Catholic News – Americas
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Quebec bishops ‘deeply concerned’ after premier says he wants to end prayer in public
Trois-Rivières Bishop Martin Laliberté (right), the president of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec, said the bishops there were…
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Vatican: Former choir director, manager convicted of embezzlement, abuse of office
Former Sistine Chapel choir director Monsignor Massimo Palombella leads the choir during a performance on May 9, 2018, in New…
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Outspoken Calgary Bishop Emeritus Frederick Henry dies at 81
Bishop Emeritus Frederick Bernard Henry, shown in a 2018 file photo, led the Diocese of Calgary from 1998 to 2017.…
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Trump discusses 100-day plan, abortion pill, immigration, tax cuts in first interview
President-Elect Donald Trump at the Elysee Palace on Dec. 7, 2024, in Paris. / Credit: Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images CNA Staff,…
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Catholic bishops to join health professionals for online mental health retreat
Left to right: Father Timothy Gallagher, Archbishop Borys Gudziak, Archbishop Nelson Perez, Archbishop Alexander Sample. / Credit: SOCA CNA Staff,…
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New film on Padre Pio provides intimate look into saint’s life from those who knew him
St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio. / Credit: After Elia Stelluto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA…
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White House backs off enforcing underage contraceptive rule in Texas
null / Credit: 279photo Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 6, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The White House is backing off…
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Nicaraguan dictatorship kidnaps and expels another priest
The Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, kidnapped and expelled from the country a…
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Bible boom: Why are people buying so many Bibles?
null / Credit: joshimerbin/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 5, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Is the Bible — already the most…
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New Orleans priest pleads guilty to 1970s kidnapping, rape of teenager
Father Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the 1970s, heading off a…
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