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Crisis in Haiti worsens: Minor seminary attacked by gangs
Posted on 04/3/2024 19:30 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 3, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA).
The Haitian Conference of Religious reported that a minor seminary run by the Spiritan Fathers was attacked April 1 by crime gangs.
Famous atheist Richard Dawkins says he considers himself a ‘cultural Christian’
Posted on 04/3/2024 17:30 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 3, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
Atheist Richard Dawkins said of Christianity: “It seems to me to be a fundamentally decent religion, in a way that I think Islam is not.”
Church in Mexico condemns murder of 8-year-old girl, vigilante retribution
Posted on 04/3/2024 11:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 3, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA).
“We are destroying ourselves little by little,” the Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico said in condemnation of the recent kidnapping and murder of an 8-year-old girl.
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Peruvian archbishop
Posted on 04/2/2024 17:15 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 2, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA).
The Vatican announced that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop José Antonio Eguren of Piura and Tumbes, Peru.
Archdiocese of Vancouver signs ‘sacred covenant’ with First Nation in British Columbia
Posted on 04/2/2024 16:45 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
CNA Staff, Apr 2, 2024 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
Archbishop J. Michael Miller called the pact a historic milestone that “forges a new relationship” between native communities and the Catholic Church.
Catholic cemeteries on the front line against secular fear of death
Posted on 04/1/2024 08:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Vancouver, Canada, Apr 1, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Cemeteries are the front line of defense against society’s secularism and fear of death and suffering, said the director of Catholic Cemeteries in Vancouver.
What is transhumanism and what are its ethical challenges? A Catholic philosopher responds
Posted on 03/30/2024 08:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 30, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
In a recent interview with ACI Prensa, Argentine philosopher Mariano Asla offered a critical analysis of transhumanism.
More Holy Week processions prohibited in Cuba
Posted on 03/28/2024 17:00 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 28, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The regime of President Miguel Díaz-Canel in Cuba has prohibited several Holy Week processions in different cities of the country.
Canadian judge grants 27-year-old autistic woman’s request for assisted suicide
Posted on 03/28/2024 14:30 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
CNA Staff, Mar 28, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
The woman’s father argued against the decision, saying that his daughter “is generally healthy.”
5 tips for evangelizing on social media
Posted on 03/28/2024 09:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 28, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Friar Nelson Medina, a Dominican known for his extensive apostolate on the internet, offers five tips for Catholics to do a better job evangelizing on social media.