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Pope Francis delivers the Angelus address on March 10, 2024. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Mar 10, 2024 / 09:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis said Sunday that governments and civil society have a fundamental duty to help ensure that women are able to accept the gift of life."Institutions, social and political, have the fundamental duty to protect and promote the dignity of every human being, offering women, the bearers of life, the necessary conditions to be able to accept the gift of life and ensure a dignified existence for their children," Pope Francis said on March 10.Speaking from the window of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, the pope said at the end of his Angelus address that he wanted to express his closeness to all women after International Women's Day, especially those whose dignity is not respected. "There is still a lot of work that each of us must do in order for there to be concrete recognition of the equal dignity of women," Francis added.Pope Francis delivers the Angelus...
Richard Carrillo, composer of "Requiem for the Forgotten," conducts a choir. Carrillo is finishing his doctorate in choral conducting at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. / Credit: Kevin WhiteCNA Staff, Mar 10, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).A Miami parish will host the world premiere of a new sacred choral composition, Frank La Rocca's "Requiem for the Forgotten," during a Mass in memory of those who have died without a proper funeral.  Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, who will preside at the Mass, commissioned the piece "for the repose of the souls of people on the margins: the homeless, the refugee escaping war and political or religious persecution, the martyrs of totalitarianism in all its forms," La Rocca explained. La Rocca is a prize-winning composer-in-residence at the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Liturgy, an organization founded by Cordileone. La Rocca studied at Yale and the University of California-Ber...
The violence in one of the most troubled regions of Mexico led to a temporary parish closure. / Credit: ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, Mar 10, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).Bishop Cristóbal Ascencio García of the Diocese of Apatzingán in Mexico, one of the regions hardest hit by organized crime and where a church was recently forced to close its doors "for security reasons," said that "in the face of the helplessness" the residents are experiencing, the people "find their only defense in God."In a statement to ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner, Ascencio commented on disturbing developments at Santa María de Guadalupe Parish in the town of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, also known as La Ruana, about 30 miles west of Apatzingán.On Feb. 28 the parish announced on social media the suspension of religious services, stating that "we are in a risky situation; let us pray for peace for our people.""For everyone's safety, Santa María de Guadalupe Parish in La Ruana will remain closed. Tod...
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 ImagesCNA Newsroom, Mar 9, 2024 / 10:32 am (CNA).By wide margins, voters in Ireland rejected proposed changes to the country's constitution that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about the social value of women within the home.Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Saturday that voters had delivered "two wallops" to the government, which had pushed for a "Yes" vote on a pair of March 8 referendums."Clearly we got it wrong," he said. "While the old adage is that success has many fathers and failure is an orphan, I think when you lose by this kind of margin, there are a lot of people who got this wrong and I am certainly one of them."Nearly 68% of voters rejected the so-called "Family ...
Pope Francis presides over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 9, 2024 / 18:34 pm (CNA).The Vatican on Saturday said Pope Francis did not mean to suggest that Ukraine ought to surrender to Russia when he referred to "the courage of the white flag" in a newly released television interview.Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni clarified that Pope Francis was calling instead for a cease-fire and negotiations. Bruni explained that the pope was picking up on the interviewer's use of the term "white flag," an international symbol of surrender, adding that the pope remains hopeful that a diplomatic solution can be reached for a "just and lasting peace," The New York Times reported.The Holy Father made the remark during an interview recorded last month with Swiss broadcaster RSI. Portions of the interview were released on Saturday. Reuters said the interview will be broadcast March 20."I think that the ...
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 ImagesCNA Newsroom, Mar 9, 2024 / 10:32 am (CNA).Voters in Ireland appear to have voted to preserve the country's constitutional recognition of the central role of the traditional family founded on marriage as well as the societal value of women within the home, rejecting a pair of referendums held March 8, pro-referendum government leaders conceded Saturday."It does look like a no vote in both the family and care referendums," Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan told RTE News on Saturday. "The first thing to say is that we respect that. It's the voice of the people and in our constitution, it's the people who are sovereign.""It's they who decide what goes into our constitution," Ryan said. Official results were not relea...
Inside St. Frances of Rome Church in Italy on March 9, 2016. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNARome, Italy, Mar 9, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA).Francesca Romana, also known as St. Frances of Rome, is frequently called the "most Roman of the saints" and is the co-patron of the city. She serves as a model for holiness in her vocation as wife and mother, and for her service to the poor of the city through the lay order she founded, the Oblates of Mary. She also inspired a special "blessing on cars" in Rome.Born in Rome in 1384 to a noble family, Francesca was determined to dedicate her life to God as a nun at the age of 11. However, her father forbade it and arranged for her to be married to a young man named Lorenzo, who was also from a wealthy family.Though she initially refused the marriage, Francesca eventually agreed after speaking with her confessor, who urged her to pursue the will of God rather than her own.She married Lorenzo at the age of 13 but soon became ill due to the stress of he...
Argentine President Javier Milei is pictured here during an audience with Pope Francis on Feb. 12, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty ImagesACI Prensa Staff, Mar 9, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, says abortion "is murder aggravated by the bond" between mother and child and condemned the so-called "voluntary interruption of pregnancy," a euphemism for killing the child in the womb.The statement was part of a March 6 speech at the beginning of classes at the secondary level at Cardenal Copello School in Buenos Aires, where Milei was a student.In Argentine penal law, "homicide aggravated by the bond" is a degree of murder in which the killer and the victim are related by blood or intimate relationship.The president, who during his election campaign had pledged that he was going to repeal the country's permissive abortion law, also took aim at the "murderers with green neckerchiefs," referring to the neckerchiefs imprinted with the...
Holy Spirit stained glass in St. Peter's Basilica. / Credit: Alexey Gotovskyi/CNACNA Staff, Mar 9, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).A novena is a traditional form of Catholic prayer lasting nine days. Typically, novenas focus on asking God for a specific intention and many are prayed through a saint's intercession. Novenas are a beautiful way to grow in prayer and nurture your spiritual life. Here are eight of the most popular novenas: Novena to the Holy Spirit Also known as the Pentecost Novena, this was the first novena ever prayed by Jesus' disciples and the Blessed Virgin Mary after Jesus ascended into heaven. Catholics pray this novena during the nine days that fall between the feast of the Ascension and the feast of Pentecost. The novena asks for the Holy Spirit's seven gifts: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord.Novena to the Sacred Heart of JesusThe devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was started by St. Margaret Ma...
null / Credit: ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 17:35 pm (CNA).Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago announced large-scale job cuts this week amid a plan to move away from "increasingly complex and uncertain" government contracts and rely instead more heavily on charitable donations. In a March 7 statement shared with CNA, the organization said as part of a strategic plan it will transition out of 75 government contracts that together fund 12% of its current operating budget. The contracts cover various services, from child care and youth programs to behavioral health counseling, senior care, adult protection, veteran services, and call centers, the group says. The transition will result in the elimination of roughly 300 jobs, the vast majority of which involve the affected government contracts. "Nearly 1,000 staff" will remain after the cuts, the statement noted. Catholic Charities Chicago is the official charitable arm of the Church in the c...
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