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CV NEWS FEED // As Catholicism continues to thrive across Africa, The New York Times is spotlighting the continent’s growing role in shaping the global Church and raising the question: Could the next pope come from Africa? More than half of the 13 million people who joined the Church in 2022 were in Africa, according … Read moreCould the next pope be African? NY Times highlights continent’s rising Catholic influence

CV NEWS FEED // A new study has found that human populations may need a fertility rate of at least 2.7 children per woman — far higher than the long-accepted 2.1 — to reliably avoid long-term extinction. The research, published April 30 in PLOS One and led by Takuya Okabe of Shizuoka University in Japan, … Read moreNew study: Replacement birth rate of 2.1 per woman is likely too low for population survival

CV NEWS FEED // A group of former parishioners of St. Peter’s Church in New Britain, Connecticut, have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Archdiocese of Hartford from demolishing the 125-year-old church. The Hartford Courant reported that the church, which features a 100-feet-tall steeple, was damaged in a 2024 New Jersey earthquake. Following an engineering … Read moreConnecticut parishioners sue to prevent diocese from demolishing historic church

CV NEWS FEED // As Scotland prepares for a critical vote on legalizing assisted suicide, lawmakers are warning that the proposed legislation could open the door to practices far beyond its original intent. A recent report from the Scottish Parliament’s health committee voiced concern that, if passed, the bill could be subject to legal challenges … Read moreLawmakers warn Scotland’s assisted suicide bill may go far beyond terminal cases

VATICAN CITY // According to one of the most authoritative lay voices, the Catholic Church stands at a crossroads, marked by unprecedented polarization and internal debate in the wake of Pope Francis’ death.  That is the take Gian Maria Vian — historian, journalist, and former director of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano — offered in … Read moreVatican insider: Catholic Church faces deep polarization

VATICAN CITY // Cardinal Pietro Parolin, widely regarded as the frontrunner to become the next pope, experienced a brief health scare April 30 at the conclusion of the late afternoon General Congregation at the Vatican. According to sources within the Holy See, Cardinal Parolin fainted at the end of the session, prompting immediate concern among … Read moreCardinal Parolin suffers brief health scare at Vatican, recovering well

CV NEWS FEED // A semi-truck company announced that in the coming days its first driverless truck will cruise down I-45, along a 200-mile freight corridor between Dallas and Houston. Axios reported that the autonomous truck company Aurora Innovation planned to go completely driverless by the end of April and was set to begin with … Read moreDriverless semi-trucks to roll down Texas highway