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Mexican presidential candidates meet with Pope Francis
Posted on 02/16/2024 18:00 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 16, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
2024 Mexican presidential candidates Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz and Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo met separately with Pope Francis this week.
Ecuadorian bishops oppose decriminalization of euthanasia: ‘Human life is sacred’
Posted on 02/15/2024 20:30 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 15, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA).
“Human life is sacred and inviolable. Any complicity with death ends up being paid for by the weakest and most vulnerable,” the bishops said.
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Panamanian cardinal who went missing
Posted on 02/15/2024 19:30 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 15, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
The Vatican Press Office reported Feb. 15 that Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán of the Diocese of David in Panama.
10 important things to know about Ash Wednesday
Posted on 02/14/2024 12:20 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 14, 2024 / 10:20 am (CNA).
Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, which is structured to spiritually prepare to walk with the Lord through his passion and celebrate his resurrection.
The image of Our Lady of Lourdes that’s not there but everyone sees it
Posted on 02/12/2024 20:30 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 12, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA).
Those who visit the chapel of the Our Lady of Lourdes shrine in the city of Alta Gracia, Argentina, witness a phenomenon that has no explanation.
The drama of human trafficking in the world: 50 million are enslaved
Posted on 02/9/2024 20:00 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 9, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
Any day of the year more than 50 million people are enslaved in the world according to the latest estimate published in a joint report.
Archdiocese of Montreal sues Quebec government over MAID forced upon hospice
Posted on 02/9/2024 16:30 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Vancouver, Canada, Feb 9, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Montreal’s Archbishop Christian Lépine is taking on the attorney general of Quebec.
Activists prepare to sue Canadian Catholic hospital over assisted suicide refusal
Posted on 02/9/2024 13:00 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
CNA Staff, Feb 9, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA).
Assisted suicide activisits say the lawsuit against St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver “would pave the way for the secularization of medical care in Canada.”
Euthanasia for Canada’s mentally ill still on the table despite ‘pause’ on implementation
Posted on 02/9/2024 10:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Toronto, Canada, Feb 9, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The Canadian government has paused implementing medical assistance in dying (MAID). But the pause does not mean a permanent halt to the plan.
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court decriminalizes euthanasia
Posted on 02/8/2024 17:45 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 8, 2024 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
According to one pro-life leader, “this is a very hard blow against the human dignity and constitutional rights of Ecuadorians.”