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  • null / Credit: Photographee.eu via www.shutterstock.com ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 24, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). Father Augusto Meloni Navarro, a priest, physician, and former vice president of the World Health Organization (WHO), urged prayers for the soul of Ana Estrada, the first person to undergo euthanasia in Peru. Meloni also emphasized the importance of […]
  • Pro-life advocates demonstrate prior to an Arizona House of Representatives session at the Arizona State Capitol on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix. / Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 24, 2024 / 17:15 pm (CNA). The Arizona House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to repeal a law protecting unborn babies from abortion throughout […]
  • Pro-life and pro-abortion activists at a demonstration outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments in the Moyle v. United States case, in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 2024. The case deals with whether an Idaho abortion law conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). / Credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via […]
  • A Coptic Orthodox church in Old Cairo, a historic area of the Egyptian capital. / Credit: Sun_Shine via Shutterstock Ann Arbor, Michigan, Apr 24, 2024 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Muslim extremists set on fire several homes of Christians in Minya, a province in southern Egypt, in a continuation of anti-Christian violence less than two weeks […]
  • Anti-death penalty activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to prevent the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip on Sept. 29, 2015, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Larry French/Getty Images for MoveOn.org CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond this week asked the Supreme Court […]
  • null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA). As euthanasia and assisted suicide are legalized in more jurisdictions throughout the U.S. and the rest of the world, one Catholic-focused ministry is promoting end-of-life resources that the group’s founder says will help Catholics finish their earthly journeys while remaining faithful.Aging with Dignity, […]
  • null / Credit: Brian A Jackson / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2024 / 13:35 pm (CNA). Catholics Charities Corporation in Ohio was found partially negligent this week in the 2017 death of a 5-year-old boy who was being supervised by one of the organization’s caseworkers at the time he died.A jury in Cuyahoga County ruled in the wrongful […]
  • Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of the multinational digital communications conglomerate Cisco, signs the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a document by the Pontifical Academy for Life, on April 24, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Apr 24, 2024 / 11:06 am (CNA). The CEO of Cisco Systems signed the Vatican’s […]
  • Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his Wednesday general audience on April 24, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Apr 24, 2024 / 09:09 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a new chapter in his ongoing catechetical series on virtues by pivoting to a reflection on […]
  • U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says he is “very blessed” that doctors caught his cancer early enough and that the treatments worked. / Credit: EWTN News Nightly/Screenshot CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2024 / 07:15 am (CNA). In an exclusive update on his health this week, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise discussed with “EWTN News […]