Washington D.C., Mar 1, 2019 / 04:10 pm (CNA).- About 250,000 U.S. residents from El Salvador, Haiti, Sudan, and Nicaragua will have their provisional residency status extended to January 2020 as the Department of Homeland Security complies with a federal court order. Since Congress established temporary protected status in 1990, … Continue reading
Section: Our Lady of Medjugorje Messages – Category: Mirjana “Dear children, I call you ‘apostles of my love’. I am showing you my Son who is the true peace and the true love. As a mother, through the mercy of God, I desire to lead you to Him. My children, … Continue reading
Section: Our Lady of Medjugorje Messages – Category: Mirjana “Dear children, I call you ‘apostles of my love’. I am showing you my Son who is the true peace and the true love. As a mother, through the mercy of God, I desire to lead you to Him. My children, … Continue reading
Ottawa, Canada, Mar 1, 2019 / 03:01 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Luigi Ventura, apostolic nuncio to France, has been accused of sexual misconduct against an adult male while he was nuncio in Canada. The Vatican diplomat is already under investigation for alleged sexual assault in Paris. Christian Vachon emailed the nunciature … Continue reading
Washington D.C., Mar 1, 2019 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- Pro-life and pro-abortion advocates have responded to a bill introduced Thursday which would radically transform health care in the United States and provide government funding for abortion services through Medicare expansion. The Medicare for All Act of 2019 was introduced … Continue reading
Vatican City, Mar 1, 2019 / 01:30 pm (CNA).- There was a moment during the final press conference of this month’s Vatican abuse summit that, for many observers, symbolizes a theme that ran throughout the meeting. Asked by a journalist about the case of Argentinian Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta, Archbishop … Continue reading
Karachi, Pakistan, Mar 1, 2019 / 12:01 pm (CNA).- Before Sister Ruth Pfau arrived in Pakistan in the 1960s, life for leprosy victims in the country was filled with suffering and ostracization. In addition to the discomfort of the disfiguring disease itself, victims would often be isolated from society by … Continue reading
Vatican City, Mar 1, 2019 / 08:42 am (CNA).- Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin Thursday called the conviction of Cardinal George Pell in Australia “shocking and painful.” Cardinal Pell, who formerly served as the prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, is currently in police custody awaiting … Continue reading
Philadelphia, Pa., Mar 1, 2019 / 03:06 am (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced that the recently constructed tomb of St. Katharine Drexel at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul has been declared an archdiocesan shrine. “We are the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul and … Continue reading
New York City, N.Y., Mar 1, 2019 / 12:15 am (CNA).- New York police officials have declared an act of vandalism against a statue at a local Catholic church last week to be a hate crime. The incident occurred at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Park Slope, Brooklyn. “At approximately … Continue reading
