Erbil, Iraq, Mar 5, 2021 / 11:19 am (CNA).- When Vida Hanna was told by the Archbishop Bashar Warda of the Chaldean Archeparchy of Erbil that Pope Francis was coming to Iraq, she thought to herself it was just another rumor. Growing up in the Chaldean Catholic community in Erbil, Hanna, 27, was a little […]
Washington D.C., Mar 5, 2021 / 10:30 am (CNA).- Two weeks after the Bishop of Portland in Maine called state restrictions on religious gatherings “unacceptable,” Maine’s governor is allowing churches to host at 50% capacity beginning March 26. Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced on Friday that Maine churches will soon be able to host indoor […]
Washington D.C., Mar 5, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).- As the Senate considers a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package on Friday, the head of the U.S. bishops’ conference warned that the bill will fund abortions. “We urge President Biden and the leadership on Capitol Hill not to force upon Americans the wrenching moral decision whether […]
Baghdad, Iraq, Mar 5, 2021 / 08:30 am (CNA).- Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ address to bishops, priests, religious, consecrated persons, seminarians, and catechists, delivered March 5, 2021, at the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation in Baghdad. Your Beatitudes, Your Excellencies, Dear Priests and Religious, Dear Brothers and Sisters, […]
Rome Newsroom, Mar 5, 2021 / 08:17 am (CNA).- Pope Francis met Iraqi Catholic leaders in Baghdad on Friday, in a cathedral where 48 people were martyred during a 2010 terrorist attack. The March 5 meeting with bishops, priests, religious, seminarians, and lay catechists took place inside the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of […]
CNA Staff, Mar 5, 2021 / 08:00 am (CNA).- More than 90% of Poles identify as Catholics despite increasing secularization, according to a report published on Friday. The “Church in Poland” report, issued March 5 by the Catholic Information Agency (KAI), said that 91.9% of Poles described themselves as members of the Church. It found […]
CNA Staff, Mar 5, 2021 / 08:00 am (CNA).- More than 90% of Poles identify as Catholics despite increasing secularization, according to a report published on Friday. The “Church in Poland” report, issued March 5 by the Catholic Information Agency (KAI), said that 91.9% of Poles described themselves as members of the Church. It found […]
Baghdad, Iraq, Mar 5, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).- Here is the full prepared text of Pope Francis’ address to the Iraqi authorities, civil society, and the diplomatic corps, delivered March 5, 2021, at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad. Mr President, Members of Government and the Diplomatic Corps, Distinguished Authorities, Representatives of Civil Society, Ladies […]
Rome Newsroom, Mar 5, 2021 / 06:48 am (CNA).- In his first speech in Iraq, Pope Francis called for an end to violence and extremism so that ordinary Iraqis can live, work, and pray in peace. Speaking to Iraqi government authorities from the hall of the Presidential Palace in Baghdad, the pope said that “religion, […]
Denver Newsroom, Mar 5, 2021 / 03:01 am (CNA).- Xavier Becerra, US president Joe Biden’s nominee for HHS secretary, did indeed sue to take away the religious exemptions for the Little Sisters of the Poor, and it is only “technically true” for the California attorney general to claim that he sued the Trump administration, not […]