Tag: calls
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Austrian bishop calls antisemitic incident in Amsterdam a ‘deeply alarming sign’
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 8, 2024 / 17:40 pm After a group of Israeli soccer fans were beaten and taunted for being Jewish by groups of young men after a game in Amsterdam, an Austrian bishop condemned the violence, saying it evokes, referring to Kristallnacht, “the darkest and most shameful days of our own history.” Following a…
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Vatican secretary of state calls out United Nations for promoting abortion and gender ideology
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 24, 2024 / 18:25 pm In an address to the United Nations’ “Summit of the Future” in New York, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s secretary of state, emphasized the need for promoting the dignity of the human person and voiced the Vatican’s disapproval of the assembly’s promotion…
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Vatican again calls for a moratorium on killer robots
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Aug 30, 2024 / 14:12 pm A representative of Pope Francis recently reaffirmed the Vatican’s opposition to lethal autonomous weapons systems, known popularly as “killer robots,” with the Vatican stressing that “no machine should ever choose to take the life of a human being.” Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, the Holy See’s…
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Cardinal Blase Cupich decries ‘fear of the other,’ calls for unity at Democratic National Convention
By Peter Laffin CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 11:21 am In his prayer of invocation at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Chicago archbishop Cardinal Blase Cupich lamented the “ongoing injustices in our national life” while calling for national unity. Speaking before a packed house at the United Center in…
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Australian archbishop calls for faith protections in wake of shelved religious bill
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Aug 14, 2024 / 10:32 am An Australian archbishop is urging the government to maintain existing religious freedom protections after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed he would not proceed with expected religious discrimination legislation this term. Melbourne Archbishop Peter A. Comensoli expressed disappointment over the news, saying in a statement:…