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Members of security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government hold up their firearms as they stand by the Mediterranean sea coast in Syria's western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, called for national unity and peace on March 9 amid growing international backlash following the killing of civilians along the country's coast in the worst violence since the overthrow of former president Bashar al-Assad in the heartland of the Alawite minority, to which the latter belongs. / Credit: OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty ImagesACI MENA, Mar 11, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA).The Syrian coast in the western part of the country has become a theater for unprecedented unrest since the onset of the Syrian crisis in 2011. This past weekend, at least 745 Alawite civilians lost their lives in what the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights described as ethnic cleansing. The clashes have reportedly killed at least 1,000 people. The incidents unfolded as armed Ala...
U.S. Supreme Court. / Credit: PT Hamilton/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 18:15 pm (CNA).The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit that challenges Colorado's ban on "conversion therapy" for minors who have gender dysphoria or same-sex attraction and will consider religious freedom and free speech concerns about the prohibition.Justices announced on Monday, March 10, that they would hear a legal challenge to a Colorado law that expressly prohibits licensed psychologists and therapists from engaging in what it calls "conversion therapy." This ban does not apply to actions or statements from parents, clergy members, or others.State law defines "conversion therapy" as "any practice or treatment" that attempts to change a person's "sexual orientation or gender identity," such as efforts to change a person's "behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attraction or feelings toward...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at East Los Angeles College on Feb. 26, 2025, in Monterey Park, California. / Credit: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesNational Catholic Register, Mar 10, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA).Males who identify as transgender women shouldn't be allowed to play female sports and the Democratic Party should make room for pro-lifers, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on a podcast Thursday.Newsom, 57, governor of one of the most Democratic states in America and often lampooned by conservatives as an unhinged left-winger, made the comments during an 82-minute interview with an unlikely guest: conservative Christian activist Charlie Kirk.Newsom, widely considered a likely presidential candidate in 2028, is a strong supporter of legal and publicly funded abortion, despite being a baptized Catholic. As mayor of San Francisco in 2004, he ordered the clerk's office to issue same-sex civil marriage licenses, which was against state law at the time.But his comments during his "T...
null / Credit: Amanda Wayne/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA).Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, signed legislation late last week to bolster religious freedom from state-level rules and regulations.The Wyoming Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which mirrors the federal law with the same name, prohibits the state government and local governments from enacting any policies that "substantially burden a person's right to the exercise of religion" in most cases. It also creates a framework for people to sue government entities that violate this policy.With the adoption of this law, Wyoming becomes the 29th state to enact these protections at the state level. Most Republicans in the state Legislature supported the bill, and Democrats were split on the legislation.Under the bill, which goes into effect July 1, a "burden" is defined as any action that directly or indirectly "constrains, inhibits, curtails, or denies the exercise of religio...
Thousands of volunteers in colorful safety vests fill St. Peter's Square during the Jubilee of Volunteers at the Vatican on Mar. 9, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNARome Newsroom, Mar 9, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA).Pope Francis on Sunday thanked volunteers for the closeness and tenderness they show others in need of their care.As the Holy Father continues medical treatment at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican released his March 9 Sunday homily and Angelus message dedicated to the approximately 25,000 men and women participating in the March 8-9 Jubilee of the World of Volunteering. At the conclusion of his homily, the pope thanked volunteers associated with non-profit and non-governmental organizations for following Jesus by serving others."On the streets and in homes, in the company of the sick, the suffering and the imprisoned, with the young and the elderly, your generosity and commitment offer hope to our entire society," the pontiff shared in his prepared homily. "I...
A balloon with an image of Pope Francis is pictured outside the Gemelli University Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on March 3, 2025. Pope Francis suffered two new breathing attacks on March 3, 2025, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff struggles to recover from pneumonia. / Credit: Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty ImagesRome Newsroom, Mar 9, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Sunday said defeats are not definitive for those who believe in Jesus Christ and trust in God's love and forgiveness.In his prepared March 9 homily for the first Sunday of Lent, the Holy Father said difficulties and trials do not "end in failure" for Christians who embrace their relationship with God our redeemer."In the face of temptation, we sometimes fall; we are all sinners," the papal text said. "Our defeat, however, is not definitive, because following our every fall, God lifts us up by his infinite love and forgiveness."The Holy Father was unab...
Mexico City cathedral. / Diego Grandi/Shutterstock.Mexico City Newsroom, Mar 9, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).The Church in Mexico warned this week about the "manifestations of death that have been taking place in our country," which, according to the bishops, "threaten human dignity, dehumanize our coexistence, and leave a deep wound in the conscience of our people."In a statement issued on March 5, the Mexican Bishops' Conference specifically pointed out problems such as "the decriminalization and promotion of abortion, the scourge of uncontrolled violence, organized crime, and the scourge of drug trafficking, which has turned entire regions into war zones."However, despite this panorama "marked by shadows of death and despair," the prelates reminded that "life is a sacred gift, which must be welcomed, protected, defended, and promoted with courage."6 commitments for lifeIn this context, the bishops called for a commitment in favor of human dignity, calling for a Week for Life to be ...
A candle with an image of Pope Francis on it sits in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican duirng a rosary prayer service for the Holy Father on Thursday, March 6, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 8, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA).Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Follow here for the latest news on his health and hospitalization:
A candle with an image of Pope Francis on it sits in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican duirng a rosary prayer service for the Holy Father on Thursday, March 6, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 8, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA).Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Follow here for the latest news on his health and hospitalization:
San José de Luján formation house, Argentina. / Credit: Miles Christi InstituteLa Plata, Argentina, Mar 8, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA).The Vatican's Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has decreed the suppression of the Miles Christi religious order, founded in Argentina and the subject of a Vatican intervention in 2022."This decision was specifically approved by Pope Francis on Feb. 6, 2025," stated an official communication released by the AICA news agency.Implementing the measure fell to Mauricio Landra, auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Mercedes-Luján, as the papal delegate appointed by the Vatican dicastery."Given the delicacy and complexity of the situation, in order for everything to be carried out with justice and charity, in order to implement the decision taken by the Holy See, we entrust this time to Mary, Mother of the Church," Landra said when announcing the decision.Miles Christi (Soldier of Christ) was a clerical religious orde...
