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A detail from “Joseph with the Child and the Flowering Rod” by Alonso Miguel de Tovar (1678–1752). / Credit: Public domain

Rome Newsroom, Mar 19, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).

From Blessed Pius IX to Francis, popes have underlined the importance of devotion to St. Joseph, husband of Mary.

Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Lima Newsroom, Mar 17, 2025 / 15:25 pm (CNA).

The regime is now keeping Catholic priests under surveillance, checking their cellphones, and demanding weekly reports on their activities.

At dawn on March 17, 2025, a group of Christians gather around St. Patrick’s grave in Downpatrick, County Down, in Ireland to pray the Lord’s Prayer 100 times for peace and unity. / Credit: Siobhán Brennan

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mar 17, 2025 / 13:40 pm (CNA).

It was the third year in a row that friends and strangers from all walks of life joined together in prayer to honor St. Patrick’s legacy.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Aug. 10, 2023. / Credit: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mar 17, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

The cases come 23 years after the force was established to create a new start for policing after years of controversies related to alleged discrimination. 

Entrance to the Izaguirre ranch. / Credit: Courtesy of the Office of the Prosecutor of the State of Jalisco

Puebla, Mexico, Mar 14, 2025 / 17:10 pm (CNA).

The Catholic Church in Mexico expressed its “profound indignation and grief” following the discovery of an organized crime training and extermination camp.

Bishop Isaac Martínez Chuquizana leads the diocese of Cajamarca, Peru. / Credit: Peruvian Bishops Conference.

Lima Newsroom, Mar 14, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

A Peruvian bishop has denounced an attack on the Church’s freedom of speech by LGBTQ+ activists who accuse the Church of the “crime of discrimination.”

Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. / Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School

Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA).

Regnum Christi has announced that it will review the protocols it has in place in Spain following five allegations of abuse against Legionary priest Marcelino de Andrés Núñez.

Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Most Holy Mary of Guadalajara after the International Women’s Day march on March 8, 2025. / Credit: Archdiocese of Guadalajara

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 11, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA).

In the state of Jalisco, the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Most Holy Mary in Guadalajara was tagged with graffiti on its walls with slogans in favor of abortion.

People gather on a flooded street after a powerful storm struck the city of Bahia Blanca, 373 miles south of Argentina’s capital, on March 7, 2025. / Credit: PABLO PRESTI/AFP via Getty Images

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 11, 2025 / 13:45 pm (CNA).

In addition to prayers, the Church in Argentina has sent material aid to Bahía Blanca, which suffered severe flooding March 7 after 16 inches of rain fell in just a few hours.

Mexico City cathedral. / Diego Grandi/Shutterstock.

Mexico City Newsroom, Mar 9, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

In a statement issued on March 5, the Mexican Bishops’ Conference specifically pointed out problems such as “the decriminalization and promotion of abortion.”