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Central American bishops to address migration crisis in Darien jungle

In 2023, over half a million migrants headed toward the United States crossed the Darien Gap, the inhospitable jungle region between Colombia and Panama. / Credit: Gonzalo Bell/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The meeting was convened by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and will take place in Panama City.

Priests suspend YouTube program after making ‘comments in bad taste’ about Pope Francis

Four of the six priests who regularly appear in "The Sacristy of the Vendée" program on YouTube. / Credit: Screenshot/Sacristy of the Vendée

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 7, 2024 / 17:05 pm (CNA).

A group of priests have suspended “until further notice” their YouTube program following the controversy sparked by comments about Pope Francis.

The last prophecy of St. Thomas Aquinas before he died 750 years ago

St. Thomas Aquinas uttered a last prophecy and an emotional prayer before his departure to Heaven. / Credit: Renata Sedmakova - Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 7, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA).

St. Thomas Aquinas uttered a last prophecy and an emotional prayer before his departure to heaven.

St. Thomas Aquinas’ relics carried in procession for 750th anniversary of his death

The purported skull of St. Thomas Aquinas in the Italian town of Priverno. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Mar 7, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA).

Bishop Mariano Crociata led the procession to honor the medieval philosopher and theologian widely considered one of the greatest thinkers in Western civilization.

Pro-abortion activists aggressively harass peaceful pro-life prayer vigil in Germany

The small group of Germans peacefully praying for an end to abortion were accosted March 1, 2024, by some 20 assailants wearing hoodies who shouted in their faces, harassing them, mocking them, insulting them, provoking them, and intimidating them with aggressive behavior. / Credit: 40 Days for Life Frankfurt

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 6, 2024 / 18:32 pm (CNA).

A lawyer and executive director of 40 Days for Life International denounced a March 1 attack by abortion activists on a group peacefully praying.

Pope Francis names retired judge to investigate sex abuse charges against Canadian cardinal

Quebec Cardinal Gérald Lacroix speaks at the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 7, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 6, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA).

The Archdiocese of Quebec has announced that Pope Francis has ordered an investigation into the accusations of sexual abuse against Cardinal Gerald Lacroix.

Catholic Church warns of threat posed by organized crime in upcoming elections in Mexico

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

The Mexican Bishops’ Conference urged authorities responsible for public safety to “guarantee protection and an environment of peace” during the election.

Priest battles ‘hate crime’ charges for criticizing Islam

Father Custodio Ballester serves a parish in the Archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain. / Credit: Courtesy of hazteoir.org

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mar 5, 2024 / 10:15 am (CNA).

A Spanish priest is facing up to three years in prison on “hate crime” charges for his heated words about Islam.

Ireland at a crossroads: Redefining family, motherhood on the ballot

A mother and child / Credit: Jordan Whitt / Unsplash

CNA Newsroom, Mar 5, 2024 / 09:25 am (CNA).

Proposed changes to the Irish Constitution would abolish “all reference to motherhood,” Ireland’s bishops argue.

Finnish study: Transgender surgeries for minors do not solve mental health issues

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 4, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA).

While some have claimed that puberty-blocking drugs and transgender surgical procedures are “life-saving medicine,” the study disputes that claim.