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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.