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Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. / Credit: Courtesy of Highlands SchoolMadrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA).Regnum Christi has announced that it will review the safe environments protocols it has in place in Spain following five allegations of sexual abuse against the former secretary of Marcial Maciel, Legionary priest Marcelino de Andrés Núñez, who worked at the Highlands El Encinar school in that country.Maciel, the founder of the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi, was found to have sexually abused at least 60 minors, most between the ages of 11 and 16, according to a report issued by the Legionaries of Christ in December 2019. The measure was announced in a letter to the students' parents dated March 11 listing a series of "public commitments" that were reportedly conveyed to the students' parents in an in-person meeting held Monday.The section on reviewing processes and protocols begins with the decision to "select and hire an external auditing fi...
Rosary beads and tributes are placed on the sculpture of St. John Paul II on March 13, 2025, at the main entrance of Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is being cared for. Today marks the 28th day since Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome on Feb. 14 and also 12 years since Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis. / Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesVatican City, Mar 13, 2025 / 16:10 pm (CNA).Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate on Thursday from Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he has been receiving treatment for pneumonia for nearly a month.Hospital staff commemorated the occasion by presenting the 88-year-old pope with a cake decorated with candles. Additionally, he received hundreds of drawings, messages, and letters from children and well-wishers worldwide.The Holy See Press Office told journalists that Pope Francis continued his medication regimen, motor physiotherapy, and high-flow oxygen therapy on Thursday morning. He participated...
null / Credit: ivanko80/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 13, 2025 / 16:55 pm (CNA).Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.FDA chief counsel resigns after outcry over defense of abortion pillThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) chief counsel resigned Thursday following criticism from pro-life advocates for having defended abortion pills for the Biden administration. As a trial lawyer with the Biden administration's Department of Justice, Hilary Perkins defended access to the abortion pill mifepristone during a lawsuit against the FDA.Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri had criticized Perkins' appointment in a post on X on Wednesday, saying "I can't imagine anyone who would be more at odds with President Trump's agenda." His post followed an Axios story that drew attention to Perkins' appointment.Hawley noted that Perkins also opposed conscience rights for vaccines during COVID-19 and argued in f...
null / Credit: txking/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 13, 2025 / 17:50 pm (CNA).Diocese of Boise Bishop Peter F. Christensen raised concerns about a "culture of death" and threats to human dignity after Idaho made death by firing squad its primary method of execution for death row inmates."Whether we live in Idaho or anywhere else in the world, Catholics need to stand firm on the Gospel we preach," Christensen said. "Therefore, we oppose this means of execution and every other form of capital punishment. We are people who strive to promote redemption and peace."The bishop said in a statement provided to CNA Thursday afternoon that "Christians are called to oppose the culture of death" and "a person's dignity is not lost even after committing grave crimes." He noted that the government can protect the community by incarcerating the person "while avoiding definitively depriving the guilty of the possibility of redemption.""In light of the Gospel of mercy and hope, our ...
Crowds gather to pray the rosary for Pope Francis' health on Feb. 27, 2025, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 13, 2025 / 04:41 am (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:
Hundreds of people gather to pray the rosary for Pope Francis' health on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 12, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA).Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, reflected Tuesday on the great challenge of illness and suffering for Pope Francis as he approaches a month's hospital stay amid a series of health crises.Before leading Tuesday evening's recitation of rosary, held inside the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall, Koch drew parallels in the lives of Pope Francis and St. Peter."Truly, truly, I say to you when you were young, you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go," Koch said, citing Jn 21:18. Commenting on the Gospel account when the resurrected Jesus asked Peter, the first pope, to follow him until ...
A statue of St. John Paul II stands outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 12, 2025 / 07:00 am (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:
Family members of Oct. 7 Israeli hostages gather in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025 / Credit: Madalaine ElhabbalWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 12, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).Over a dozen family members of Israeli hostages shared the stories of their loved ones in Hamas captivity and asked for continued prayers during an emotional gathering that included several Christian groups in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. An intimate group of around 20 people attended the panel, including several representatives of the Philos Project, an ecumenical Christian nonprofit organization that advocates for pluralism and Israel's peaceful existence in the Middle East. Organized by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israeli Defense Forces, the panel included family members of Oct. 7 hostages Matan Angrest, 24, Manny Godard, 73, Guy Ilouz, 26, Tamir Nimarodi, 20, Evyatar David, 24, Idan Shvtivi, 28, Rom Brasvlavski, 21, and Omri Miran, 47. "We are living for more than 1...
A Planned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis. / Credit: Jonathan Weiss/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).Two Republican senators sent a letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to demand answers about why the Planned Parenthood Federation of America received more than $100 million in COVID-19 relief funds, which the lawmakers allege was "unlawful."Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who chairs the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, sent a letter to SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler to request documents and records related to Planned Parenthood's receipt of funding through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).According to the letter, Planned Parenthood affiliates received about $120 million in PPP loans in 2020 and 2021.Lawmakers have inquired about the funding for the past few years, though they reportedly did not receive t...
Cardinal Robert McElroy gives his first homily as the shepherd of the Archdiocese of Washington, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on March 11, 2025. / Credit: Patrick Ruddy/CNAWashington D.C., Mar 11, 2025 / 20:25 pm (CNA).Cardinal Robert McElroy emphasized the importance of Christian hope, mercy, and respecting human dignity in a homily in the nation's capital during his solemn installation Mass in which he assumed the role as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington. More than 100 priests, bishops, dozens of religious sisters, and hundreds of Catholic laity attended the Mass on Tuesday afternoon at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The basilica sits adjacent to the campus of The Catholic University of America in the Brookland neighborhood of the city.Cardinal Robert McElroy (seated) looks on, as Cardinal Wilton Gregory and Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States applau...
