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Meet the Spanish saint who helps those who suffer from diabetes

San Rafael Arnáiz at different times of his life / Credit: Monastery of San Isidro de Dueñas

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 14, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).

St. Rafael Arnáiz, who desired to be a Trappist monk but had diabetes, is considered one of the great mystics of the 20th century.

‘Hate speech’ charges dismissed for Finnish lawmaker who defended traditional marriage

The Helsinki Court of Appeal on Nov. 14, 2023, fully dismissed “hate speech” charges against Finnish grandmother and lawmaker Päivi Räsänen, who was on trial for expressing her biblical, religious views on marriage and sexuality. / Credit: Alliance Defending Freedom International

Rome Newsroom, Nov 14, 2023 / 04:55 am (CNA).

Päivi Räsänen had been charged after publicly sharing her biblical, religious views on marriage as between one man and one woman.

Thieves repent, sacramentally confess, and return stolen objects to chapel in Spain

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ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 13, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA).

A week after desecrating and robbing a chapel in the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain, the thieves have confessed and returned the stolen objects.

Baby Indi Gregory’s father says he chose baptism for her after feeling ‘dragged to hell’ 

Baby Indi Gregory was baptized on Sept. 22, 2023. Despite not being religious, Dean Gregory, her father, expressed that his time in court fighting for his daughter’s life felt like he had been “dragged to hell.” The experience moved him to decide to have his daughter baptized. / Credit: Christian Concern

CNA Staff, Nov 13, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).

Despite not being religious, Dean Gregory says fighting for his daughter’s life in court moved him and his wife to baptize their daughter.

Indi Gregory dies after removal of life support

Indi Gregory. / Credit: Christian Concern

Rome Newsroom, Nov 13, 2023 / 04:55 am (CNA).

The 8-month-old Gregory died in her mother’s arms at 1:45 a.m. on Nov. 13, according to Christian Concern.

First Ratzinger Prize winners since Pope Benedict's death go to two Spanish theologians

Pope Benedict XVI. / Credit: Giulio Napolitano/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 16:06 pm (CNA).

While Pope Francis ordinarily presents each award personally, this year the Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, plans to do so instead. 

Indi Gregory: UK judges order life support removed

Baby Indi Gregory. / Credit: Christian Concern

CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 15:25 pm (CNA).

Senior judges in the United Kingdom ruled today that a terminally ill baby’s life support be removed “immediately,” with the exact time and location as yet unspecified.

Vatican Museums announce new hours, ticket price, and entrance

The Vatican Museums. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Nov 10, 2023 / 09:23 am (CNA).

The museums have announced a series of novelties beginning both this month and after the new year, in anticipation of the 2025 Jubilee Year.

Azerbaijan demands Armenia hand over 8 villages it says are ‘under occupation’

Map of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. / Credit: Golden|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 4.0

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 9, 2023 / 17:39 pm (CNA).

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said that the eight villages are historically part of Azerbaijan and that they are being occupied by the Armenian military.

British infant Indi Gregory given more time to live as judge allows family to appeal

Terminally ill British infant Indi Gregory has been given more time to live after a court on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, gave her family permission to appeal a judge’s decision mandating where her life support can be removed. / Credit: Christian Concern

CNA Staff, Nov 9, 2023 / 14:16 pm (CNA).

The terminally ill British infant has been given more time to live after a court on Thursday gave her family permission to appeal a judge’s decision.