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Vatican City, Sep 12, 2020 / 07:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis comforted relatives of loved ones killed in a nightclub stampede in 2018 during an audience at the Vatican Saturday. Speaking to family members and friends of those who died in the stampede in the Italian town of Corinaldo, the pope recalled Sept. 12 that… Read More »

CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2020 / 06:00 am (CNA).- Belarus renewed its invitation to Pope Francis to visit the country Friday during talks with a senior Vatican official.  Vladimir Makei, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the invitation remained open amid tensions between the local Catholic Church and the government, BelTA, the state-owned national… Read More »

CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2020 / 05:01 am (CNA).- Religious ministers should not be required to violate the seal of confession to report child sex abuse, a committee of the upper house of Western Australia’s parliament recommended Thursday. The Legislation Committee of the Legislative Council recommended that “Ministers of religion be excused from criminal responsibility… Read More »

Denver Newsroom, Sep 11, 2020 / 02:57 pm (CNA).- A man who went on an hours-long vandalism spree on Wednesday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Tioga, Louisiana has been arrested and has confessed to the crime, according to local authorities. During the act of vandalism, which lasted more than two hours, the… Read More »

CNA Staff, Sep 11, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- A former colonel of the Salvadoran military, Inocente Orlando Montano Morales, has been convicted in a Spanish court for is participation in the murder of five Jesuit priests in 1989. Montano has been sentenced to more than 133 years in prison. The former colonel was El… Read More »

Vatican City, Sep 11, 2020 / 12:19 pm (CNA).- A senior Vatican official arrived in Belarus for talks Friday after the leader of the country’s Catholic Church was barred from returning to his homeland. Belarusian state media reported Sept. 11 that Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher was in Belarus for four days of diplomatic talks a… Read More »

Washington D.C., Sep 11, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- Catholic teenagers mirror American teenagers overall on many religious trends, a report by the Pew Research Center says.   A Pew report published Sept. 10 examined the religious identities and beliefs and American teenagers and their parents. “U.S. Teens Take After Their Parents Religiously, Attend Services… Read More »

Washington D.C., Sep 11, 2020 / 11:01 am (CNA).-   At least two U.S. Senators have joined the chorus of outrage against The Walt Disney Company after the company revealed it worked with Chinese propaganda departments in the Xinjiang autonomous region during the filming of Mulan. “The ancient Chinese folktale of Hua Mulan is inspiring,”… Read More »

Rome Newsroom, Sep 11, 2020 / 10:30 am (CNA).- During a visit to a Marian shrine in southern Italy this week, the Vatican Secretary of State issued a warning that Marian devotion must be safeguarded from mafia exploitation. Cardinal Pietro Parolin offered Mass for the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary — a… Read More »

CNA Staff, Sep 10, 2020 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- The US Education Department on Wednesday promulgated rules which formally implement a March executive order from President Donald Trump seeking to ensure that students’ First Amendment rights are protected on college campuses. The Sept. 9 regulations require that a public institution “not deny a religious student… Read More »