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Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington and Bishop Barry Knestout of Richmond. / Credit: Katie Yoder/CNA and photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of WashingtonWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 7, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA).The bishops of Virginia condemned a bill advancing in the state Legislature that could legalize assisted suicide, warning that it "makes the most vulnerable even more vulnerable" and puts them at risk of "deadly harm."The statement, from Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington and Bishop Barry Knestout of Richmond, called Virginia's "Death with Dignity" bill being considered by the state Legislature a "lethal measure" that could harm many Virginians."Legislation to legalize physician-assisted suicide is moving rapidly in this year's Virginia General Assembly session. The Senate and House have both taken steps to advance this lethal measure," the bishops said, noting that one or both of Virginia's legislative chambers could advance the bill in the next week."We are alarme...
A person attempts to clear away debris from a mudslide as a powerful long-duration atmospheric river storm, the second in less than a week, continues to impact Southern California on Feb. 5, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California. / Credit: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesCNA Staff, Feb 7, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA).Record rainfall in Southern California led to flooding and landslides this week, particularly in the Los Angeles area, where the local branch of Catholic Charities is soliciting donations to help with relief efforts. After four straight days of heavy rain ended on Wednesday, some parts of the L.A. metro area, such as Bel Air, had received more than a foot of rain. Others received over half their average annual rainfall in a period of just two days.As of late Monday, Los Angeles authorities had responded to more than 475 mudslides, with 38 homes or buildings damaged by debris flows, including four that were deemed unsafe to enter, the Los Angeles Times reported. Nine people are c...
CRS CEO Sean Callahan visits the Holy Land. / Credit: CRSCNA Staff, Feb 7, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA).The head of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) said a recent visit to the Holy Land showed him a region wrought by violent chaos yet filled with people with hope and resilience. Sean Callahan, the president and CEO of the Catholic aid group, told CNA this week that in a recent trip to the Middle East, he met with numerous partners in CRS' global relief missions, including multiple Middle Eastern chapters of Caritas, the international confederation of Catholic aid groups. Callahan said bluntly that the situation in the region is "catastrophic." Yet he said the team witnessed considerable "resiliency" and "hope" from the local population. Recalling an incident in which his team stayed with a family that included five small children, he said that at one point one of the children "came up and asked his dad: 'We're only children, why are they trying to kill us?'""Just seeing t...
A man tends to his goats in a village in Kerala, India. / Credit: ShutterstockCNA Staff, Feb 6, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA).Hundreds of thousands of Indian Catholics are petitioning the government to improve living conditions there.The Syro-Malabar Catholic Congress presented Kerala state Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with the petition late last month after a major signature campaign, one meant to address what the congress described as "unprecedented crises" facing the Christian community there.Vijayan "was very concerned and assured to consider our demands," Catholic Congress President Biju Parayannilam told UCA News this month. "Around half a million Catholics" in Kerala signed the petition, UCA News said. "Ordinary people are struggling to eke out a living and we want the government to focus its attention on their problems," Father Philip Kaviyil, director of the Catholic Congress' global committee, told the news outlet. Among the demands presented to th...
Helen Alvaré, shown in her Maryland home, encourages Catholics "to give a reason for the hope that is in you" (1 Pt 3:15) as they work to defend Church teaching on the dignity of life and family issues. / Credit: Joe Portolano/National Catholic RegisterWashington D.C., Feb 6, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA).When the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast honors Helen Alvaré with its annual Christifideles Laici Award on Feb. 8, the pro-life legal scholar and speaker will deliver some hard truths to her Beltway audience.Given the headwinds facing the Catholic Church and the pro-life movement, Alvaré told the National Catholic Register, CNA's sister news partner, that lay Catholics "can't leave the challenge of communicating the faith to the professionals. To repeat that famous line: 'You have to give a reason for the hope that is in you'" (1 Pt 3:15).Alvaré has sought to live this teaching in her own life and work as a go-to legal expert who has advised the U.S. bishops and...
The funeral of Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik on Jan. 31, 2024, outside the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Jai AgnishCNA Staff, Feb 6, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).The tragic suicide of a beloved sheriff in a small county in New Jersey shows how the Catholic Church, which once banned Catholic funerals for those who died by suicide, now responds to suicide. "Suicide is a human tragedy that shakes families and shatters hearts," Paterson Bishop Kevin Sweeney said in a statement to CNA following the death of Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik. Hundreds gathered at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in the Diocese of Paterson for the wake and funeral of the sheriff, a Catholic and fourth degree Knight of Columbus. Berdnik, who had more than 40 years of experience in law enforcement, died last month from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.The rector of the cathedral, Monsignor Geno Sylva, knew ...
This painting of St. Peter visiting St. Agatha was created by Federico Zuccari between 1597 and 1599 for the altar of Sant'Agata in the Milan Cathedral. It was directly commissioned by Milan native Federico Borromeo, a cousin of St. Charles Borromeo. / Credit: Rachel ThomasACI Prensa Staff, Feb 5, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).Every Feb. 5, the Church remembers St. Agatha of Catania, a young woman who consecrated her virginity to God and died a martyr's death during the persecution of the Roman Emperor Decius in the third century.Agatha was born in Catania, Sicily, in southern Italy, around the year 230. Like many women of her time, she decided to consecrate her life to Jesus Christ by remaining a virgin.In the days of the persecution of Decius, the proconsul Quintianus, the governor of Sicily, fell in love with Agatha and sought her in marriage. However, the young woman rejected each of his proposals. The constant refusals greatly annoyed the proconsul, who ordered her to be take...
Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNALourdes, France, Feb 5, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).The bishop of Lourdes says that he has received a "pile of letters" from Catholics all over the world as he considers whether to remove the shrine's mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik.Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes told CNA that he hopes to make a decision by this spring. The bishop formed a special commission last year to determine the future of the Rupnik mosaics."This occupies my mind, my prayer, and my heart every day, especially when I meet victims of abuse," Micas said.In an interview at the bishop's residence in Lourdes, Micas acknowledged that, for him, this is a "very, very difficult decision to make.""But I have to make it," he added.Mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik are displayed at the shrine in Lourdes, France. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNASince forming the commission, Micas has met with victims of abuse, heard fr...
null / Credit: ShutterstockCNA Staff, Feb 5, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).After a year of major efforts to prohibit irreversible and untested transgender operations on young children, lawmakers across the U.S. are continuing the push to protect children from those procedures.Elected officials in Ohio, Missouri, and South Carolina have recently proposed or passed legislation to impose stricter regulation on transgender medical policies, joining the nearly half of U.S. states that have implemented such legislation in recent years, including over a dozen in 2023 alone. The Missouri Legislature is currently considering a bill that would make permanent a four-year ban on cross-sex hormones and puberty-blocking drugs given to minors. That provision will otherwise expire in 2027, though a ban on transgender minor surgeries would remain permanent. Missouri Rep. Brad Hudson, who was instrumental in passing last year's legislation, is also working on this year's revisions to make the ...
Netflix highlights the fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in France in 2019 in which the crown of thorns that the Roman soldiers placed on the Lord's head was almost lost in a new series called "Mysteries of the Faith." / Credit: "Mysteries of the Faith" trailer/NetflixACI Prensa Staff, Feb 4, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).How can an ancient object connect Catholics to the sacrifice of Jesus? Why does the Catholic Church venerate and safeguard these objects with such care? These questions begin "Mysteries of Faith," a Netflix series that explores the history and meaning of the relics of the saints and the passion of the Lord.In a four-part series, some of the most important relics for Catholicism are presented due to their direct relationship with the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus: the crown of thorns, the holy grail, and a fragment of the holy cross that is preserved in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Additionally, the last episode of the miniseries focuses on the importance of the relics of ...
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