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CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2020 / 12:17 pm (CNA).- The president of the Scottish bishops' conference wrote Friday to the Scottish health secretary, saying the permission for women to self-administer both stages of a medical abortion at home during coronavirus is born of ideology rather than true concern for women. “I believe it is profoundly… Read More »

CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2020 / 11:31 am (CNA).- The bishops of Togo called for peace and respect for the rights of citizens after the violent arrest of an opposition leader from his home on Tuesday. “[E]very citizen has the right and duty to express his/her disapproval in the face of manifest injustice and oppression,”… Read More »

Vatican City, Apr 24, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, said Friday that the Church needs more women involved directly in priestly formation in seminaries. “I believe that for the priest, learning to relate to women in the context of formation is a humanizing factor which… Read More »

CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2020 / 10:15 am (CNA).- A survey of the 2020 priestly ordination class was published by the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference (USCCB) on Thursday, a slightly smaller class than in 2019. Sponsored by the bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, the survey is conducted annually of U.S. seminarians who… Read More »

CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2020 / 01:30 pm (CNA).- Iran has sentenced a 21 year-old Christian woman to prison and lashing for “disturbing public order,” after she protested the destruction of a passenger jet by the military. Mary (Fatemeh) Mohammadi, a 21 year-old Iranian convert to Christianity, was arrested on Jan. 12 after taking part… Read More »

CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2020 / 11:24 am (CNA).- The bishops of Northern Ireland wrote to members of the region's legislature Wednesday urging them to debate the abortion regulations imposed by the British government and to formulate new, pro-life regulations. “We take this opportunity to encourage you to debate these Regulations as a matter of… Read More »

CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2020 / 09:00 am (CNA).- Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the U.S. bishops' conference, is inviting all U.S. bishops to join him on May 1 in reconsecrating the U.S. to the Blessed Virgin Mary in response to the pandemic. The reconsecration is timed to coincide with the bishops of Canada consecrating… Read More »

Vatican City, Apr 23, 2020 / 08:45 am (CNA).- Pope Francis marked the feast of his namesake on Thursday with a gift of ventilators and other medical equipment to countries with medical systems overwhelmed by the coronavirus outbreak. Ventilators were delivered to hospitals in Romania, Spain, and Italy on April 23, the feast of St.… Read More »

Vatican City, Apr 23, 2020 / 08:00 am (CNA).- The Vatican announced Thursday that due to the health situation caused by the coronavirus, the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress, to be held in Budapest in September, has been moved to the year 2021. A statement from Holy See press office director Matteo Bruni April 23 said… Read More »

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 22, 2020 / 01:30 pm (CNA).- The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled on Tuesday, April 21, that it is lawful for doctors to euthanize patients with severe dementia, provided that the patient had expressed a desire to be euthanized while still legally capable of doing so.  Lower courts had previously… Read More »