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Texas Right to Life President John Seago speaks to ENN Anchor Tracy Sabol on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 / EWTNWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 28, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).Texas pro-lifers are rallying in prayer against a "satanic" statue on display at the University of Houston that a pro-life leader says is "advocating for abortion rights."The 18-foot tall golden statue, titled "Witness" by artist Shahzia Sikander, depicts a woman with braids twisted in the shape of ram horns. She is held up by a metal frame meant to proclaim her "authority in the world."  John Seago, president of Texas Right to Life, the group that organized the Feb. 28 prayer rally, told EWTN News Nightly on Tuesday that the commissioners of the statue are "embracing satanic imagery." Ram horns are often associated with Satan and satanism in Western art. The statue, one of two sculptures constituting a project called "Havah…to breathe, air, life," was transported from Madison Square Park in New York Ci...
Pope Francis appears in a wheelchair at his general audience on Feb. 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Feb 28, 2024 / 07:43 am (CNA).Pope Francis went to the hospital on Rome's Tiber Island on Wednesday morning after meeting with the public at his general audience.The Vatican confirmed on Feb. 28 that the pope underwent "diagnostic tests" at the Gemelli Isola Tiberina Hospital before returning to his Vatican residence shortly after noon.According to the Holy See Press Office, the pope has had "a mild flu-like condition" since at least Saturday when he canceled his scheduled public appearances.The 87-year-old pope appeared in a wheelchair at his Wednesday audience in Paul VI Hall where he had an aide read his speech for him after telling the crowd that he was still not well."Dear brothers and sisters, I still have a bit of a cold," Pope Francis said in a soft-spoken voice as he explained that Monsignor Filippo Ciampanelli would read the text of his catechesis for hi...
Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his Wednesday general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on Feb. 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Feb 28, 2024 / 07:44 am (CNA).Pope Francis, still visibly suffering from a "cold," visited a Rome hospital for diagnostic tests on Wednesday following his weekly general audience, at which an aide read the Holy Father's prepared remarks.The Holy See Press Office later confirmed the hospital visit, adding that the pope already had returned to the Vatican."I still have a bit of a cold, which is why I asked Monsignor [Filippo] Ciampanelli to read today's catechesis," Pope Francis said at the start of the morning general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall. He arrived at the hall in his wheelchair shortly before 9 a.m. and did not walk to his chair with a cane as he typically does.The pope also had an aide read his prepared remarks at an earlier morning meeting Wednesday with members of the Synod of Bishops of the Patri...
null / Billion Photos / Shutterstock.CNA Staff, Feb 28, 2024 / 10:18 am (CNA).A former priest was sentenced to 15 months in prison this week for molesting an Ohio minor suffering from cancer. The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office announced the indictment of Luis Barajas in November of last year. Barajas had been "acting in the capacity of a retired priest" when he "went to the victim's residence" in order to "give her a blessing before her chemotherapy treatment." During the blessing, Barajas "inappropriately touched the victim under a blanket," the office said. The girl was 15 years old at the time of the assault. Barajas subsequently pleaded guilty to the felony of gross sexual imposition. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Andrew Santoli announced the 15-month sentence on Tuesday. Barajas received time served and will be in prison for just under a year. "You admitted to sexually assaulting a child, which in and of itself is an absolutely horr...
Pope Francis meets at the Vatican with bishops from the Armenian Catholic Church o Feb. 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaCNA Staff, Feb 28, 2024 / 10:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church to "take up the cry for peace" amid ongoing threats of conflict and religious persecution in the region. Armenia and Azerbaijan are engaged in peace talks following Azerbaijan's violent takeover of the Nagorno-Karabakh region late last year. The region has been a point of contention for years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.All but a few ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region fled their ancestral homeland following Azerbaijan's takeover. Human rights leaders last year warned of a possible "religious cleansing" of Armenian Christians during the conflict. In his address on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged the Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchal Church of Cilicia of the Armenians to pray for ...
"A Fundamental Difference?" was the title of a conversation about generative artificial intelligence at the 2024 New York Encounter. From left to right are Indiana University's Davide Bolchini, Jon Stokes of Symbolic AI, and journalist Jennifer Strong. / Credit: Renata GelmiNew York City, N.Y., Feb 27, 2024 / 12:05 pm (CNA).Since the generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform ChatGPT made its debut last year, millions of users have discovered how it can save time and make life easier. Ask it a question, and in seconds it will have drafted an email for you or created a schedule for your next vacation. But with this technology only in its infancy, should we be worried about what society stands to lose if AI takes over an ever-expanding list of functions once performed by humans? "If people are feeling fretful, it makes sense. We're in a stressful moment," Jennifer Strong, a journalist who covers the impact of new technologies on society, said at a discus...
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke during the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, June 29, 2019. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNACNA Staff, Feb 27, 2024 / 13:38 pm (CNA).Cardinal Raymond Burke this week invited Catholics to join in praying a nine-month novena seeking Mary's intercession beginning on March 12 and culminating on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12. The American cardinal, who founded the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Wisconsin, announced the prayer initiative in a video address posted over the weekend. "Our Lord has not called us to fear. No matter the darkness of our age, men and women of faith are not without the truth and love of Christ, nor the faithful care of his mother," Burke wrote in an accompanying letter posed to the Guadalupe shrine website. "The darkness of sin seems so great. But Our Lord has not called us to fear! Evil cannot approach the power of God's grace. Sin cannot prevent Our Lor...
Father Felice Palamara. / Credit: Father Felice Palamara / FacebookACI Stampa, Feb 27, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).During evening Mass on Feb. 24, Father Felice Palamara, a parish priest in Cessaniti, a village in the Vibo Valentia province of Italy, was once again apparently targeted by the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal organization in Italy that operates mainly in Calabria, the so-called "toe" of Italy.Palamara, a priest of the Diocese of Tropea-Mileto-Nicotera, noticed a strange smell coming from the chalice: Bleach had been poured into the liturgical vessels, laboratory analysis later confirmed. Realizing what was happening, he was forced to interrupt the liturgy to report the incident to the local police.Days prior, the priest's car had been damaged by unidentified vandals.The bishop of Tropea-Mileto-Nicotera, Attilio Nostro, expressed his solidarity with the priest and denounced the intimidating actions of the Calabrian Mafia.The diocese said in a statement posted on its website that...
The chapel of St. Anthony Catholic School in Oakland, California. / Credit: Facebook of St. Anthony Catholic SchoolACI Prensa Staff, Feb 27, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).The Diocese of Oakland in California has announced that at the end of the school year it will close two private Catholic schools in the east San Francisco Bay area amid concerns about security and the presence of human trafficking activity in the vicinity.According to an investigative report by ABC 7 News, parents at St. Anthony Catholic School, part of Lumen Christi Academies, were informed of the decision two weeks ago by email.In addition to security issues, the Diocese of Oakland's email stated that the reasons for the closing of the schools also include financial problems as well as outside factors such as homelessness, unemployment, a shortage of affordable housing, and the presence of human trafficking activity near the school.More than a year ago, the ABC7 News investigative team reported the existence of huma...
Pope Francis delivers the Sunday Angelus from the window of his study overlooking St. Peter's Square, Jan. 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Feb 26, 2024 / 06:09 am (CNA).The Holy See Press Office on Monday announced that Pope Francis' audiences for the day had been suspended as a precautionary measure due to the Holy Father's persisting flu symptoms. The Monday morning telegram sent out by the Vatican noted that while the pope's "mild flu symptoms persist," he did not have a fever. The Holy See Press Office did not provide further details on the pope's condition nor hint at whether he would continue with his activities for the week. On Saturday the 87-year-old pontiff canceled his meeting with the transitional deacons of the Diocese of Rome, who will be ordained to the priesthood in April, due to "a mild flu-like condition."However on Sunday the pope appeared in good form when he delivered his weekly Angelus address to the faithful gathered in...
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