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Injured parishioners receive Communion on the third Sunday of Advent, Dec. 17, 2023, at Holy Family Parish in Gaza. The Pontifical Collection for the Holy Land provides community aid and assistance for parochial activities for Holy Family Parish, the only Roman Catholic parish in Gaza. / Credit: Father Gabriel Romanelli/FacebookRome Newsroom, Mar 12, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA).This year's Vatican financial appeal for the Holy Land highlights the urgent humanitarian crisis facing the beleaguered population in Gaza and the pope's plea for peace. "The outbreak of the war in Gaza, after the events of Oct. 7, paralyzed the Holy Land. The lack of pilgrims and tourists has put thousands of families in difficulty," Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, said in a letter released March 8.The Vatican has overseen the "Pro Terra Sancta" fund, or the Pontifical Collection for the Holy Land, since 1974, when Pope Paul VI, in his apostolic exhortation&...
null / Credit: ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 12, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA).Pope Francis has ordered the laicization of a North Dakota priest who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman in that state. Diocese of Fargo Bishop John Folda said in a statement this month that former priest Neil Pfeifer "received a dispensation from the clerical state (laicization) from Pope Francis" effective March 8.Pfeifer himself "sought the dispensation after adult women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct," Folda said in his statement. "Mr. Pfeifer pleaded guilty on July 13, 2023, to a misdemeanor charge of sexual assault in Stutsman County," the bishop said. Laicization is the term for when a priest has been dismissed from the clerical state. An individual who is confirmed as a priest will always remain one, but laicization takes away his ability to licitly execute the functions of the priesthood, except in the extreme situation of encountering someone who...
Mary Rice Hasson has been a three-time keynote speaker for the Vatican at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She currently serves as the Kate O'Beirne Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and is a graduate of Notre Dame Law School. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Mary Rice HassonCNA Staff, Mar 12, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA).Franciscan University of Steubenville has announced that Catholic writer and speaker Mary Rice Hasson will be a visiting fellow for the school's Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life. Hasson, a graduate of Notre Dame Law School, has been a three-time keynote speaker for the Vatican at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She has also testified on parents' rights and transgender issues before the U.S. Senate. She currently serves as the Kate O'Beirne Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. The Veritas Center's mission is "to bring faithful Catholic sc...
Speaking in his Angelus address on March 3, 2024, about the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis made an emotional plea for negotiations to reach a deal that both frees the hostages immediately and grants civilians access to humanitarian aid. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Mar 12, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).Ukrainian officials and religious leaders have leveled criticism at Pope Francis in the days since the Holy Father suggested that it would be courageous for Ukraine to negotiate an end to its war with Russia.In an excerpt of an interview with Swiss broadcaster RSI, which will be released in full on March 20, Pope Francis suggested that "the strongest one is the one who looks at the situation, thinks about the people and has the courage of the white flag, and negotiates.""When you see that you are defeated, that things are not going well, you have to have the courage to negotiate," the pope continued. "Our flag is a yellow and blue one. This is the flag by which we live, die...
Votes are counted in Dublin, Ireland, on March 9, 2024, after voters in the country went to the polls March 8 to decide on a pair of referendums proposing wording changes to the Irish constitution aimed at reflecting secular values. / Credit: Charles McQuillan/Getty ImagesDublin, Ireland, Mar 12, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA)."The best possible present ahead of Mother's Day."That's how pro-family campaigner David Quinn described the March 8 defeat of two referendums in Ireland that would have broadened the definition of the family and deleted the mention of mothers from Ireland's 1937 constitution.Like neighboring Britain, Ireland celebrates Mother's Day on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which fell this year on March 10.Despite opinion polls showing a clear majority favoring the Irish government's plan to widen the definition of the family to include other "durable relationships" as well as marriage, when votes were counted March 9, 67.7% of citizens rejected the amendment, while just 32.3...
El Paso, Texas. / Credit: cht725/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 12, 2024 / 11:12 am (CNA).A Texas judge has temporarily blocked the state attorney general's efforts to close an El Paso-based Catholic nonprofit accused of facilitating human smuggling.El Paso County District Court Judge Francisco Dominguez ruled on Monday that Attorney General Ken Paxton could not revoke Annunciation House's license to operate for now or force it to immediately turn over documents. This allows the nonprofit to continue operations as normal for the time being.In his ruling, obtained by CNA on Monday, Dominguez accused Paxton of running "roughshod" over Annunciation House "without regard to due process or fair play.""There is a real and credible concern that the attempt to prevent Annunciation House from conducting business in Texas was predetermined," Dominguez wrote in his ruling."The attorney general's efforts to run roughshod over Annunciation House, without regard to due process or...
Elizabeth Tabish as Mary Magdalene in Season Four of "The Chosen." / The Chosen / Mike KubeisyCNA Staff, Mar 12, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers about Season Four of "The Chosen." Season Four of the hit series "The Chosen" has officially made its debut in theaters. The season focuses on the time leading up to Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and includes important biblical moments such as the raising of Lazarus and the healing of the Roman Centurion's servant.In a beautiful moment between Mary Magdalene and Jesus, she turns to him and expresses the sadness she is feeling. Jesus replies: "That's because you've been listening." This follows the many warnings Jesus has been giving his disciples about what is to come and what he is going to endure. While a majority of the disciples do not quite understand what Jesus is referring to, Mary Magdalene does.Elizabeth Tabish, the actress who portrays Mary Magdalene in "The Chosen," recently spok...
The healing of a bleeding woman, Rome, Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter. / Credit: Wikimedia CommonsACI Prensa Staff, Mar 12, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).The book "The Example of the First Christians," published in 2023 by the University of Navarra, examines the early followers of Jesus of Nazareth, whose lives continue to inspire and resonate with Catholics of all times, including today.The book's author, Gabriel Larrauri, explained to ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner, that although people and circumstances change over the centuries, those who trusted in the words of Jesus and in the transmission of his message through the apostles "experienced a situation similar to the current one, and they faced its risks with complete naturalness."Larrauri summarizes five hallmarks of early Christian living that continue to be applicable to Christ's followers today. 1. Total commitmentFor the author, the first followers of the Gospel message "are proof of how the world can be tr...
Haitian police officers deploy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 9, 2024. / Credit: CLARENS SIFFROY/AFP via Getty ImagesACI Prensa Staff, Mar 11, 2024 / 16:20 pm (CNA).The archbishop of Port-au-Prince and president of the Haitian Bishops' Conference, Max Leroy Mésidor, shared his perspective on the difficult situation facing his country and the pastoral work of the Church in the midst of violence, kidnappings, and chaos."Yes, there is a real danger of civil war breaking out in the country. The armed gangs act like an organized army. They are very well equipped and very well armed. The police cannot keep up with them," Mésidor told Aid to the Church in Need in a March 6 interview.The archbishop noted that in some regions, even his own, "there are groups of citizens who try to stand up to the gangs. So there are often clashes between these groups and the gangs, and also between the police and the gangs." Haiti, a nation that has struggled with instability for years, is now ...
"Abortion is a crime disguised as a solution" and "The size of your body doesn't take away your rights" are among the signs held high by pro-life marchers in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, March 10, 2024. / Credit: Nicolás de Cárdenas/ACI PrensaACI Prensa Staff, Mar 11, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA).In a festive atmosphere, thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid, Spain, on Sunday to participate in the annual March for Life with the theme "Yes to Life" in an event that featured powerful testimonies."It's time to unmask the lies, horrors, businesses, and ideologies that sustain the culture of death and assume responsibility for repairing, healing, and making possible the culture of life and true progress," the organizers of the pro-life event emphasized in their manifesto for the event.Before the start of the march, the president of the Spanish Federation of Pro-Life Associations, Alicia Latorre, told the media that the objective of the march is to say "yes...
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