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Major Daniel E. O'Connell, MD, MPH, receives the 2021 Catholic Doctor of the Year Award on Oct. 26, during the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ annual Mass for Catholic Healthcare Professionals. / Mission Doctors Association. Los Angeles, Calif., Oct 26, 2021 / 18:39 pm (CNA). A neurologist who responded to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020 has been awarded this year’s […]

Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly / Emmanuel Parekkattu via Wikimedia (CC BY SA 4.0) Kochi, India, Oct 26, 2021 / 17:21 pm (CNA). Cardinal George Alencherry and his spokesman continue to reject claims of illegality in controversial land deals in the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly. They say Indian federal […]

null / Orhan Cam/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Oct 26, 2021 / 13:40 pm (CNA). Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I discussed religious freedom and climate change with U.S. leaders on Monday in Washington, D.C., and announced an interfaith initiative to encourage vaccination against COVID-19. After the Orthodox patriarch met with President Joe Biden on Monday, Oct. 25, the White House stated that […]

Hong Kong Bishop-elect Stephen Chow Sau-yan. / Screenshot. Hong Kong, China, Oct 26, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Hong Kong is famous for having long been one of the most densely populated urban areas in the world. It is one of the last places on earth one would expect to find a giraffe. Yet for the incoming bishop of Hong Kong, the animal from the African savannah has significant symbolic value, so […]

null / Ball Lunla/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Oct 26, 2021 / 11:10 am (CNA). A Catholic diocese in Canada will be requiring proof of vaccination and identity verification for anyone age 12 or older to attend Mass or other events held at parishes.  “Effective October 22, 2021, it will be mandatory for all persons 12 and older wishing to attend Masses or Services in our churches to […]

Toufic Baaklini at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, 2016 / In Defense of Christians Washington D.C., Oct 26, 2021 / 09:15 am (CNA). The president of an advocacy group for Middle Eastern Christians has resigned from the organization over his connection to illegal contributions to the campaign of a now-indicted congressman. On Sunday, Oct. 24, the Washington, D.C.-based group In […]

Anna Fleischer, president of Oxford Students for Life, at Oxford University’s Student Union’s Freshers’ Fair, Oct. 6, 2021. / Courtesy of @OSFLife Twitter account. Oxford, England, Oct 26, 2021 / 08:10 am (CNA). There is no better time for Oxford University’s 400 clubs and societies to recruit new members than at the Student Union’s Freshers’ Fair, held annually in October. Students […]

Santo Domingo - Within the framework of the missionary month of October, the Dominican diocese of La Vega celebrated Diocesan Mission Day 2021 from October 8 to 10, in Cotuí, with the theme “525th anniversary of the first baptisms in America”. The celebrations began with a previous training itinerary on baptismal and missionary commitment, addressed to about 2,000 missionaries, including […]

Erbil - The old manuscripts and books, Christian and Islamic, saved in recent years from a possible destruction by the jihadists of the Islamic State will be collected and kept in a museum-study center created ad hoc by the will of the Bishops of the Chaldean Church. The decision to create this new conservation and exhibition center was taken by the Chaldean Bishops themselves during the meeting […]

Official portrait of Sir David Amess. / Richard Townshend via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0). London, England, Oct 26, 2021 / 04:30 am (CNA). U.K. lawmakers have formally proposed an “Amess amendment” to a bill going through Parliament seeking to guarantee that Catholic priests can administer the last rites at crime scenes. The amendment, known as 292E, to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts […]