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Catholic priest in Montreal stabbed during Mass
A Catholic priest in Montreal is in stable condition after being stabbed during Friday morning Mass. One suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the attack.
Fr. Claude Grou, rector of St. Joseph’s Oratory, was celebrating Mass...
Welcome to March, and some of the least-productive work days of the year.* March Madness tips off on March 19 and 20 with the First Four tournament, and then the real fun begins on March 21 with...
Guys, can I just throw back to old school blogging format for a minute and say that I’ve missed interacting with people online this Lent? But not as much as I’ve loved the found time and longer...
Nearly all of CNA's staff spent the week in Alabama, at the global headquarters of EWTN- CNA is a service of EWTN News. We held our annual team meeting, at which we prayed together, played arcade...
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Chilean cardinal accused of cover-up
Pope Francis Saturday accepted the resignation of the Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, who has faced accusations that he was involved in covering up the crimes of several abusive priests.
Cardinal Ezzati’s...
Montreal priest stabbed at Mass 'eager' to return
Father Claude Grou is out of the hospital and grateful for the groundswell of support he received after he was stabbed by an assailant while celebrating a televised Mass at St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal Friday morning.
The 77-year-old...
Victoria parliament considers ending daily Our Father
The parliament of the Australian state of Victoria is considering a proposal to end the convention of beginnings daily sessions with the Our Father. The prayer has been a fixture of proceedings for more than a century.
The proposal is...
Disability rights activists protest assisted suicide bills as dangerous, discriminatory
As multiple states consider assisted suicide legislation, disability activists are speaking out, saying the bills are slippery slopes that put the lives of people with disabilities at risk.
Connecticut lawmakers are now considering HB 5898,...
St John Paul II’s abuse record defended by his long-time secretary
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, a personal friend and close collaborator of St. John Paul II, this week defended the Polish pope’s record on the abuse crisis, which has lately come under criticism from some areas.
“The emerging opinions that John...
African bishops offer prayers, call for aid after Cyclone Idai wreaks havoc
Bishops in Malawi, Mozambique, and elsewhere in Africa are calling for prayers and humanitarian aid following deadly floods and tropical cyclones that have left dozens dead and have displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
Bishop Charles...
