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Pro-lifers march through lower Manhattan amid a heavy downpour and pro-abortion protests necessitating a significant police presence on March 23, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey BrunoWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 25, 2024 / 18:18 pm (CNA).In what has become an annual confrontation, pro-life advocates faced taunts and intimidation from abortion activists as they made their way through the streets of New York City amid a heavy downpour for the annual International Gift of Life Walk on Saturday. As hundreds of pro-lifers walked the route, escorted by a contingent of "New York's Finest" police officers, the protesters followed them, shouting "Shame on you!" and hurling expletives along the way.The record-breaking deluge dropped 3.6 inches of rain on the group, but neither the animosity of the protesters nor the weather dampened their spirits."Man, did it rain. But the joy? It's incredible," Jeffrey Bruno, a Catholic photojournalist who documented the event, told CNA. He des...
Plymouth Bishop-elect Christopher Whitehead's planned installation was cancelled in February. / Credit: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk|Flickr|CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEEDCNA Staff, Mar 25, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).A diocese in England has announced that it will undertake "no canonical action" against a priest whose installation as bishop of Plymouth was canceled without explanation earlier this year.The Diocese of Plymouth had said in a statement in early February that the ordination of Plymouth Bishop-elect Christopher Whitehead, at the time a priest in the nearby Diocese of Clifton, would "not take place" on Feb. 22 as had been previously scheduled."A canonical process is currently underway, and no further comments will be made until this has been concluded," the diocese said at the time, noting that Whitehead himself had "stepped back from active ministry whilst this process is ongoing."In the wake of the announcement, the Plymouth Diocese had quickly moved to scrub its website of...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey held a news conference to sign school choice legislation on March 7, 2024, in Montgomery, Alabama. / Credit: Governor's Office /Hal YeagerCNA Staff, Mar 25, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).The school choice debate continues to resonate across the nation following a record year in 2023, when 20 states expanded school choice programs, with 11 states enacting "universal" school choice by allowing all students to use state tuition assistance to attend nonpublic schools.More than 13.7% of Catholic school students nationwide use school choice program funding to help with tuition, according to the latest data from the National Catholic Education Association. In Ohio, Florida, Indiana, and Arizona, more than half of students attending Catholic schools receive tuition aid from school choice programs.Popular programs include publicly funded "education savings accounts" (ESAs) as well as tax credit scholarships, which allow taxpayers to receive tax credits ...
Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist will be shown in theaters June 4, 5, and 6, 2024. / Credit: Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the EucharistCNA Staff, Mar 25, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).A new film focusing on the transformative power of the Eucharist will be hitting the big screen this June."Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist" will take viewers on a journey to rediscover and revive the importance of the Eucharist through dialogue with notable Catholic figures by exploring the biblical origins of the Eucharist and sharing personal stories from those whose lives have been impacted by the Blessed Sacrament. The film will be shown in theaters nationwide June 4, 5, and 6 through Fathom Events. Each date will consist of two showings, a 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. showing in each given time zone. Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist will be shown in theaters June 4-6. Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the EucharistSeveral well-known Catholics make an appearance in the fi...
Mother Angelica. / Credit: Eternal Word Television NetworkACI Prensa Staff, Mar 24, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA).Mother Angelica, foundress of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), CNA's parent company, once offered helpful advice for Holy Week.In a program broadcast in March 1994 before Easter, Mother Angelica offered five ways to be well prepared when the Easter Triduum begins. Her Holy Week recommendations continue to be wise and practical to this day:1. Repent and change your life.At the beginning of her reflections, Mother Angelica mentioned Marian apparitions and said that they all have in common the call to "repentance, a metanoia, a change of life."When the Virgin's message is followed, the person must make you "a better Catholic, a better Christian, it must make you a better individual, make you more loving, more kind, more forgiving. It has to make you appreciate Jesus more and appreciate our Mother, your family more.""It has to make you more loving in your family and ...
On Palm Sunday, hundreds of priests, bishops, cardinals, and lay people solemnly carried large palm branches in procession through St. Peter Square. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Mar 24, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA).On Palm Sunday, hundreds of priests, bishops, cardinals, and lay people solemnly carried large palm branches in procession through St. Peter Square to begin the first liturgy of Holy Week. "Dear brothers and sisters, since the beginning of Lent until now we have prepared our hearts by penance and charitable works," Pope Francis said in a soft voice at the beginning of Palm Sunday Mass on March 24. "Today we gather together to herald with the whole Church the beginning of the celebration of our Lord's Paschal Mystery, that is to say, of his Passion and Resurrection."Cardinals and bishops carry intricately decorated palm branches in the Palm Sunday procession in St. Peter's Square on March 24, 2024. Bénédicte Cedergren/EWTN NewsSpeaking in St. Peter's Square adorned with palm...
Pope Francis greets staff and families of RAI, Italy's national public broadcasting company, March 23, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Mar 23, 2024 / 13:53 pm (CNA).Pope Francis on Saturday spoke on the important role public broadcasting plays in the transmission of information, serving the common good, and as an instrument to fight the spread of "fake news." "Your work is intended above all to be a response to the needs of the citizens, in a spirit of universal openness, with action capable of extending throughout the territory without becoming localist, respecting and promoting the dignity of each person," the pope said in a Saturday morning address to the managers, journalists, and staff of RAI, Italy's national public broadcasting company. The 87-year-old pontiff seemed to be in good spirits as he delivered the nearly 10-minute-long address. In the last month, the pope has relied on aides to deliver his Wednesday general audience and speeches as he recovered from...
View of the Vatican from the Tiber / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNACNA Newsroom, Mar 23, 2024 / 05:30 am (CNA).The Vatican and the German bishops have announced they will work together to resolve the controversial German Synodal Way. In a joint press release, the two parties on March 22 said further meetings would "develop concrete forms of synodality in the Church in Germany, which are in accordance with the ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council, the requirements of canon law, and the results of the world Synod, and which will subsequently be submitted to the Holy See for approval."According to the press release by the German Bishops' Conference (DBK) and the Holy See on Friday evening, the meeting lasted "the entire day." It was characterized by "a positive and constructive atmosphere."The press release continued: "It was possible to discuss some of the open theological questions raised in the documents of the Synodal Way of the Catholic Church in Germany," saying "diffe...
The exterior of St. Joseph's in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. / Credit: Paula KydoniefsCNA Staff, Mar 23, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).A group of parishioners in the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, is celebrating this month after acquiring a historic church from the diocese and preserving it as a chapel and place of worship.The Society of St. Joseph of Bethlehem (SSJB) in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, announced earlier this month that the society had purchased St. Joseph's Church, which opened more than a century ago, from the Allentown Diocese."The desire to preserve the church by former parishioners has been steadfast since the church was closed in 2008," the society's board said in a letter announcing the purchase. "It has taken time and energy over the years to enter into an agreement with the Diocese of Allentown."On its Facebook page, the SSJB says its mission is "to restore and preserve St. Joseph's Church as a sacred place of worship and a testament to the history and cult...
Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Courtesy photo. / nullCNA Staff, Mar 23, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).A new Catholic, osteopathic medical school that will be housed on the campus of Benedictine College hopes to open in the fall of 2027, the project's founding president told CNA this week. Dr. George Mychaskiw, an osteopath and a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist, told CNA that the school in February completed its application to the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, the body designated by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit programs that grant the doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) degree. The planned school, first announced last September and dubbed the St. Padre Pio Institute for the Relief of Suffering, will adhere to Ex Corde Ecclesiae, St. John Paul II's 1990 apostolic constitution on the mission of Catholic colleges and universities. It will be housed on the campus of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, but as a separate inst...
