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A picture taken from a position in southern Israel on Feb. 29, 2024, shows smoke billowing over the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. / Credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty ImagesCNA Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 11:40 am (CNA).The Vatican has reiterated its call for the safe return of the hostages taken by the terrorist group Hamas and for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the ongoing war between the two.Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin insisted on Tuesday that a "cease-fire" is the only way for the hostages to be returned to Israel. "Our concern is, first of all, to find a way to have the hostages released and for humanitarian assistance, which continues to be very difficult," he said on the sidelines of an award ceremony of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation on Tuesday. "So the only path is that of a cease-fire."Parolin confirmed that there have been "no developments" in diplomatic contacts wi...
Both the pastor of nearby San Bernabé parish in El Escorial, Fr. Florentino de Andrés, along with the Archdiocese of Madrid, anticipate the deconsecration of the chapel as a result of the ceremony. / Credit: Zarateman/Wikimedia CommonsMadrid, Spain, Feb 28, 2024 / 18:28 pm (CNA).The private Catholic chapel where two Spanish men celebrated their civil "marriage" last weekend is subject to "canonical effects" and deconsecration, according to the Archdiocese of Madrid and a Catholic priest with jurisdiction in the area.The Holy Trinity chapel, located on the grounds of the Finca El Campillo, a property used as a wedding venue in the town of El Escorial, was the scene of a celebration of the two men's civil marriage last Saturday.Cristina González Navarro, who owns the property, told ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner, that at the event inside the chapel "there was no priest" and that "a wedding wasn't held," but she refused to offer more details about what the ritual ...
Argentine President Javier Milei speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland on Feb. 24, 2024. / Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesBuenos Aires, Argentina, Feb 28, 2024 / 19:19 pm (CNA).Argentine President Javier Milei has ordered the prohibition of inclusive language by the national government, the spokesman for office of the president, Manuel Adorni, announced at his daily press conference.In Spanish, all nouns have a gender, usually designated by the -o ending for masculine and the -a ending for feminine. In order to make a generically masculine word to cover both sexes, inclusive language proponents have invented gender neutral endings. Adorni explained that steps are to be taken "to prohibit inclusive language and everything related to gender perspective throughout the national public administration" and specified that " the letter 'e', the @, 'x' will not be used along with the unnecessary inclusion of the feminine var...
Father Federico Highton is one of two Argentine priests who in 2015 founded the Order of St. Elijah, whose motto is "Through my God I shall go over a wall," which comes from Psalm 17. / Credit: Luis M. PiccinaliBuenos Aires, Argentina, Feb 29, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).From an undisclosed location in Southeast Asia out of fear of an atheistic government, the intrepid Father Federico Highton devotes his life to announcing the Gospel to all people, especially those living in places where the faith has vanished or never been established. Highton and Father Javier Olivera Ravasi are two Argentine priests who in 2015 founded the Order of St. Elijah, whose motto is "Through my God I shall go over a wall," which comes from Psalm 17. The order is dedicated to cultural engagement and sending missionaries "ad gentes" ("to the nations"), in a reference to the Second Vatican Council's decree that reaffirmed the call for missions and salvation in Christ and highlighted the link betwee...
null / ShutterstockCNA Staff, Feb 28, 2024 / 18:13 pm (CNA).Since the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) are human children, debate over fertility treatment has erupted anew.Here's everything you need to know.What is IVF? IVF is a medical procedure that fuses sperm and egg in a lab environment to conceive a child outside of the sexual act. The live embryo is then later implanted into a uterus to continue developing until birth. According to the Mayo Clinic, IVF is typically used as a "treatment for infertility" that "also can be used to prevent passing on genetic problems to a child." Is the Catholic Church against IVF? Yes. While the Church encourages certain fertility treatments for couples struggling to have children, the use of IVF is contrary to Catholic teachings. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (Paragraph 2377) states that IVF is "morally unacceptable" because it separates the marriage act from p...
Pope Francis appeared in a wheelchair at his general audience on Feb. 28, 2024. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Feb 28, 2024 / 12:01 pm (CNA).Pope Francis this week called for prayers for, and expressed his closeness to, the victims of twin terrorist attacks on Catholic and Muslim communities in the West African country of Burkina Faso."We pray for the victims of the recent attacks on places of worship in Burkina Faso," a papal aide read on behalf of the Holy Father during his Wednesday general audience. The pope's comments come after an official telegram signed by the Vatican's Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin was sent to Bishop Laurent Dabiré, president of the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and of Niger on Monday. That message expressed pain on the pontiff's behalf for the families of those murdered. The Monday telegram denounced the killings and reiterated the pope's appeal for peace, noting that "hatred is not the solution to conflicts." The pope fur...
A statue of Charles de Foucauld in front of the Church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune in Strasbourg, France. / Maykova Galina via Shutterstock.Rome Newsroom, Feb 28, 2024 / 12:46 pm (CNA).After a nearly year-long vacancy, Pope Francis has appointed a new head of the French Archdiocese of Strasbourg, which has been subject to an apostolic visitation and two high-profile episcopal resignations in the past several years. The Holy See Press Office announced on Wednesday the appointment of 66-year-old Pascal Delannoy as the diocese's new archbishop. The see had been vacant since the resignation of former Archbishop Luc Ravel in April 2023."I am happy to greet each of you as our Pope Francis has just named me Archbishop of Strasbourg," Delannoy wrote in a Feb. 28 statement. "I welcome this appointment with confidence and serenity and I warmly thank Philippe Ballot, Bishop of Metz, for having administered the diocese during the vacancy of the see following the resignation of Luc R...
null / ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 28, 2024 / 13:32 pm (CNA).Numerous Republican lawmakers are announcing their support for in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures and distancing themselves from an Alabama Supreme Court decision that ruled in favor of some legal protections for human embryos.IVF is a fertility treatment in which doctors fuse sperm and eggs to create human embryos and implant them in the mother's womb without a sexual act. Embryos that are intended to be implanted at a later date are frozen. Undesired embryos are routinely destroyed or used for scientific research, which kills those preborn children. The Alabama Supreme Court recently found in an 8-1 decision that human embryos are covered under the state's "Wrongful Death of a Minor Act." The ruling stems from a lawsuit in which three families argued an IVF clinic should be held accountable for the accidental death of their preborn children, which were frozen embryos under the clinic's care....
Pope Francis addresses pilgrims in St. Peter's Square during his Sunday Angelus on Feb. 18, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaCNA Staff, Feb 28, 2024 / 13:37 pm (CNA).Pope Francis' prayer intention for the month of March is for the martyrs of our day and witnesses to Christ."This month, I want to tell you a story that is a reflection of the Church today. It is the story of a little-known witness of faith," Pope Francis stated in a video released Feb. 27."Visiting a refugee camp in Lesbos, a man told me, 'Father, I am Muslim. My wife was Christian. Terrorists came to our place, looked at us and asked what our religion was. They approached my wife with a crucifix and told her to throw it on the ground. She didn't do it, and they slit her throat in front of me.' That's what happened."The Holy Father added, "I know he held no grudges. He was focused on his wife's example of love, a love for Christ that led her to accept, and to be faithful to the point of death."He reminded the faithful...
This photograph shows flowers and candles laid out on the sidewalk after a huge fire killed ten people in a multi-story residential block, in Valencia on February 26, 2024. Ten people have died in a vast fire that ripped through a 14-story apartment block in Valencia in eastern Spain. / Credit: Photo by MAO/AFP via Getty Images)Valencia, Spain, Feb 28, 2024 / 14:37 pm (CNA)."The fire spread super quickly, but people's response has been even quicker." That's how Manuel, a resident of a 14-story apartment building demolished by fire, described the reaction of neighbors, businesses, the local government, and "the whole world" after a blaze on February 22 destroyed an entire residential complex in Valencia, Spain, within minutes.Manuel was speaking with local RTVE news, recounting his perilous escape from the 12th floor with his 80-year-old mother. He took the stairs down after ringing the doorbells of every neighbor possible. The double towers of the complex included 138 apartment...
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