Nov 17, 2013 / 04:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians should be warm, and so invite people into relationship with Christ and the “yes” of the Gospel, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, says. “Evangelizat... Read more

2013-11-17T20:54:00+00:00

Last updated on: November 17, 2013 at 8:54 pm   By

Mexico City, Mexico, Nov 17, 2013 / 01:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Church leaders at a conference in Mexico City emphasized unity and Christ-centered witness, as they discussed Our Lady of Guadalupe's ongoing call to evangelize the Americas. "O... Read more

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