Firefighters quell blaze at French cathedral
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Jul 11, 2024 / 10:10 am Firefighters extinguished a fire that broke out on Thursday on the spire of Rouen Cathedral, a historic Gothic church in northern France. Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol confirmed the incident on social media, sharing an image showing smoke rising from the cathedral’s …
Book Review: Parenting The Complex and Beautiful Vocation of Raising Children
Amid a sea of self-help books, one has emerged where the Christian parent can find solace, encouragement and great advice. Whereas many texts help the faithful discern priesthood, marriage, consecration or other spiritual life as laity, few focus specifically on Christian parenting. Parenting: The Complex and Beautiful Vocation of Raising …
Bishop Zaidan condemns ‘any targeting of civilians’ at Holy Family School in Gaza
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Jul 10, 2024 / 13:57 pm Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, offered support Wednesday for a Catholic school in Gaza after an alleged Israeli raid over the weekend and reported civilian casualties. “The …
How can the Catholic Church better prepare for the next pandemic?
By David Ramos ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 10, 2024 / 08:00 am “Everything possible must be done to keep the churches open and operational,” said Dr. José María Simón Castellví, president emeritus of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC) in a recent essay for that organization titled “Preparing the …
Pope Francis tells AI leaders: No machine should ever choose to take human life
By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jul 10, 2024 / 10:33 am Pope Francis urged artificial intelligence leaders on Wednesday to “protect human dignity in this new era of machines.” In a message to an AI ethics conference in Hiroshima, Japan, with leaders from Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, the United Nations, and representatives …
Republicans remove ‘right to life’ plank from party platform
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 8, 2024 / 16:50 pm The 2024 Republican National Convention’s platform committee voted on Monday to adopt new language regarding abortion, removing a “right to life” plank and a call for a national law protecting unborn life from the party platform. The platform is …
Vatican prohibits customary Traditional Latin Mass for pilgrims in Spain
By David Ramos ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 9, 2024 / 07:00 am The Vatican has prohibited the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Covadonga, a rite that customarily takes place at the conclusion of the annual Our Lady of Christendom pilgrimage in Spain. The …
Catholic Charities responds to Hurricane Beryl power outages and flooding
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jul 8, 2024 / 19:15 pm After Hurricane Beryl hit Texas early Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, claiming two lives and causing power outages in 2.7 million homes in Houston, the head of a local branch of Catholic Charities providing relief told EWTN: “We …
Taking Christ Our Light to the People
by Matt Hess, photo by Danny Schneible Luke recounts to his readers that after Jesus’ death, two of His disciples embark on a journey. Jesus draws near to these friends and walks in their midst, though they do not initially recognize Him. They only became aware of His presence among …
On Sacred & Remarkable Friendships
My 14-year-old son, Liam, fixed his eyes on mine and tearfully choked out, “Mom I want to go home.” On the surface, his comment made no sense. We had just returned home the day before from Tennessee, where Liam got to visit his long-distance best friend. I never saw that …
