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Regnum Christi: Principal resigns following arrest of school chaplain on sex abuse charges

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

Madrid, Spain, Mar 26, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA).

Father Jesús María Delgado, principal of Highlands El Encinar school in Madrid, has resigned in the wake of complaints of sexual abuse against the school’s chaplain.

French independent abuse authority has compensated nearly 850 victims since 2021

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. / Credit: Gabriele Maltinti/Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 26, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA).

France’s National Independent Authority for Recognition and Reparation’s annual report says the organization has resolved 852 cases, with 99% involving financial compensation.

Salesians elect Maltese priest Fabio Attard as Don Bosco’s 11th successor

Maltese priest Fabio Attard was elected rector major of the Salesians for the next six years. / Credit: Courtesy of Salesian Family

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 26, 2025 / 13:05 pm (CNA).

Maltese priest Fabio Attard was elected as the new rector major of the Salesian congregation during its general chapter, becoming the 11th successor of St. John Bosco.

King Charles postpones Vatican visit to give Pope Francis more recovery time

Pope Francis greets His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales at the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Vatican on Oct. 13, 2019. / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Staff, Mar 25, 2025 / 18:35 pm (CNA).

The royal couple was set to visit the Vatican in early April to celebrate the 2025 Jubilee but announced the postponement of their visit on Tuesday. 

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.