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CNA Staff, Aug 31, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has signaled that a prohibition on federal funding for abortion will be excluded from spending bills next year if Democrats retain a majority in the House of Representatives, setting the state for the end of a 44-year-old bipartisan agreement on abortion funding.… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 31, 2020 / 10:30 am (CNA).- The Knights of Columbus have pledged to donate $150,000 to a Louisiana diocese badly hit by Hurricane Laura. On Friday, the Catholic fraternal organization announced they would send assistance to the Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana, which suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Laura last week. The… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 31, 2020 / 08:30 am (CNA).- Poland’s bishops expressed concern Saturday about a rise in acts of desecration. In a statement issued at the end of their plenary assembly Aug. 29, the bishops called for greater respect for religious sensibilities.  “The bishops … express their concern about the increasingly frequent cases of… Read More »

Vatican City, Aug 30, 2020 / 05:35 am (CNA).- Pope Francis said Sunday the crucifix we wear or hang on our wall is not supposed to be decorative, but a reminder of God’s love and the sacrifices involved in the Christian life. “The cross is the holy sign of God’s Love and a sign of… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 30, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).-   Bishop Robert Barron this week delivered a homily in support of St. Junipero Serra, an 18th century Franciscan missionary whose legacy has drawn renewed scrutiny in recent months from some who consider him a symbol of an oppressive colonial system. “We are gathered here today… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 29, 2020 / 03:56 pm (CNA).- A federal judge has blocked a rule by the Department of Education for allocating pandemic relief money to private schools. U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction against the rule Thursday. He said the Education Department had exceeded its authority in… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 29, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).-   The Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina, warned last week that he will impose canonical sanctions on priests who distribute Communion on the tongue during the coronavirus pandemic, in defiance of a diocesan directive permitting the distribution of Communion only in the hand. Bishop Eduardo Taussig … Read More »

Vatican City, Aug 29, 2020 / 09:36 am (CNA).- The Vatican is publishing a new book collecting Pope Francis’ notable speeches to athletes of all kinds, and which includes the testimonies of three professional athletes. An Aug. 29 press release describes the book as a collection of the pope’s “most significant speeches to athletes,” including… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 29, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- A team spread across three continents is using cutting-edge technology to shed new light on the figure of St. John Henry Newman. The project, overseen by the National Institute for Newman Studies (NINS) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is aiming to offer crystal-clear digital reproductions of more than… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 28, 2020 / 06:11 pm (CNA).- As part of an effort to remember and pray for persecuted Christians, several churches in the Diocese of Málaga, Spain are displaying a chalice that was shot by the Islamic State. The chalice was rescued from a Syrian Catholic church in the town of Qaraqosh on… Read More »