CNA Staff
The Catholic News Agency (CNA) Staff are a team of journalists dedicated to reporting news concerning the Catholic Church around the world. Our bureaus are located in Denver, Washington, and Rome. We have sister language agencies in Kenya, Germany, Peru, Brazil, and Italy. CNA is a service of EWTN News. You can contact us at news@catholicna.com with questions.
Articles by CNA Staff
St. Monica: the persistent mother of St. Augustine who never gave up
Aug 27, 2024 / 04:00 amOn Aug. 27 the Church honors St. Monica, whose holy example and fervent intercession led to one of the most dramatic conversions in Church history.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux: monastic reformer and adviser to popes
Aug 20, 2024 / 04:00 amSt. Bernard is considered the last of the Church Fathers in the Western tradition.
The fascinating history of the feast of Mary’s assumption
Aug 15, 2024 / 04:00 amThis feast day is a relatively new one but the history of the holy day and the mystery behind it has its roots in the earliest centuries of Christian belief.
Catholic bishops around the world demand IOC formal apology for ‘blasphemous’ Olympic opening
Aug 2, 2024 / 09:00 amGlobal cardinals and bishops decried the “grotesque” depiction of the Last Supper at the Games’ opening ceremony, calling for repudiation and reparation.
Catholics, others respond to mockery of Last Supper at Paris Olympics
Jul 27, 2024 / 01:17 amA drag-queen-led parody of the Last Supper featured during Friday’s opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics has sparked a wave of reactions.
Cardinal Müller condemns statue of Virgin Mary giving birth displayed in Austrian cathedral
Jul 9, 2024 / 16:25 pmCardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller described the statue as “advertising for feminist ideology that violates the natural sense of modesty.”
12 amazing facts about the life of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Jul 4, 2024 / 04:00 amThe young Italian who is expected to be canonized in the coming year became a popular role model soon after he died on July 4, 1925, at the age of 24.
EWTN’s ChurchPOP continues expansion with new Hungarian edition
Jun 28, 2024 / 16:10 pmOn June 27, the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and patroness of the platform, ChurchPOP officially launched content in the Hungarian language.
Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More: following God’s law above all else
Jun 22, 2024 / 04:00 amOn the feast of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, CNA presents a question-and-answer lowdown on their lives and legacies.
How Padre Pio overcame suffering with hope
May 25, 2024 / 04:00 amOn the birthday of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, we remember what one of the last journalists to interview him said about the saint.
Everything you need to know about Pentecost
May 19, 2024 / 04:00 amThis weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year, which concludes the Easter season.
How the ‘miracle of the sun’ in Fátima helped to end an atheist regime
May 13, 2024 / 04:00 amOct. 13, 1917, marked the last Marian apparition in Fátima, a day on which thousands of people bore witness to the miracle of the dancing sun.
Louisiana parishioners stop teen armed with rifle from entering first Communion Mass
May 12, 2024 / 13:10 pmQuick action by alert parishioners and local police are credited with averting a tragedy at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, yesterday.
The miracle that led to the canonization of St. Damien De Veuster
May 10, 2024 / 09:08 amIn 2008, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints ruled that a Hawaiian woman’s cure from cancer was a miracle linked to her prayers to Father Damien De Veuster.
Divine Mercy novena begins on Good Friday
Mar 29, 2024 / 04:00 amThe Divine Mercy novena can be said at any time of the year, but it is especially said over the course of nine days beginning on Good Friday.
Here’s what the Holy Thursday Seven Churches Visitation devotion is all about
Mar 27, 2024 / 08:00 amThe devotion involves traveling to seven local churches after the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on the evening of Holy Thursday.
How to obtain a plenary indulgence during Holy Week 2024
Mar 23, 2024 / 05:00 amA plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus to remove temporal punishment due to sin.
Attack on Coptic monastery in South Africa takes lives of three monks
Mar 13, 2024 / 14:30 pmThe Coptic Orthodox Church announced that three monks were attacked and murdered Tuesday in the Coptic monastery in South Africa.
What is inclusive language and why is it dangerous?
Mar 3, 2024 / 08:00 amInclusive language has been identified as “one of the tools” of gender ideology, a school of thought that has been repeatedly criticized by the Catholic Church.
In mourning, actor Gary Sinise extols his son’s musical legacy, love of the Catholic faith
Feb 29, 2024 / 18:00 pmGary Sinise, the Catholic actor who played Lt. Dan in the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump,” announced the death of his 33-year-old son Mac, the victim of a rare form of cancer.