CNA Staff

CNA Staff

The Catholic News Agency (CNA) Staff is a team of journalists dedicated to reporting news concerning the Catholic Church around the world. Our bureaus are located in Washington, D.C., 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

‘Thousands of women want to go back’: Abortion pill reversal service expands in Russia

Aug 6, 2021 / 06:30 am

Russia became the first country in the world to legalize abortion in 1920.

Budapest International Eucharistic Congress to feature Mass setting in Romani language

Aug 6, 2021 / 04:50 am

The Romani people are Hungary’s largest minority group.

Archbishop Cordileone ‘grieved’ by ‘disrespectful’ responses’ to Pope Francis’ curbs on Traditional Latin Mass

Aug 6, 2021 / 02:45 am

The archbishop lamented ‘slanderous attacks on the Pontiff.’

European court rejects parents’ appeal against removal of 2-year-old’s life-support treatment

Aug 5, 2021 / 12:00 pm

The family’s lawyer said the parents were ‘extremely disappointed’ by the decision.

Vatican official to international donors: Give Lebanon a chance for a ‘better future’

Aug 5, 2021 / 07:30 am

Lebanon is suffering one of the world’s worst financial crises in the past 150 years.

Dublin’s Catholic archbishop pays tribute to priest who ‘sacrificed himself to save his secretary’

Aug 5, 2021 / 03:00 am

Locals said Fr. Con Cronin pushed the woman to safety when a bus veered towards them.

Dublin archbishop: Government advice to delay First Communions, confirmations seems ‘discriminatory’

Aug 4, 2021 / 12:00 pm

Archbishop Dermot Farrell expressed ‘profound regret’ at the lack of government engagement over the guidelines.

Pope Francis: ‘With the truth of the Gospel, one cannot negotiate’

Aug 4, 2021 / 04:30 am

It was the pope’s first general audience since he underwent colon surgery.

Pope Francis asks Catholics to pray in August for Church reform ‘in the light of the Gospel’

Aug 3, 2021 / 09:00 am

In an accompanying video, the pope said that the Church ‘always is in crisis, because she’s alive.’

Manila’s Catholic dioceses cancel public Masses amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Aug 3, 2021 / 03:10 am

The dioceses have dispensed Catholics from their Sunday obligation.

Pope Francis: ‘The Lord wants a loving relationship with us’

Aug 1, 2021 / 05:05 am

The pope said that Catholics were called to leave behind self-interest.

Irish Catholic dioceses to go ahead with First Communions, confirmations after government advises delay

Jul 31, 2021 / 06:00 am

‘The mission of the Church cannot be put on hold indefinitely,’ a bishop said.

Report: 17 Christians killed every day in Nigeria in first half of 2021

Jul 31, 2021 / 04:30 am

More than 3,000 Christians were murdered in 2021’s first 200 days.

Irish Catholic bishop prays for road users’ protection ahead of August long weekend

Jul 30, 2021 / 13:00 pm

More than 70 people have died so far in 2021 on Ireland’s roads.

Catholic bishops in Poland express solidarity with Polish community after Glasgow church fire

Jul 30, 2021 / 07:40 am

Flames engulfed St. Simon’s, Partick, in Glasgow on July 28.

Pope Francis mourns ‘authoritative biblical scholar’ Cardinal Albert Vanhoye

Jul 30, 2021 / 05:10 am

The French Jesuit was the world’s oldest cardinal at the time of his death.

Vatican unveils official image of 2022 World Meeting of Families

Jul 28, 2021 / 13:00 pm

The image was created by the Slovenian Jesuit Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik.

Catholic bishops: New N Ireland abortion intervention is ‘gravely disquieting’

Jul 28, 2021 / 06:35 am

The bishops said the British government had imposed an ‘unjust law.’

Fire engulfs 163-year-old Catholic church in Scotland

Jul 28, 2021 / 04:05 am

One person was rescued after firefighters were called to the scene.