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Vatican City, Oct 11, 2020 / 07:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis said Sunday that the life of Blessed Carlo Acutis provides a witness for young people that true happiness is found when one puts God first. “Yesterday in Assisi, Carlo Acutis, a fifteen-year-old boy in love with the Eucharist, was beatified. He did not settle… Read More »

Vatican City, Oct 11, 2020 / 05:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis sent a video message to the TED Countdown summit on climate change Saturday explaining how a more “integral ecology” can help the poor. “Science tells us, with more precision every day, that urgent action is needed – and I am not exaggerating, this is… Read More »

Denver, Colo., Oct 10, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).-   Pro-life third-party candidate Brian Carroll squared-off with other third-party presidential candidates in a debate Thursday evening in Denver, with much of the discourse focusing around the difficulties that third-parties often face in gaining traction in U.S. presidential races, as well as issues surrounding education, surveillance,… Read More »

CNA Staff, Oct 10, 2020 / 10:15 am (CNA).-   The beatification of Carlo Acutis took place Oct. 10 after a miracle attributed to his prayers and the grace of God. In Brazil, a boy named Mattheus was healed from a serious birth defect called an annular pancreas after he and his mother asked Acutis… Read More »

Denver Newsroom, Oct 10, 2020 / 10:10 am (CNA).-   Carlo Acutis, a Catholic Italian teenager who died in 2006, will be beatified Oct. 10 in Assisi. Acutis, a gamer and computer programmer who loved soccer and the Eucharist, has been the subject of interest around the world. So who was Carlo Acutis? Here’s what… Read More »

Assisi, Italy, Oct 10, 2020 / 09:46 am (CNA).-   With the beatification of Carlo Acutis in Assisi Saturday, the Catholic Church now has its first “Blessed” who loved Super Mario and Pokémon, but not as much as he loved the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. “To be always united with Jesus, this… Read More »

Vatican City, Oct 10, 2020 / 06:15 am (CNA).- The Vatican unveiled changes to a landmark law on transparency, supervision, and financial intelligence Saturday, saying that the move would strengthen oversight of financial flows.  The Holy See press office published the text of a decree Oct. 10 by Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president of the Governorate of… Read More »

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 9, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- A federal court ruled on Friday that Florida State University (FSU) must pay the Catholic former leader of the student senate who was removed in June for comments he made about Church teaching and anti-racist groups. Jack Denton, the former president of the FSU student… Read More »

CNA Staff, Oct 9, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- A Vatican representative called Wednesday for the cancelation of the debt of poor countries facing a “triple economic shock” as a result of the coronavirus crisis.  Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, said Oct. 7 that debt repayments and the pandemic… Read More »

CNA Staff, Oct 9, 2020 / 12:01 pm (CNA).- The US Supreme Court on Thursday refused to reverse a lower court's order preventing the FDA from requiring in-person dispensation of the abortion pill during the coronavirus pandemic. Justice Samuel Alito wrote a dissent, in which he was joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, which focused on… Read More »