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By CNA Staff
The dictatorship in Nicaragua, led by President Daniel Ortega, sentenced Father Óscar Danilo Benavidez Dávila to 10 years in prison for the alleged crimes of “conspiracy” and “spreading fake news” to the detriment of the regime. The news site Despacho 505 obtained access to the closed-doors verdict and reported Feb. 4 that the Tenth Criminal […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
JUBA, South Sudan — Looking out at tens of thousands of smiling faces, Pope Francis told South Sudanese Catholics that the only way the country will get out of the darkness of violence is with the light of their faith and their commitment to peace. “In the name of Jesus and of his beatitudes, let […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
With all in the Diocese of Arlington, I express great sadness and offer sincere prayers for the people of Turkey and Syria who experienced a devastating earthquake that produced a staggering loss of life earlier today. May God grant eternal rest to all those who have died, and may he offer comfort to the survivors […]
Local
This year, St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) falls on a Friday during Lent, when Catholics normally would be required to refrain from eating meat. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge has granted a dispensation in honor of the feast day. He does ask Catholics to instead perform a work of charity, an act of piety or another […]
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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
JUBA, South Sudan — Three Christian religious leaders faced the president and vice presidents of South Sudan and told them it was time for them to get serious about peace, development and democracy. Pope Francis, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and the Rev. Iain Greenshields, moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, made history […]
Global
By Kevin J. Jones
The late Cardinal George Pell’s funeral Mass drew thousands of mourners, filling Sydney’s St. Mary’s Cathedral to capacity. Civic leaders, friends, and members of Pell’s family remembered the Australian cardinal’s dedication to the church and the Gospel and his courage in the face of many obstacles, including more than a year in prison before his […]
National
By Matt McDonald
President Joe Biden is wrong on taxpayer funding of abortion and wrong on Pope Francis’ view of it, the president of the U.S. bishops’ conference said Feb. 1. The president suggested that neither the pope nor all Catholic bishops oppose public funding for abortion in the United States. Biden, a Catholic who supports legal and […]
Pope Francis
By Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis became the first pope to visit South Sudan Feb. 3 — fulfilling a yearslong hope to carry out an ecumenical trip to the war-torn country. The pope has called his Feb. 3-5 visit to Juba, South Sudan’s capital, a “pilgrimage of peace.” His Anglican counterpart, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, along with the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
KINSHASA, Congo — The bishops of Congo must be men of faith and prayer, close to their people and prophetic in their proclamations of hope and denunciations of injustice, Pope Francis told them. Before leaving Kinshasa Feb. 3 and heading to Juba, South Sudan, the pope met with Congo’s bishops at the headquarters of the […]
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