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- Cardinal Burke says he is recovering from COVID, urges Catholics to pray the rosary 16/10/2021Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke at the March for Life in Rome, Italy, May 10, 2015. / Martha Calderon/CNA Washington D.C., Oct 16, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Cardinal Raymond Burke on Friday said that he is continuing to recover from COVID-19 and can offer daily Mass now, in a statement posted on his Facebook account. […]
- Spanish bishop who resigned from office will attempt marriage 15/10/2021Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà, Bishop Emeritus of Solsona. / Conferencia Episcopal Española via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Solsona, Spain, Oct 15, 2021 / 14:01 pm (CNA). Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà, who resigned as Bishop of Solsona in August, has applied for a civil marriage license with his partner, who is herself a divorcee.After various inquiries […]
- Murdered British lawmaker was Catholic, pro-life 15/10/2021The late David Amess, Member of Parliament for Southend West / davidamess.co.uk Denver Newsroom, Oct 15, 2021 / 11:45 am (CNA). A British lawmaker died Friday after suffering multiple stab wounds at a Methodist church in southeast England. Sir David Amess, 69, was a Member of Parliament since 1983 and a member of the Conservative party. […]
- Meet the Catholic nuns leading the fight against human trafficking 15/10/2021Sister Monica Chikwe, vice president, Slaves No More / U.S. Embassy to the Holy See Vatican City, Oct 15, 2021 / 10:06 am (CNA). When a 26-year-old Nigerian girl was first forced out on the streets of Italy by her traffickers, she was told: “You have to start smiling.”Blessing Okaedion still thinks back on that […]
- 'One million children praying the rosary': Kids join rosary initiative inspired by St. Padre Pio 15/10/2021null / Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need Rome Newsroom, Oct 15, 2021 / 05:30 am (CNA). Children in South Sudan, Burma, and Lebanon have joined a worldwide initiative to get one million kids to pray the rosary this year on Oct. 18.“One million children praying the rosary” is a prayer campaign […]