2013-10-30T08:04:00+00:00

Last updated on: October 30, 2013 at 8:04 am   By

Lusaka, Zambia, Oct 30, 2013 / 02:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholic television is coming to the southern African country of Zambia following years of effort by the Zambian bishops conference. “It has been a very long wait, but worthwhile,”... Read more

2013-10-30T06:01:00+00:00

Last updated on: October 30, 2013 at 6:01 am   By

Alexandria, Egypt, Oct 30, 2013 / 12:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A  priest of the Coptic Patriarchate of Alexandria has rejected claims that attacks on Egyptian Christians are a religious conflict, noting that terrorists in the country are attacking m... Read more

2013-10-29T23:42:00+00:00

Last updated on: October 29, 2013 at 11:42 pm   By

Austin, Texas, Oct 29, 2013 / 05:42 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A ban on abortions when an unborn baby can feel pain took effect in Texas today, one day after a federal judge blocked other new restrictions on abortion practices in the state. “The Amer... Read more

2013-10-29T22:01:00+00:00

Last updated on: October 29, 2013 at 10:01 pm   By

Los Angeles, Calif., Oct 29, 2013 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- Mother Antonia Brenner, who married and divorced twice before converting to the Catholic faith and devoting herself to prison ministry for nearly 39 years in Tijuana, died Oct. 17 at the age of 86. ... Read more

2013-10-29T21:36:00+00:00

Last updated on: October 29, 2013 at 9:36 pm   By

Vatican City, Oct 29, 2013 / 03:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has passed 10 million followers across nine different language accounts on the popular social media network Twitter, where users publish messages of 140 characters or fewer. On Oct.... Read more

2013-10-29T18:16:00+00:00

Last updated on: October 29, 2013 at 6:16 pm   By

Passaic, NJ, Oct 29, 2013 / 12:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Father Kurt Burnette, rector of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Pittsburgh, was appointed Bishop of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Passaic, which serves nearly 15,000 Ruthenian Catholics, on Oct. 29... Read more

2013-10-29T16:16:00+00:00

Last updated on: October 29, 2013 at 4:16 pm   By

Vatican City, Oct 29, 2013 / 10:16 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During his daily Mass Pope Francis reflected on the virtue of hope, stressing that it is a gift which does not disappoint, and warning of the false attitudes that can appear to be the virtue. &... Read more

2013-10-29T12:59:00+00:00

Last updated on: October 29, 2013 at 12:59 pm   By

Vatican City, Oct 29, 2013 / 06:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Leonard P. Blair of Toledo, Ohio to lead the diocese of Hartford, Connecticut, following the retirement of the diocese's previous archbishop. “With j... Read more

2013-10-29T10:09:00+00:00

Last updated on: October 29, 2013 at 10:09 am   By

Washington D.C., Oct 29, 2013 / 04:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As tens of thousands of runners crossed the finish line in the Oct. 27 Marine Corps Marathon, 24 participants completed the race having raised over $25,000 for the Archdiocese for Military Serv... Read more

2013-10-29T08:07:00+00:00

Last updated on: October 29, 2013 at 8:07 am   By

Vatican City, Oct 29, 2013 / 02:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid, in Sudan, upon having reached the age limit of 75. Bishop Gassis was succeeded Oct. 28 by his coadjutor,... Read more

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