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Hong Kong diocese cancels pro-democracy prayer in newspapers
CNA Staff, Aug 31, 2020 / 02:40 pm (CNA).- The Diocese of Hong Kong has intervened to cancel a Catholic...
Read morePro-life student group sends letter to Pope Francis over South Korea abortion law
Rome Newsroom, Aug 27, 2020 / 06:00 am (CNA).- A pro-life association of university students is appealing to Pope Francis...
Read moreMissionaries of Charity cancel Mother Teresa birthday celebrations due to COVID-19
CNA Staff, Aug 26, 2020 / 05:00 pm (CNA).- The Missionaries of Charity canceled their customary birthday celebrations for their...
Read moreCatholic leaders condemn Philippine bombings as ‘unconscionable’
CNA Staff, Aug 26, 2020 / 04:16 pm (CNA).- Catholics responded to twin bombings on an island in the Philippines...
Read moreArchbishop remembered as ‘courageous prophet’ after death from COVID-19
Rome Newsroom, Aug 26, 2020 / 07:30 am (CNA).- Archbishop Oscar Cruz died early Wednesday from coronavirus complications. He is...
Read moreAs South Korea revises abortion law, Catholics mobilize to protect unborn life
Rome Newsroom, Aug 25, 2020 / 11:15 am (CNA).- For more than 500 days a demonstrator has stood before South...
Read moreCatholic Aussie archbishop calls for ethical coronavirus vaccine
CNA Staff, Aug 24, 2020 / 03:10 pm (CNA).- The Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, has called on the country’s government...
Read moreArrested Hong Kong Catholic ‘chose those handcuffs,’ for justice, godfather says
Denver Newsroom, Aug 18, 2020 / 05:05 pm (CNA).- The godfather of an arrested Hong Kong Catholic entrepreneur and pro-democracy...
Read moreHospital worker: China forces abortion, infanticide on Uyghurs
CNA Staff, Aug 18, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- Hospitals in China’s Xinjiang province regularly committ forced late-term abortions on...
Read moreCatholic bishop laments murder of human rights activist in Philippines
CNA Staff, Aug 18, 2020 / 08:30 am (CNA).- A Catholic bishop deplored Tuesday the murder of a human rights...
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