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January 06, 2021

Pope Francis calls for peace in Central African Republic after disputed election

January 06, 2021

In his Angelus address on Jan. 6, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, the pope expressed concern about the turmoil following a Dec. 27 vote to elect the country’s president and National Assembly.

Pope Francis at Epiphany Mass: ‘If we do not worship God, we will worship idols’

January 06, 2021

“Worshiping God is not something we do spontaneously. True, human beings have a need to worship, but we can risk missing the goal. Indeed, if we do not worship God, we will worship idols -- there is no middle way, it is either God or idols,” he said.

As LA County limits emergency care amid COVID surge, ethicists weigh in

January 06, 2021

Washington D.C., Jan 6, 2021 / 12:25 am MT (CNA).- Los Angeles County has announced it is limiting non-COVID emergency care, due to hospitals having reached a “point of crisis” during the pandemic, promoting ethicists to discuss whether the act is justified. On Monday, the Emergency Medical Services Agency for Los Angeles County issued two

Chicago’s Fr. Michael Pfleger Steps Aside During Abuse Investigation

January 06, 2021

“The Archdiocese of Chicago takes all allegations of sexual misconduct seriously and encourages anyone who feels they have been sexually abused by a priest, deacon, religious or lay employee to come forward,” Cardinal Cupich wrote.

Cardinal Dolan’s New York Post Op/Ed Decries Vandalism of St. Patrick’s

January 06, 2021

St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan is not just the mother church of the Archdiocese of New York, but is beloved by people of all faiths, the cardinal said.

DC March for Life Prayer Vigil To Be Mainly Livestreamed

January 06, 2021

In past years, about 10,000 people would fill the basilica in Washington, D.C. for the prayer vigil preceding the world’s largest annual pro-life event, held in the nation’s capital every year since 1973 when the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton U.S. Supreme Court decisions legalized abortion in the nation.