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Denver Newsroom, Aug 28, 2020 / 04:50 pm (CNA).- Rehumanize International, a secular pro-life organization, is set to hold its annual conference Saturday virtually, with an eye to life topics such as abortion, assisted suicide, and the death penalty, as well as police violence and torture. Aimee Murphy, founder and executive director of Rehumanize International,… Read More »

Washington D.C., Aug 28, 2020 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- With more than 1,000 deaths a day still being registered in the United States, coronavirus vaccines are being developed, and tested at speed. Ahead of an effective vaccine being found, some government officials have broached the possibility of mandatory vaccinations—prompting ethical and legal questions. Governments, as… Read More »

Denver Newsroom, Aug 28, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- After the arrest of a man who allegedly threatened pro-life demonstrators with a gun, pro-life advocates say the incident is not typical and will not change their determination to engage in positive outreach. “Other than the occasional slurs and negativity offered by some people who drive… Read More »

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 28, 2020 / 12:31 pm (CNA).- The final night of the Republican National Convention focused heavily on the importance of law and order, and ended with an operatic rendition of Ave Maria and patriotic hymns on the South Lawn of the White House. President Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination… Read More »

CNA Staff, Aug 28, 2020 / 12:01 pm (CNA).- The British Columbia Court of Appeal has agreed to hear a case of a hospice trying to preserve its historical opposition to participation in the provision of euthanasia. The Delta Hospice Society is due to lose $1.5 million in funding from the Fraser Health Authority, a… Read More »

Rome Newsroom, Aug 28, 2020 / 11:50 am (CNA).- The newspaper of the Italian bishops’ conference is facing criticism after it published a letter Wednesday arguing that Catholics can support legal abortion in the country. In a “letter to the director” of Avvenire, Angelo Moretti, coordinator of Caritas in the Diocese of Benevento, wrote that… Read More »

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 27, 2020 / 01:35 pm (CNA).- Milwaukee’s archbishop prayed for peace in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Thursday morning, after four nights of protests and riots following the shooting of a Black man by police on Sunday. Two people have been killed and another was wounded seriously by a gunman participating in the… Read More »

Vatican City, Aug 27, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- In an interview Thursday, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, spoke about uncovering financial scandal, saying that hiding scandal increases and entrenches it. “Mistakes must make us grow in humility and push us to convert and improve, but they do not dispense us from… Read More »

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 27, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Boston has issued a letter to priests, principals of parish schools, and the leaders of Catholic institutions affiliated with the archdiocese, warning against sharing overtly political posts on social media. “In the current atmosphere and political climate it is easy to get… Read More »

Vatican City, Aug 27, 2020 / 10:30 am (CNA).- Christians should respond to the coronavirus pandemic by showing “interreligious solidarity,” a new document jointly issued by a Vatican dicastery and a global ecumencial organization said Thursday.  The document, “Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity,” was published Aug. 27 by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious… Read More »