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Large families association launches ‘Save the planet, have more children’ campaign

A father and son observe pro-natalist billboard campaign in Madrid, Spain. / Credit: Large Families Association of Madrid

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 23, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The Large Families Association of Madrid has launched an advertising campaign featuring the message “Save the planet, have more children.” 

New Opus Dei program ‘Youth’ hopes to answer young people’s questions

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ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 22, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).

The “Youth” initiative is the result of the combined efforts of people from around the world.

2024 International Congress of Families to be held in Mexico

Guadalajara Cathedral (Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady), Mexico. / Credit: Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 21, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA).

The theme of this year’s congress will be “All Families Can Be Better.”

Pro-life advocates fight against euthanasia expansions across Canada, Australia

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CNA Staff, Feb 21, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).

In Canada, euthanasia and assisted suicide have been legal for nearly a decade and in Australia all six of the country’s states currently allow assisted suicide.

‘We are not going anywhere’: Knights of Columbus vow to keep up aid to Ukraine

Supreme Knight Patrick E. Kelly, center, and Ukraine State Deputy Youriy Maletskiy give out Easter care packages to Ukrainian refugees in Rava-Ruska, Poland, in April 2022. / Photo credit: Photo by Andrii Gorb, courtesy of the Knights of Columbus

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 21, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).

“The founding mission of the Knights of Columbus was to care for the vulnerable,” said Szymon Czyszek, organizer of relief efforts in Eastern Europe.

St. Peter Damian, the driving force behind the reform of the Church 1,000 years ago

Pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square for the Angelus on the Solemnity of All Saints, Nov. 1, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 21, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).

This doctor of the Church was simple, firm, and honest in the face of error.

Haitian bishop in ‘stable’ condition after explosion in Port-au-Prince

Bishop Pierre André Dumas is vice president of the Haitian Bishops' Conference. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Rome Newsroom, Feb 20, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA).

Bishop Pierre-André Dumas was injured in an explosion in Haiti’s capital on Feb. 18.

What would Thomas Aquinas make of AI?

An illustration of the topic of Thomas Aquinas and AI created by DALL-E, a text-to-image model native to ChatGPT. / Credit: DALL-E/OpenAI

CNA Staff, Feb 20, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).

According to one German theologian, the Catholic saint and doctor of the Church can contribute to contemporary discussions about AI’s risks and role in society. 

Are all religions equal? A Catholic priest responds

Symbols of several of the world's leading religions. / Credit: Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 19, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).

Father Eduardo Hayen Cuarón, director of the newspaper Presencia in Mexico, responded to the question of whether all religions are equal, good, and true.

Argentine nun remembered for her smile considered for sainthood

Sister Cecilia María of the Holy Face. / Credit: Dicastery for the Causes of Saints/General Curia of the Discalced Carmelites

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 17, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA).

The edict has been signed that begins the process prior to the opening of the cause of canonization of Sister Cecilia María of the Holy Face.