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Cardinal-elect Víctor Manuel Fernández was appointed by Pope Francis on July 1, 2023, to become the next prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of La PlataACI Prensa Staff, Mar 3, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).The move toward so-called inclusive language finds its origins in the feminist movement where activists considered sexist the generic masculine form of words, which has perennially been understood to include both men and women. In the past, for example, no one thought of challenging "for the good of mankind" as excluding women. However, the feminist movement drew heightened sensitivity to what activists considered the "patriarchal" nature of language.Various publications started to use terms or forms of words that made it clear that a job could be performed by both men and women. Hence "fireman" became "firefighter" and "mankind" became "humankind," etc.While some of these changes are not that dramatic or noticeable in Engl...
Speaking in his Angelus address on March 3 about the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis made an emotional plea for negotiations to reach a deal that both frees the hostages immediately and grants civilians access to humanitarian aid. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Mar 3, 2024 / 09:25 am (CNA)."Enough!" "Stop!" Pope Francis repeated from the window of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace on Sunday as he called for Israel and Palestine to reach an agreement for "an immediate ceasefire in Gaza." Speaking in his Angelus address on March 3, the pope made an emotional plea for negotiations to reach a deal that both frees the hostages immediately and grants civilians access to humanitarian aid."I carry daily in my heart, with sorrow, the suffering of the peoples in Palestine and Israel due to the ongoing hostilities," the pope said, reflecting on five months of war in Gaza."The thousands of dead, the wounded, the displaced, the immense destruction, causes pain, and this with tremendo...
Woolen scarves produced at the Rafedìn tailoring workshop in Amman, Jordan. The workshop is hosted in the premises of the Latin parish of Mar Yousef and it provides employment for approximately 20 young Iraqi women who sought refuge in Jordan. / Credit: Marinella BandiniJerusalem, Mar 3, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).In Amman, Jordan, there is a tailoring workshop where, in addition to creating clothing and accessories, the wounds of life are stitched back together. It is called Rafedìn, which means "the two rivers." The rivers refer to the Tigris and the Euphrates, enclosing Mesopotamia, the land of Iraq. The name was chosen by the first Iraqi girls who participated in the project: approximately 20 young women who fled the persecution of ISIS in 2014. In Jordan, they attempted to rebuild their future.A view of the Rafedìn tailoring workshop in Amman, Jordan. The word "Rafedìn" means "the two rivers." The rivers refer to the Tigris and the Euphrates, enclosing Mesopotamia, the lan...
Pope Francis engages with a youngster at the inauguration of the 95th Judicial Year of the Vatican City State on Saturday, March 2, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Mar 2, 2024 / 10:42 am (CNA).Pope Francis presided over the inauguration of the 95th Judicial Year of the Vatican City State on Saturday morning, however he delegated the task of reading the speech to an aide due to bronchitis. "I thank you all. I have prepared a speech, but you can hear I am unable to read it because of bronchitis," a visibly fatigued and hoarse sounding Francis said to the Vatican's magistrates gathered in the Hall of Blessings. The 87-year-old pontiff canceled his public engagements last Saturday and Monday due to a "mild-flu." After his remarks at the general audience on Wednesday, which were also read by Monsignor Ciampanelli, the pope went to Rome's Gemelli Isola Tiberina Hospital for "diagnostic tests." On Saturday, however, the pope maintained a full schedule, includ...
St. Michael's Media founder and CEO Michael Voris during an interview for local television news before the "Bishops Enough Is Enough" rally at the MECU Pavilion November 16, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland. / Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 2, 2024 / 14:22 pm (CNA).Church Militant, the controversial Catholic media outlet that has for years maintained a reputation for combative and antagonistic coverage of Catholic figures and issues, following a $500,000 defamation judgment against it. Boston-based law firm Todd & Weld said in a press release this week that Church Militant had "agreed to the entry of a judgment against it in the amount of $500,000" in a defamation lawsuit brought by Father Georges de Laire, the judicial vicar of the Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire. The media outlet had run an article in 2019 titled "NH Vicar Changes Dogma Into Heresy," one in which the author, canonist Marc Balestrieri, claimed to "have ta...
Pope Francis poses with a woman and three children during a lunch in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall for over 1,000 poor and economically disadvantaged people on Nov. 19, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media.Vatican City, Mar 2, 2024 / 10:16 am (CNA).Pope Francis has issued a message to the world's children in anticipation of the Church's first-ever World Children's Day, which will take place in Rome from May 25-26, reminding them that the key to happiness lies in cultivating a prayer life and personal relationship with Christ, which in turn forms the basis of broader social action. "If we really want to be happy, we need to pray, to pray a lot, to pray every day, because prayer connects us directly to God. Prayer fills our hearts with light and warmth; it helps us to do everything with confidence and peace of mind," the pope wrote in his March 2 letter addressed to the world's children. The pope followed up this reflection, by asking children to pray the Lord's Prayer "ever...
Heritage Foundation researcher Emma Waters speaks to Prudence Robertson on "EWTN Pro-Life Weekly," Feb. 29, 2024. / Credit: "EWTN Pro-Life Weekly"CNA Staff, Mar 2, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).A Catholic moral theologian this week warned that in vitro fertilization (IVF) "separates the things that God wanted to be together" while another expert spoke out against the "inhumane" treatment of the hundreds of thousands of human embryos produced by IVF. The Alabama Supreme Court has sparked a national debate on the ethics surrounding IVF following the court's recent decision that ruled embryos are considered children under state law."EWTN Pro-Life Weekly" anchor Prudence Robertson spoke to Emma Waters, a researcher at the Heritage Foundation, about the ethical implications of IVF and its effects on marriage and society."In a normal in vitro fertilization process, clinicians will create anywhere between 15 to 20 embryos at a time," Waters explained.Embryos are then tested for genetic i...
A canon of Saint Peter elevates the relic of the Holy Lance one last time before returning it to its chapel on Feb. 24, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN VaticanVatican City, Mar 1, 2024 / 12:37 pm (CNA).The Holy Lance, also known as the Lance of Longinus, holds a significant place in Christian tradition as the weapon believed to have pierced the side of Jesus during his crucifixion. Tradition holds that the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica has the jealous custody of a relic that is part of the Holy Lance. The Gospel of John provides the sole biblical reference to this event, recounting that a Roman soldier named Longinus, on the eve of the Sabbath, ensured Jesus' death by piercing him in the side with a lance. This act, as described in John 19:34, has sparked centuries of reverence and fascination across Europe and inside the Vatican.Ministers process to the high altar, with the statue of St. Longinus in the background, on Feb. 24, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN VaticanA...
The superior general of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), Father Andrzej Komorowski, met with Pope Francis on Feb. 29, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Pater Stefan Reiner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Mar 1, 2024 / 13:45 pm (CNA).Pope Francis met with the superior general of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) on Thursday, confirming that restrictions on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass don't apply to the order.The private meeting between the pope and Father Andrzej Komorowski, who was accompanied by two priests from his order, came at the invitation of Pope Francis and followed a request from the FSSP.According to a press release from the FSSP, the meeting was an opportunity to showcase "deep gratitude to the Holy Father" and to discuss the "liturgical specificity of the Fraternity of St. Peter." The FSSP was established on July 18, 1988, as a society of apostolic life of pontifical right by the...
null / Credit: Ken Wolter/Shutterstock and Ceri Breeze/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 1, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).CVS and Walgreens, the two largest pharmacy chains in the country, announced on Friday that they will begin selling the abortion pill mifepristone this month.Martin Maloney, a media representative for Walgreens, told CNA that the chain would begin distributing the pills within the next week in "select locations" in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California, and Illinois.Walgreens has announced its decision to distribute the pills following the completion of the FDA certification process. The pills will not be delivered via mail, according to spokesperson Maloney.CVS, meanwhile, said it will begin selling abortion pills in the next few weeks, the Associated Press reported.Chemical abortions are committed via a two-pill regimen consisting of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. This type of abortion works by cutting off the nutrients necessary for ...
