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But Bilgri’s departure from the Church and his continued actions as a priest are two separate things, a canon law expert told CNA. “By leaving the Church and joining the ‘Old Catholics,’ Mr. Bilgri has committed the delict of schism,” said Father Stefan Mückl, a canon law professor at the Pontifical University of the ... read more

Paul Tuns: On Mach 27, the 50th anniversary of the Rockefeller Commission on Population Growth and the American Future, more than 30 pro-life leaders condemned the report and the mentality behind it, and urged Washington lawmakers to respect human life from the moment of conception. The Commission was created by Congress after being ... read more

Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, May 18, 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Vatican City, May 18, 2022 / 10:25 am (CNA). The change allows religious brothers who are not priests to lead their religious communities with Vatican permission. ... read more

Oswald Clark: The Biden administration’s proposed 2023 budget, released March 28, did not include the Hyde Amendment which prohibits federal taxpayer dollars from being used through Medicaid or government-employee benefits programs to pay for abortions except to save the life of the woman or in cases of rape or incest. The proposed 2023 ... read more

Paul Tuns: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the federal budget on April 7 and most media coverage focused on the size of the deficit, measures to address the housing affordability crisis, new defense spending and a new dental program, and tax increases for large businesses and the wealthy. But there are a number of anti-life ... read more

Paul Tuns: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the federal budget on April 7 and most media coverage focused on the size of the deficit, measures to address the housing affordability crisis, new defense spending and a new dental program, and tax increases for large businesses and the wealthy. But there are a number of anti-life ... read more

Last week the baby formula shortage made the news, so of course social media was abuzz with the hot takes. Because I’m not very bright, I decided to wade in as well. Now I’ll admit that sometimes I’ll tweet something that I know is controversial just to stir things up. But in this case I ... read more

Courtesy photo Pope Francis meets members of the Charles de Foucauld Spiritual Family Association in the study of the Paul VI Hall, May 18, 2022. During the meeting, held in a room off of the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall before his general audience, Pope Francis did not offer more details about the crisis he ... read more

Courtesy photo Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, May 18, 2022. Concluding his address, the Pope said that many elderly people walked a similar path to Job, undergoing great suffering but continuing to hold on to God’s promises. ... read more

Pope Francis meets members of the Charles de Foucauld Spiritual Family Association in the study of the Paul VI Hall, May 18, 2022. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, May 18, 2022 / 06:03 am (CNA). Pope Francis said on Wednesday that learning about St. Charles de Foucauld’s spirituality helped him during a ... read more

Pope Francis meets members of the Charles de Foucauld Spiritual Family Association in the study of the Paul VI Hall, May 18, 2022. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, May 18, 2022 / 06:03 am (CNA). Pope Francis said on Wednesday that learning about St. Charles de Foucauld’s spirituality helped him during a period ... read more

Beirut - From the scrutiny of the Lebanese parliamentary elections held on Sunday, May 15, a political framework emerges that is in danger of ending in paralysis, marked both by the fragmentation of political acronyms and by the polarization of potential axes of conflicting alliances. The political coalition that prevailed in the previous parliamentary assembly ... read more

Abuja - "But how can you preach love in a country where violence has become a rule?", asks His Exc. Mgr. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, Bishop of Nsukka, in the State of Enugu , saying he was shocked by the murder, on May 12, of the young student Deborah Samuel at the hands of an angry ... read more

Porto Alegre - The Church of Rio Grande do Sul took over the project of Mission Ad Gentes in the Archdiocese of Nampula, Mozambique, 28 years ago. Since 1994, nearly 70 missionaries have been sent to this African country through the "Sister Churches" project, while thousands of others have ensured, through their prayers and their ... read more

Tombura-Yambio - After five years of being closed, Saint Joseph Minor Seminary, a secondary school that welcomes 92 seminarians in the Catholic diocese of Tombura-Yambio, reopened its doors on May 11. "Let us all pray together that this seminary will produce many local vocations", said the Bishop of the diocese, Msgr. Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, addressing ... read more