Category: US
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FBI investigating apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump in Florida
By Daniel Payne CNA Newsroom, Sep 15, 2024 / 19:48 pm The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Sunday that it was investigating an apparent attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life, the second such incident in roughly eight weeks. “The FBI has responded to West Palm Beach, Florida, and is investigating what appears…
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North Dakota judge strikes down state’s abortion restrictions
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2024 / 18:20 pm A state judge nixed North Dakota’s protections for unborn babies on Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a right to abortion before the unborn baby is viable outside the womb, which is usually defined at 22 or 23 weeks of pregnancy. North Dakota…
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Latin Mass parish in Nevada destroyed by wildfire
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Sep 11, 2024 / 17:25 pm A rampant wildfire on Saturday destroyed The Holy Spirit Catholic Mission in Washoe Valley, Nevada, which held the only Latin Mass in northern Nevada. Several other homes and structures in the area along U.S. Highway 395 New Washoe were destroyed by the Davis Fire,…
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Arizona bishops oppose proposed state crackdown against illegal immigration
By Peter Pinedo Houston, Texas, Sep 5, 2024 / 18:04 pm The Catholic bishops of Arizona have come out against a ballot initiative that would criminalize illegal immigration at the state level and strengthen state border enforcement. Arizona citizens will be voting on the measure, which is titled the Arizona Immigration and Border Law Enforcement…
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This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of September
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Sep 1, 2024 / 04:00 am Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of September is for the cry of the Earth. “Let us pray for the cry of the Earth,” Pope Francis urged the faithful in a video released Aug. 30. “If we took the planet’s temperature, it…
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Trump says he will vote ‘no’ on Florida pro-abortion amendment
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 30, 2024 / 19:02 pm Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Friday that he will vote “no” on a broad pro-abortion amendment set to appear on the ballot in Florida this November. Earlier in the week Trump — who lives in Florida — was asked by an…
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House lawmakers probe HHS on its backing of sex changes for kids
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 29, 2024 / 17:48 pm The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability is launching an investigation after the Biden-Harris administration allegedly pressured an international health care organization to promote gender transition drugs and surgeries for minors. “We are concerned that HHS [Department of Health and…
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Meet Monsignor Joseph Buh, the Duluth Catholic priest who could become America’s next saint
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 28, 2024 / 17:40 pm Monsignor Joseph Buh passed away more than a century ago in 1922. Yet his memory has not faded among the faithful in northern Minnesota. To this day many in the area consider him a saint, and he is ubiquitously acknowledged as the “patriarch…
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5 powerful quotes from St. Augustine’s most famous work, the ‘Confessions’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Aug 28, 2024 / 04:00 am The Catholic Church honors St. Augustine of Hippo, an early Church father, doctor of the Church, and foundational theologian, on Aug. 28. Augustine was brought up as a Christian in his early childhood but drifted from the Church, fathering a child out of wedlock…
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New film ‘Reagan’ aims to unite, says Catholic actor
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Aug 24, 2024 / 04:30 am The first full-length film focusing on the life of the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, will be hitting theaters on Aug. 30. The biopic “Reagan” stars Dennis Quaid and Catholic actor David Henrie portrays the teenage Reagan in the film.…