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Conference in Mexico City to explore philosophical vision, theology of Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI on April 21, 2007, in Vigevano, Italy. / Credit: miqu77/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 16, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA).

According to the event’s website, the congress came about as a result of a research project initiated by the International Ratzinger Foundation.

Sainthood cause of Father Luigi Giussani: Milan Archdiocese to begin collecting testimonies

1960. Varigotti (SV). Father Luigi Giussani with students during the Tower Ray. / Credit: Communion and Liberation Official Site

Rome Newsroom, Apr 16, 2024 / 10:30 am (CNA).

Archbishop Mario Delpini will hold the first public session of the testimonial phase of Giussani’s cause in the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio on May 9.

A drone’s-eye view of 7 glorious Catholic churches

New technologies can both enable and enhance the contemplation of beauty in church architecture. / Credit: Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 14, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).

New technologies allow us to contemplate from different angles, inside and outside, these stellar churches dedicated to the worship of God. 

Argentine archbishop found guilty of gender-based violence against nuns

Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello of Salta, Argentina. / Credit: Archdiocese of Salta

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 12, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA).

A civil court judge in Argentina has ruled in favor of the Carmelite sisters there in a case of alleged gender-based violence against the local archbishop.

Catholic bishop protests deportation by Mexican immigration authorities

Bishop Joseph Khawam is apostolic exarch for the Melkite Church in Venezuela and apostolic administrator of the Melkite Eparchy in Mexico. / Credit: Facebook screenshot/Bishop Joseph Khawam

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 9, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).

Bishop Joseph Khawam, a bishop of the Melkite rite, protested his alleged mistreatment and subsequent deportation by Mexican authorities.

Nicaragua dictatorship sentences 11 Christian leaders to prison, fines them $880 million

Eleven Christian leaders were sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $880 million on March 19, 2024, by the dictatorship in Nicaragua. / Credit: Credit: ADF International / Mountain Gateway Order, Inc.

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 8, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA).

The trial took place in wake of the leaders’ success in bringing together thousands of people to pray in public venues, which the regime saw as a threat.

5 reasons to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet

Image of the Divine Mercy. / Credit: EWTN News In Depth

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 7, 2024 / 10:10 am (CNA).

The Divine Mercy Chaplet is a pious practice revealed to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska by Jesus himself that has spread throughout the world.

Hospice leader in Canada promotes anti-euthanasia film: ‘My life’s work’

A room at the former hospice facility run by the Delta Hospice Society in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. The Canadian government in 2020 ended a $1.5 million funding contract with Delta Hospice over the organization’s refusal to implement medical assistance in dying (MAID). Then British Columbian Fraser Health Authority terminated the property lease with Delta Hospice, which shut the facility down.  / Credit: Photo courtesy of Delta Hospice Society

CNA Staff, Apr 6, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).

The president of Delta Hospice Society is promoting a new film to raise awareness of the “predatory doctor-assisted suicide regime” of the Canadian government.

‘Out of Christian charity,’ priests bury migrants who died in Darien jungle

View of a pantheon built by the Red Cross to bury the bodies of irregular migrants at the Municipal Cemetery of El Real de Santa Maria, Darien Province, Panama, on March 8, 2023, on the eve of its delivery to Panamanian authorities. The Red Cross constructed the hundred niches pantheon to bury the bodies of irregular migrants who die during their journey through the inhospitable Darien jungle in search of the American dream. / Credit: LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 5, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA).

The inhospitable Darién jungle has for years become an unavoidable route for hundreds of thousands of migrants who want to reach the United States.

Oldest man in the world dead at 114; prayed the rosary twice daily

Guinness World Records recognized Juan Vicente Pérez Mora as the oldest man in the world on Feb. 4, 2022, when he was 112 years old and 253 days old. / Credit: Guinness World Records

CNA Staff, Apr 4, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA).

Juan Vicente Pérez Mora was awarded the oldest man in the world distinction by Guinness World Records on Feb. 4, 2022, when he was 112 years and 253 days old.