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Full Text: Pope Francis’ homily for Easter Vigil 2024 at the Vatican

Pope Francis speaks at the Vatican's Easter Vigil, March 30, 2024 / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Mar 30, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA).

The Holy Father delivered the homily late in the evening at the vigil in St. Peter's Basilica.

What is transhumanism and what are its ethical challenges? A Catholic philosopher responds

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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

A Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish procession honoring the patroness of Cuba on Sept. 7, 2023. / Credit: Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Havana, Cuba

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

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CNA Staff, Mar 28, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA).

The woman’s father argued against the decision, saying that his daughter “is generally healthy.”

130,000 oppose leftist government’s attempt to change meaning of Spain civil war monument

A monumental cross towers above the Valley of the Fallen complex. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 28, 2024 / 10:30 am (CNA).

A Spanish association has garnered more than 130,000 signatures on a petition calling for the Madrid government to protect the Valley of the Fallen.

5 tips for evangelizing on social media

Based on his extensive apostolate on the internet, Dominican friar Nelson Medina offers several tips. / Credit: Shutterstock

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.

Faithful line the streets of Seville, Spain, for Holy Week processions 

The Brotherhood of the Holy Supper processes through Seville, Spain, on Holy Monday, March 25, 2024. / Credit: Joaquín Carmona

Seville, Spain, Mar 27, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA).

Holy Week in Seville is one of Spain’s most impressive, picturesque Catholic traditions. 

‘Everything is yours!’: Ecuador renews its consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Archbishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus of Quito presided over a solemn Mass in the Basilica of the National Vow in the Ecuadorian capital to renew the country's consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. / Credit: International Eucharistic Congress 2024

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 27, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA).

On March 25, Monday of Holy Week, Ecuador renewed its historic consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, first carried out 150 years ago.

Cardinal leads Holy Week prayer vigil for recently martyred Christians

Catholics gather in Rome’s Basilica of St. Bartholomew on Tiber Island on Holy Tuesday, March 26, 2024, for a prayer vigil honoring Christians who have been killed for their faith in recent years. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Mar 27, 2024 / 10:45 am (CNA).

Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life, presided over the vigil on March 26 in St. Bartholomew on Tiber Island.

Cuban archbishop makes emotional plea to Virgin Mary for electricity, food, and freedom 

Archbishop Dionisio Guillermo García of Santiago de Cuba prays before an image of Mary in the Basilica National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Charity on March 24, 2024. / Credit: Archbishopric of Santiago de Cuba

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 26, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).

The archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, Dionisio Guillermo García, offered a lengthy prayer before the nation’s patroness, the Virgin of Charity of Cobre.