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Seton Hall University names priest president following resignation of previous president

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Apr 9, 2024 / 13:00 pm A Catholic university in New Jersey returned to its historic tradition of naming a “priest-president” following the previous president’s abrupt resignation and lawsuit against the school. Seton Hall University, one of the oldest diocesan-run universities in the nation, on April …
Pope Francis appoints new bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Apr 9, 2024 / 10:40 am Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, Bishop Peter Jugis and appointed a new prelate to take his place, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. The Holy Father “has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care …
Trump on abortion: ‘It’s up to the states to do the right thing’

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2024 / 12:50 pm Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for 2024, announced his abortion policy in a Monday Truth Social video in which he said that “the states will determine” the future of abortion in the U.S. In the video, …
Idaho teen arrested for plot to attack churches, kill Christians for ISIS

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 9, 2024 / 13:30 pm The Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested an 18-year-old man from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, who allegedly planned to kill Christians and burn down churches in his town to further the mission of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). …
Vatican document on human dignity condemns gender transition, surrogacy, abortion

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2024 / 09:15 am The Vatican’s top doctrinal office issued a declaration on the theme of human dignity on Monday that addresses growing concerns such as gender theory, sex changes, surrogacy, and euthanasia in addition to abortion, poverty, human trafficking, and war. “In …
Wisconsin bishop accuses Archbishop Viganò of ‘public defamation’

By Daniel Payne CNA Newsroom, Apr 6, 2024 / 11:00 am A Wisconsin bishop has publicly rebuked the former apostolic nuncio to the United States, accusing him of defamation and a possibly illicit ordination. The clash between Bishop James Powers of the Diocese of Superior and Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò stems …
5 reasons to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet

By ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 7, 2024 / 10:10 am The feast of divine mercy is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter and is associated with the prayer of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, a pious practice revealed to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska by Jesus himself that has spread …
Why go on a spiritual retreat?

By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 6, 2024 / 07:00 am Four Catholic priests shared their reflections in answer to a simple but very important question for the life of faith: Why go on a spiritual retreat? Father Antonio Domenech Guillén, a priest of the Diocese of Cuenca in …
Pope Francis: Benedict XVI defended me in face of accusations ‘that I promoted gay marriage’

By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 3, 2024 / 17:30 pm In a new book interview with Pope Francis, the Holy Father recalled that Benedict XVI defended him when he was accused of promoting “homosexual marriage.” In the Spanish-language book “The Successor: My Memories of Benedict XVI,” Pope Francis …
Vatican to publish document on ‘moral questions’ regarding human dignity, gender, surrogacy

By Matthew Santucci Rome Newsroom, Apr 2, 2024 / 15:15 pm The Vatican’s top doctrinal office next week will unveil a new declaration on the theme of human dignity, one that is expected to address a range of contemporary moral issues including gender ideology and surrogacy. The Holy See Press Office …