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Archbishop calls for defending human life in all stages and situations

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ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 25, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

On the Day of the Unborn Child, March 25, Archbishop Enrique Benavent Vidal of Valencia, Spain, issued a call to defend human life from conception to natural death.

Consecrated women of Regnum Christi on the rebound despite ‘deep wound’ from founder

A group of members of Regnum Christi. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Regnum Christi

Madrid, Spain, Mar 24, 2025 / 10:45 am (CNA).

The confirmation of the double life of the founder of the Legionaries of Christ marked a turning point for Regnum Christi priests, consecrated men and women, and laypeople.

Catholics celebrate 100th anniversary of priestly ordination of St. Josemaría Escrivá

A scene from St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer's trip to Jaltepec, Mexico, in June 1970. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei/Flickr

Madrid, Spain, Mar 24, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

On March 28, the centennial of the priestly ordination of St. Josemaría Escrivá will be celebrated with liturgical and academic events in Zaragoza, Spain, and in Rome.

Lord mayor of Westminster in London receives papal knighthood

Auxiliary Bishop Nicholas Hudson with the lord mayor of Westminster, Robert Rigby, at Westminster Cathedral on Thursday, March 20, 2025. / Credit: Westminster City Council

London, England, Mar 22, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).

Councilor Robert Rigby was formally awarded the knighthood — the highest honor a lay Catholic can be given by the Holy See — on March 20. 

UK pro-life campaigners press ahead with prayer vigils as court verdict looms

Volunteers pray at a vigil at an abortion clinic in Ealing, West London, the site of the first “buffer zone” in the U.K. They are restricted by law from being closer than 500 meters (about 1,600 feet) to the clinic, more than the 150 meters (500 feet) imposed by the nationwide law in October 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of 40 Days for Life International

London, England, Mar 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Pro-life campaigners in the U.K. are pressing ahead with 40 Days for Life vigils as a court verdict looms for a woman who held a sign outside an abortion clinic.

World Down Syndrome Day: Remembering the doctor who discovered the cause of Down syndrome

Dr. Jérôme Lejeune (1926-1994). / Credit: Fondation Jérôme Lejeune via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

CNA Staff, Mar 21, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

On World Down Syndrome Day, March 21, we remember Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, a Catholic doctor on his way to sainthood.

‘Go to Joseph’: What popes from Blessed Pius IX to Pope Francis have said about St. Joseph

A detail from “Joseph with the Child and the Flowering Rod” by Alonso Miguel de Tovar (1678–1752). / Credit: Public domain

Rome Newsroom, Mar 19, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).

From Blessed Pius IX to Francis, popes have underlined the importance of devotion to St. Joseph, husband of Mary.

Christians pray 100 Our Fathers at St. Patrick’s grave in Ireland for peace and unity

At dawn on March 17, 2025, a group of Christians gather around St. Patrick’s grave in Downpatrick, County Down, in Ireland to pray the Lord’s Prayer 100 times for peace and unity. / Credit: Siobhán Brennan

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mar 17, 2025 / 13:40 pm (CNA).

It was the third year in a row that friends and strangers from all walks of life joined together in prayer to honor St. Patrick’s legacy.

Northern Ireland’s police service faces anti-Catholic discrimination cases

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Aug. 10, 2023. / Credit: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mar 17, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

The cases come 23 years after the force was established to create a new start for policing after years of controversies related to alleged discrimination. 

Regnum Christi to review abuse prevention policies following arrest of former official

Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. / Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School

Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA).

Regnum Christi has announced that it will review the protocols it has in place in Spain following five allegations of abuse against Legionary priest Marcelino de Andrés Núñez.