House passes bill to block males from competing in girls’ and women’s sports - Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:05:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Pavel1964/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 14, 2025 / 18:05 pm (CNA). A bill to prevent biological males from competing in women’s and girls’ sports passed the Uni ...

Catholic medical group sues Biden administration over emergency room abortion rule - Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:15:00 -0500 - The Catholic Medical Association is arguing that the federal government acted unlawfully when in July 2022 it directed that hospitals and emergency rooms would be required to perform abortions u ...

White House to remove Cuba from terror list amid Vatican’s efforts at prisoner release - Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:45:00 -0500 - Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his wife, Lis Cuesta Pedraza, present gifts to Pope Francis during their meeting on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA St ...

Opus Dei contests charges of malfeasance in author’s new book - Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:00:00 -0500 - Opus Dei founder St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer in Mexico in 1970. / Credit: Opus Dei/Flickr Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 14, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Opus Dei, the nearly century-old Rome ...

Hope rises from the ashes as Catholic aid mobilizes in California wildfires - Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:30:00 -0500 - From left to right: Auxiliary Bishop of the Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region Matthew G. Elshoff, St. Monica pastor Father Lloyd Torgerson, and Corpus Christi pastor Monsignor Liam Kidney c ...

Bishop urges prayer, forgiveness on Roe anniversary: ‘No sin is beyond God’s mercy’ - Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Freedom Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 14, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The Catholic bishops’ pro-life chair called for forgiveness of women who have had abortions ahead of the a ...

New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith to be honored at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast - Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:20:00 -0500 - Devout Catholic and pro-life advocate Congressman Chris Smith will be honored at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast held in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the ...

New York bishops support governor’s plan to increase child tax credit - Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:50:00 -0500 - The New York State Capitol in Albany, New York. / Credit: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Jan 13, 2025 / 14:50 pm (CNA). New York’s Catholic bishops are supporti ...

Dominican House of Studies celebrates new bell, a long-awaited addition to DC priory  - Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:20:00 -0500 - The Dominican House of Studies has a bell in its Washington, D.C., priory for the first time in 120 years. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Dominican House of Studies Washington, D.C. Newsroom, ...

Knights of Columbus launch new Pilgrim Icon Program honoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:20:00 -0500 - Knights of Columbus process with the new Knights of Columbus Sacred Heart Pilgrim Icon during a Mass and Sacred Heart Holy Hour at St. Mary Church in New Haven, Connecticut, Jan. 3, 2025. / Cred ...

President Biden awards Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction - Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:45:00 -0500 - Pope Francis meets with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, June 14, 2024, after a session at the G7 summit, which is being held June 13–15 in the southern Italian region of Puglia. / Credit: ...

Story of Armenian family’s journey to freedom, faith during ongoing conflicts is focus of new film - Sat, 11 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0500 - From left to right: Ivan, Olga, Julia, and Violetta Petrosyan. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Petrosyan family CNA Staff, Jan 11, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). A new movie telling the true story of a ...

Catholic bishops issue immigration reform guidance: Safeguard communities in humane way - Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:20:00 -0500 - Immigrants at Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley humanitarian respite center in McAllen, Texas. / Credit: Vic Hinterlang/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 10, 2025 / 17:20 pm ...

Los Angeles archbishop: Catholics called to be God’s ‘instruments’ during deadly wildfires - Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:50:00 -0500 - Archbishop José Gomez delivers the homily at a special Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels amid burning fires in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. / Credit: The Archdiocese of ...

2025 March for Life speakers include Gov. Ron DeSantis, Rep. Chris Smith, Lila Rose - Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:50:00 -0500 - The 52nd annual March for Life will have as its theme “Every Life: Why We March.” / Credit: Photo courtesy of March for Life Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 10, 2025 / 13:50 pm (CNA). The Ma ...

Biden cancels trip to Italy and meeting with Pope Francis amid deadly California wildfires - Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:05:00 -0500 - President Joe Biden speaks to the media on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires at the White House on Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images CNA S ...

Biden eulogizes Jimmy Carter as ‘good and faithful servant’ at funeral service - Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:20:00 -0500 - From left to right, front row: U.S. President Joe Biden, First Lady Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamla Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. Second row: former President Bill Clinton, former ...

Abortion group trains pharmacists to dispense abortion pills - Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:30:00 -0500 - null / Credit: GBJSTOCK|Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 9, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Pro-life groups are criticizing a burgeoning effort to expand use of the abortion pill through pharmacist ...

Court strikes down Biden’s Title IX ‘gender identity’ rule nationwide - Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:45:00 -0500 - The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Justin Kozemchak/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 9, 2025 / 13:45 pm (CNA). A Department of Education rule to ...

‘Families who have lost everything’: Los Angeles Archdiocese responds to deadly wildfires - Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:30:00 -0500 - A large sycamore tree and a chimney are seen at the remains of the home of parishioners from St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. / Credit: Photo c ...

Former CNA intern finds her vocation at SEEK: Sister Tonia’s discernment journey - Thu, 09 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0500 - Sister Tonia of the Heart of Jesus Borsellino at the booth for the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament at SEEK25 in Salt Lake City on Jan. 3, 2025. / Credit: Kate Quiñones/CNA CNA Sta ...

Wildfires in Los Angeles area level church, force school closures - Wed, 08 Jan 2025 21:58:00 -0500 - Firefighters run as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and sparked evacuations as “life-thre ...

Cardinal Tobin announces synodal ‘pastoral conversion’ initiative for Archdiocese of Newark - Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:20:00 -0500 - Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark, New Jersey. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 8, 2025 / 18:20 pm (CNA). Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Je ...

Catholics challenge Maine law excluding faith-based schools from tuition assistance program - Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:00:00 -0500 - Students at St. Dominic Academy in Auburn, Maine. / Credit: Courtesy of Becket CNA Staff, Jan 8, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Catholic parents who live in rural Maine — far from any public schools ...

Poll finds most parents, including Catholics, oppose transgender ideology in schools - Wed, 08 Jan 2025 07:00:00 -0500 - Parents protest the Montgomery County School Board's policy blocking them from opting out their children from pro-homosexual and transgender materials. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Becket W ...

Abortion pills: Where are they legal and illegal? - Wed, 08 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: pim pic/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 8, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). As states continue to legislate on abortion in the post-Roe v. Wade landscape, a major point of contention as a new ...

Lawsuit: City retaliated against Catholic hospital for refusing ‘body cavity’ drug search - Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Darko Stojanovic via Pixabay, CC0/Public Domain CNA Staff, Jan 7, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). A lawsuit filed in federal court claims that officials in an Ohio city retaliated against ...

Biden attends prayer service for New Orleans terror attack victims hosted by archdiocese - Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:30:00 -0500 - President Joe Biden speaks during an interfaith prayer service at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, in New Orleans on Jan. 6, 2025, with the families and community members imp ...

SEEK25 in DC speakers, attendees share their experiences: ‘We all want God’ - Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500 - Spirits were uplifted and joyful following the concluding Mass at the end of the SEEK25 conference on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, as some 3,500 young Catholics, priests, and religious poured out of th ...

Win or lose, players give glory to Jesus during college football playoffs - Tue, 07 Jan 2025 07:00:00 -0500 - ESPN reporter Molly McGrath interviews Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard (13) after NCAA football game action between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Georgia Bulldogs at Caesars Superdo ...

Mass deportations ‘incompatible with Catholic doctrine,’ Cardinal McElroy says in DC debut - Tue, 07 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0500 - Cardinal Robert McElroy at the Church of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali in Rome on Apr. 23, 2023, when he took possession of his titular church as a cardinal. / Credit: Pablo Esparza/CNA Nation ...

Young adults share SEEK’s influence in their search for Christ in Salt Lake City - Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:20:00 -0500 - At the 2025 SEEK conference in Salt Lake City, Isaac Smith (left), a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), and Alex Tarrios, a Pentecostal Christian, each found themse ...

SEEK25 highlights theology of the body as a remedy for modern identity crisis - Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:20:00 -0500 - Young Catholics listen as Samantha Kelley gives a talk at SEEK25 on the theology of the body on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Migi Fabara/EWTN Washington D.C., Jan 6, 2025 ...

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan will lead prayer at Donald Trump’s inauguration - Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:45:00 -0500 - President-elect Donald Trump with his wife Melania Trump and archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan (left) attend the 79th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Hilt ...

What’s next for AI in 2025? Catholic experts weigh in - Mon, 06 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: LookerStudio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 6, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). While humanity continues to debate its uses, merits, dangers, opportunities, and ethics, the development and us ...

‘A great witness’: SEEK25 wraps up in Salt Lake City - Sun, 05 Jan 2025 15:00:00 -0500 - The SEEK conference, held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City from Jan. 1–5, 2025, is more like a family reunion than a retreat, attendees observed. / Credit: Photo courtesy ...

How to bless your home on the feast of Epiphany 2025 - Sun, 05 Jan 2025 04:00:00 -0500 - A chalk home blessing from the feast of the Epiphany. / Credit: A.Davey via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) CNA Staff, Jan 5, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Have you ever walked past a door and seen what appe ...

‘A little taste of heaven:’ Eucharistic adoration ‘high point’ of SEEK event, attendees say - Sat, 04 Jan 2025 20:35:00 -0500 - Benediction during Eucharistic adoration at SEEK 25 in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, 2025. / Credit: Jack Haskins/EWTN Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan 4, 2025 / 20:35 pm (CNA). Thousands of young peop ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commutes 15 death sentences, but 121 still on death row - Sat, 04 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0500 - Gov. Roy Cooper. / Credit: North Carolina Department of Public Safety Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 4, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Outgoing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina commuted the ...

Seton Shrine begins year-long celebrations for 50th anniversary of saint’s canonization - Sat, 04 Jan 2025 04:00:00 -0500 - A statue of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in the Seton Legacy Garden at the Seton Shrine in Maryland. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Seton Shrine CNA Staff, Jan 4, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). St. Elizabe ...

SEEK to be held next year in Colorado, Ohio, and Texas - Fri, 03 Jan 2025 19:35:00 -0500 - Religious sisters mingle at SEEK25 in Salt Lake City on Jan. 3, 2025. / Credit: Kate Quinones/CNA Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan 3, 2025 / 19:35 pm (CNA). Next year’s SEEK Conference is scheduled ...

Oklahoma City nun dies in car crash after suspected medical incident - Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:35:00 -0500 - Sister Veronica Higgins of the Carmelite Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Infant Jesus died in a car accident Jan. 2, 2025, after running off a rural highway northwest of the city, according to l ...

Catholic representation in new Congress grows to over 28%: A look at the numbers - Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:05:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Orhan Cam/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 3, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA). The Catholic representation in the 119th Congress grew slightly from the previous Congress to just ...

‘Rosary in a Year’ podcast is No. 1 on Apple charts - Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:50:00 -0500 - Ascension's new podcast 'The Rosary in a Year' with Father Mark-Mary Ames, CFR. / Credit: Ascension CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2025 / 14:50 pm (CNA). Ascension’s latest podcast, “The ...

‘Our hearts are restless until they rest in you’: SEEK25 kicks off in Washington, D.C. - Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:20:00 -0500 - Thousands gather for the opening Mass of the SEEK25 conference held in Washington, D.C., Jan. 2–5, 2025. / Credit: Migi Fabara/EWTN Washington D.C., Jan 3, 2025 / 14:20 pm (CNA). The Fellowsh ...

Record numbers of young adults flock to Salt Lake City for SEEK25  - Thu, 02 Jan 2025 20:45:00 -0500 - The opening Mass of SEEK25 in Salt Lake City took place the night of New Year’s Day on the feast of Mary, Mother of God. The hymn “Sing of Mary” rang out as well over 100 priests processed ...

Biden to award Presidential Citizens Medal to abortion and gay marriage activists - Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Orhan Cam/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 2, 2025 / 17:00 pm (CNA). President Joe Biden will award a pro-abortion activist and two same-sex marriage proponents with t ...

Notre Dame fans pray for terror attack victims at Mass in New Orleans hotel - Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:30:00 -0500 - A sign for the Allstate Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame is seen outside the Louisiana Superdome after at least 15 people were killed on Bourbon Street in a terror attack in the early m ...

Bishop urges faithful to fight ‘scourge of human trafficking’ in Pennsylvania - Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:20:00 -0500 - Pope Francis on April 25, 2023, appointed Bishop Timothy Senior as bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. / Credit: Archdiocese of Philadelphia CNA Staff, Jan 2, 2025 / 11:20 am (CN ...

UPDATE: Driver slams car into New Year’s crowd in New Orleans: 15 killed, archbishop offers prayers - Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:50:00 -0500 - FBI investigators arrive at the scene where a pickup truck crashed into a work lift after allegedly driving into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Jan. 1, ...