U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Missouri convicted murderer’s death row case - Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:15:00 -0500 - Missouri’s bishops said citizens can reach out to the governor’s office to express opposition to the pending execution of Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, ...

Vatican suppresses Carmelite monastery following long-running controversy - Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:45:00 -0500 - The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns CNA Staff, ...

Republicans introduce bill to define ‘male’ and ‘female’ based on biological differences - Mon, 02 Dec 2024 07:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Katya Moon/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 2, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Several Republican lawmakers introduced legislation to clarify that the terms “male,” “fema ...

Military archdiocese launches initiative to build Catholic communities on military bases - Mon, 02 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0500 - Team Saint Paul schedules frequent adoration for soldiers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. / Credit: Team Saint Paul CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Regina Fontana was in an airport on her ...

Daughters of St. Paul Christmas concerts aim to remind audience of the ‘closeness to God’ - Sun, 01 Dec 2024 07:30:00 -0500 - The Daughters of St. Paul during their annual Christmas concert. / Credit: Courtesy of The Daughters of St. Paul CNA Staff, Dec 1, 2024 / 07:30 am (CNA). A group of religious sisters is getting ...

The Jesuit priest who captured the last photos of the Titanic afloat - Sun, 01 Dec 2024 06:43:00 -0500 - Father Francis Browne/The Titanic. / Credit: The Father Browne Collection CNA Staff, Dec 1, 2024 / 06:43 am (CNA). More than a century after it sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, the Tit ...

With Advent 2024, the odd-numbered liturgical Cycle C begins. What does this entail? - Sun, 01 Dec 2024 04:30:00 -0500 - Lectionary on altar table at Mass / Credit: Grant Whitty / Unsplash ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 1, 2024 / 04:30 am (CNA). With the first Sunday of Advent, a new liturgical year begins in the Catholic ...

JP II-inspired cafe celebrates 10 years of ‘bringing riches of the faith’ to public square - Sat, 30 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500 - Soren and Ever Johnson run Trinity House + Cafe and Trinity House Community in Leesburg, Virginia, and shared with CNA how their mutual love of St. John Paul II led them to open Trinity House an ...

St. Andrew the Apostle: 8 things to know and share - Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:48:00 -0500 - Workshop of Gerard Seghers, “Saint Andrew,” ca. 1637. / Credit: Register Files/Public Domain National Catholic Register, Nov 30, 2024 / 04:48 am (CNA). St. Andrew, whose feast day is Nov. ...

Advent 2024: 4 Catholic resources to help you grow in your faith - Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:08:00 -0500 - Advent wreath. / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 30, 2024 / 04:08 am (CNA). As we prepare for the birth of Christ during Advent, it can be easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of the s ...

Giving thanks by giving food: Society of St. Vincent de Paul volunteers serve those in need - Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:50:00 -0500 - As they have for many years, members of St. Vincent de Paul, known as Vincentians, served thousands of people on Thanksgiving day around the country. / Credit: D Sharon Pruitt/Creative Commons ( ...

What makes the religious so happy? - Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:28:00 -0500 - For committed Catholics, statistics like this come as no surprise. It’s the Gospel message in a bar-graph, the Cross in a pie-chart. / Credit: Diego Cervo / Shutterstock National Catholic Reg ...

Meet 6 Black Catholics on the road to sainthood - Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500 - From left to right: Venerable Pierre Toussaint, Venerable Henriette Delille, Venerable Mother Mary Lange, Venerable Father Augustus Tolton, Servant of God Julia Greeley, Servant of God Sister Th ...

10 saintly quotes to reflect on this Thanksgiving - Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0500 - null / Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock. CNA Newsroom, Nov 28, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). According to the saints in heaven, we should give thanks to God each and every day. In special celebration of the ...

Judge upholds Missouri’s ban on transgender surgeries and drugs for minors - Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:30:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Brian A Jackson / Shutterstock St. Louis, Mo., Nov 27, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA). A Missouri circuit judge on Monday upheld the state’s ban on the provision of puberty blockers, cr ...

Texas AG petitions SCOTUS to uphold state law mandating age verification for porn sites - Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:20:00 -0500 - In 2023 there were more than 275,000 child pornography websites on the Internet, with approximately 11,000 photos generated by AI in just one month. / Credit: Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash Washingto ...

DeWine signs bill to keep males out of female locker rooms, bathrooms in Ohio schools - Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:15:00 -0500 - null / kristina sohappy via Flickr (CC BY 2.0). Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 27, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Catholic, signed legislation on Wednesday that prevents males ...

More than 100 members of Congress urge investigation into abortion funding  - Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:30:00 -0500 - A sign hangs above a Planned Parenthood clinic on May 18, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. / Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images CNA Staff, Nov 27, 2024 / 05:30 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pr ...

U.S. bishops invite Catholics to participate in the National Prayer Vigil for Life  - Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0500 - The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, with a capacity of 6,000 in its upper church, was standing room only for the National Prayer Vigil for Life in 2024. / Credit: P ...

Pope Francis calls for end to use of landmines as Biden allows U.S. mines in Ukraine - Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:10:00 -0500 - Black smoke billows over the city after drone strikes in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Sept. 19, 2023, amid Russia's military invasion on Ukraine. Drones attacked Ukraine's wes ...

Pope Francis: Synod on Synodality document part of magisterium, calls for implementation now - Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:50:00 -0500 - Pope Francis waves to pilgrims at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 26, 2024 / 14:50 ...

Wisconsin Catholic school leaders fired over violations of child protection policies - Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:07:00 -0500 - null / Credit: RasyidArt, Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Nov 26, 2024 / 13:07 pm (CNA). The superintendent of a Wisconsin Catholic school system has been fired along with a high school principal afte ...

Georgetown law student wins petition for pregnancy accommodations after initial denial - Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:00:00 -0500 - Georgetown University, located in Washington, DC, is the nation's oldest Catholic and Jesuit university. / Credit: Rob Crandall, Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Nov 26, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Whe ...

International Religious Freedom Summit offers program for college students - Tue, 26 Nov 2024 05:30:00 -0500 - Panelists at the 2024 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit on Jan. 30-31, 2024, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. / Credit: International Religious Freedom Summit CNA Staff, ...

'The Chosen’ announces Season 5 theatrical release, new trailer - Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:15:00 -0500 - Jesus and the disciples during Season 4 of "The Chosen." / 5&2 Studios / Mike Kubeisy CNA Staff, Nov 25, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA). The release of Season 5 of the hit series “The Ch ...

Investing with a clear conscience: How should Catholics manage their money? - Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Mer_Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 25, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). In today’s complex society, it takes effort to ensure that your hard-earned money, once invested and out in th ...

UPDATE: Father Carlos Martins’ attorney provides fuller context of church incident - Sun, 24 Nov 2024 15:25:00 -0500 - A candle of St. Jude. / Credit: Francesca Pollio/CNA CNA Staff, Nov 24, 2024 / 15:25 pm (CNA). An attorney for the popular podcaster and exorcist Father Carlos Martins says the priest did nothi ...

Eastern Catholics begin Nativity Fast to empty themselves as did Christ in the Incarnation - Sun, 24 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500 - Nave of St. Josaphat Ukranian Catholic Cathedral in Parma, Ohio. / Credit: Nheyob, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Ann Arbor, Michigan, Nov 24, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Like the Christian Wes ...

Christ the King: Pope Pius XI’s hope for ‘lasting peace among the nations’ - Sun, 24 Nov 2024 04:00:00 -0500 - Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the feast of Christ the King, Nov. 21, 2021. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 24, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Every year on the last S ...

Carlo Acutis film gains backing from National Eucharistic Congress, McGrath Institute - Sat, 23 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0500 - “Roadmap to Reality: Carlo Acutis and Our Digital Age” is a new documentary film exploring the life of Carlo Acutis that will be coming to theaters in the spring of 2025. / Credit: Castletow ...

Ukrainian archbishop encourages Trump to go to Ukraine - Sat, 23 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0500 - Archbishop Boris Godziak, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archiparagi of Philadelphia. / Credit: “EWTN News in Depth”/Screenshot CNA Staff, Nov 23, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). A Ukrainian a ...

Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas to visit Washington, DC, on international tour - Sat, 23 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500 - The relics of St. Thomas Aquinas are kept in Toulouse, France, where the Dominican order was founded. / Credit: Didier Descouens|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 4.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 23, 2024 / ...

Catholic Campaign for Human Development spent $11.4 million over its budget - Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:20:00 -0500 - Farm workers. / Credit: mikeledray/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 22, 2024 / 17:20 pm (CNA). The national anti-poverty program run by U.S. bishops has released its annual report fr ...

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood leader Cecile Richards - Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:35:00 -0500 - President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, photographed here with Kirk Adams and First Lady Jill Biden, in a photo posted to his X a ...

Missouri bishops urge state to refrain from executing convicted child-killer next month - Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:05:00 -0500 - Missouri’s bishops are urging the state to forgo executing a Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled ...

Data show abortions dropped by nearly 40% in Iowa after six-week ban - Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:05:00 -0500 - null / Credit: maxim ibragimov/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 22, 2024 / 14:05 pm (CNA). Abortions dropped sharply in Iowa immediately after a strict abortion ban went into effect there, according ...

Police search for thief who stole 9/11 memorial gold rose from New York Catholic church - Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:35:00 -0500 - Police are searching for a thief who entered the Church of St. Francis of Assisi on West 31st Street in Manhattan on Nov. 20, 2024, and stole a gold rose that memorializes a priest who perished ...

U.S. bishops: Federal ‘gender identity’ rule could block Catholics from government contracts - Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:10:00 -0500 - null / Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 22, 2024 / 09:10 am (CNA). American Catholic bishops are asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to re ...

Georgetown president John DeGioia to step down after 23 years - Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:15:00 -0500 - Georgetown University President John DeGioia attends a ceremony at which an honorary degree was bestowed on AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Sept. 3, 2009, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Alex Wo ...

Bottles of bourbon signed by Pope Francis expected to fetch up to $20,000 for charity - Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:20:00 -0500 - Pope Francis signs two bottles of bourbon presented to him by Father Jim Sichko at the Vatican on May 1, 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of Sotheby’s CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 16:20 pm (CNA). Two bo ...

Meet the pro-life prisoners whom Trump is expected to pardon - Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:05:00 -0500 - From left: John Hinshaw, Jonathan Darnel, Lauren Handy, Joan Bell, and Jean Marshall are among the pro-life activists who are still in prison or awaiting prison sentences on federal charges brou ...

Wyoming governor pledges to appeal after judge blocks state pro-life laws - Thu, 21 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: KieferPix/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.Wyoming judge blocks state pro-life lawsWyomi ...

What do we know about the presentation of Mary? - Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:00:00 -0500 - Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598. / Credit: Public domain National Catholic Register, Nov 21, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). It’s easy to conceptualize the presentation of the ...

Catholic NASA scientist delves into investigation of potential life on other planets - Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Denis Belitsky/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Nov 20, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). The unresolved question of whether life exists on other planets continues to spark curiosity from the ...

‘Hope Never Disappoints’ is Holy Father’s new book for 2025 Jubilee Year - Wed, 20 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500 - The book “Hope Never Disappoints” is based on interviews author Hernán Reyes Alcaide (pictured here) conducted with Pope Francis. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot CNA Staff, No ...

Texas Supreme Court allows previously-delayed execution of Robert Roberson to proceed - Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:05:00 -0500 - The Texas Supreme Court will allow the execution of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of the murder of his infant child, with the ruling coming after a legislative committee attempted in Octobe ...

New Jersey bishop says hundreds of diocesan donations have gone missing from drop box - Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:35:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Biz Pic Baby/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 19, 2024 / 15:35 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, is missing a large batch of donations with parishioners urged to monitor ...

Brooklyn pastor removed after secretly loaning $2 million of parish funds to lawyer - Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:35:00 -0500 - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Brooklyn. / Credit: Jim.henderson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Nov 19, 2024 / 14:35 pm (CNA). A pastor in Brooklyn, New York, has bee ...

Pro-life group asks Supreme Court to throw out abortion ‘buffer zone’ laws - Tue, 19 Nov 2024 09:15:00 -0500 - Sarah Richardson, a sidewalk counselor with Coalition Life in Carbondale, Illinois. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Thomas More Society St. Louis, Mo., Nov 19, 2024 / 09:15 am (CNA). A St. Louis pr ...

What is the Jerusalem Cross? - Tue, 19 Nov 2024 07:00:00 -0500 - Coat of arms of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher. / Credit: Mathieu Chaine/CC BY-SA 3.0 National Catholic Register, Nov 19, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Associated Press recently claimed that Pres ...