CNA Daily News
ACI Prensa's latest initiative is the Catholic News Agency (CNA), aimed at serving the English-speaking Catholic audience. ACI Prensa (www.aciprensa.com) is currently the largest provider of Catholic news in Spanish and Portuguese.
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Hundreds of Spanish pro-life groups mobilize for march
Madrid, Spain, Feb 22, 2012 / 04:03 pm (CNA/Europa Press).- Around 400 civic groups in Spain are joining together to support a pro-life demonstration set for March 24 in downtown Madrid.
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Execution order may have been issued for Iranian pastor
Washington D.C., Feb 22, 2012 / 03:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Iranian authorities may have issued an execution order for a pastor jailed for refusing to renounce his Christian faith.
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Pope says ashes symbolize austerity and resurrection
Rome, Italy, Feb 22, 2012 / 01:31 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Like millions of Catholics around the world, Pope Benedict XVI received ashes on Ash Wednesday. He said that they become a “sacred symbol” of austerity which reflects both the...
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Live Lent with courage, Pope urges Christians
Vatican City, Feb 22, 2012 / 12:10 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As he observed Ash Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI urged Christians to live the 40 days of Lent with faith and patience, aware that God will bring light, truth and joy into the...
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Cuban archbishop thwarts police violence against women protestors
Havana, Cuba, Feb 22, 2012 / 12:03 pm (CNA).- A leading Cuban archbishop intervened to prevent 14 members of the Women in White protest group from being assaulted by Cuban police agents.
Archbishop Dionisio Garcia Ibanez told...
