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Vatican City, Aug 23, 2020 / 06:30 am (CNA).- Christian charity is more than simple philanthropy, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday. Speaking from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square Aug. 23, the pope said: “Christian charity is not simple philanthropy but, on the one hand, it is looking at others through the… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 22, 2020 / 03:29 pm (CNA).- Planned Parenthood has agreed to drop a lawsuit against an Indiana law requiring an ultrasound for women prior to having an abortion. “Due to events that have occurred in the more than three years since this court entered the preliminary injunction—including, Plaintiff’s addition of a new… Read More »

Denver Newsroom, Aug 22, 2020 / 02:10 pm (CNA).-   If you think you’re a priest, and you really aren’t, you have a problem. So do a lot of other people. The baptisms you performed are valid baptisms. But the confirmations? No. The Masses you celebrated were not valid. Nor the absolutions or anointings. And… Read More »

Washington D.C., Aug 22, 2020 / 11:08 am (CNA).-   A rose named for the late Pope St. John Paul II has been included in a renovation of the White House Rose Garden. The Pope John Paul II rose, a white tea rose cultivar, is included in a redesign of the Rose Garden overseen by… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 22, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- The Catholic Church in Belgium has reported a significant rise in adult baptisms. CathoBel, the website of the Catholic Church in Belgium, reported Aug. 20 that 305 adults will be baptized this year, an increase of 61 compared to 2019.  The number of adult baptisms has… Read More »

Denver Newsroom, Aug 22, 2020 / 03:34 am (CNA).- As wildfires rage across California, scorching more than 700,000 acres of land in multiple dioceses and killing at least four people, Catholics are asking for prayers and offering resources to the displaced. “In our diocese alone the CZU, River, Carmel Valley and Dolan fires have already… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2020 / 03:39 pm (CNA).- The U.S. Department of Justice has sided with a Vermont Catholic high school student who has said a state program wrongly excluded her participation in a college credit coursework program because she attends a religious private school. The Vermont Education Agency’s Dual Enrollment Program allows high… Read More »

Denver Newsroom, Aug 21, 2020 / 01:23 pm (CNA).-   The U.S. bishops’ conference has canceled its in-person November meeting in response to the coronavirus pandemic, several sources have told CNA. Sources say that conference leadership is now considering whether to conduct an abbreviated virtual meeting in place of the canceled event. If the bishops… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- The chair of the US bishops' international justice and peace committee on Thursday called gratifying Israel's decision to suspend the annexation of parts of the West Bank, part of its normalization of relations with the United Arab Emirates, but reiterated the need for Israel to negotiate… Read More »

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 21, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- The Iraqi prime minister has encouraged Christians displaced by ISIS to come home—but are the conditions right for a safe return? Catholic leaders and aid agencies say without stability and economic support, one of the world’s oldest Christian communities could become “a museum Church.” After… Read More »