CNA Staff

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.

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Four religious sisters kidnapped in Nigeria

Aug 21, 2022 / 13:50 pm

The Sisters of Jesus the Saviour announced that four of their Sisters were kidnapped in Nigeria’s Imo state on Sunday.

Archbishop condemns attacks by organized crime in US-Mexico border area

Aug 16, 2022 / 17:00 pm

Francisco Moreno Barrón, the archbishop of Tijuana, Mexico, condemned the 20 attacks carried out in several towns in the state of Baja California on Aug. 12.

Pope Francis on the Assumption: ‘Do I believe that to love is to reign, and to serve is power?’

Aug 15, 2022 / 14:24 pm

Reflecting on the Visitation during his Angelus address on Monday, Pope Francis reflected on the raising up to heaven of the humble handmaid of the Lord, and how that attitude is to repeated in our lives.

Ortega regime continues attacks on the Church in Nicaragua

Aug 15, 2022 / 13:58 pm

Several acts of repression were reported in the country over the weekend.

Arrests made in Nigeria Pentecost massacre

Aug 12, 2022 / 15:45 pm

One of those arrested in the killing of 40 people is a high-ranking member of Islamic State, authorities said.

Salman Rushdie attacked at lecture in New York

Aug 12, 2022 / 12:01 pm

The author Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” led to a call for his assassination from Iran’s Supreme Leader in 1989, was stabbed in the neck on Friday while onstage in New York state.

Indian cardinal denies cover-up to shield bishop charged with fathering a child

Aug 10, 2022 / 15:47 pm

Cardinal Oswald Gracias denies allegations he attempted to arrange for a fake paternity test for a scandal-plagued bishop accused of secretly fathering a child.

12 Polish pilgrims bound for Medjugorje killed in bus crash in Croatia

Aug 7, 2022 / 04:40 am

The accident happened at around 5:40 a.m. local time when the bus veered off the A4 road between Jarek Bisaski and Podvorec, northeast of Zagreb.

Spanish bishop: We’re creating ‘monsters’ if youth don’t grow up to be loving and generous

Aug 6, 2022 / 04:00 am

Bishop Juan Carlos Elizalde of Vitoria, Spain, warned that some young people are “at risk” for self-centeredness because of the way they’re being raised and educated.

Archdiocese asks faithful to pray to Curé of Ars for priests in Nicaragua

Aug 4, 2022 / 14:33 pm

On the feast day of St. John Mary Vianney, Aug. 4, the Archdiocese of Managua, Nicaragua, called on the faithful to join in a day of prayer for priests.

Legal abortions fall by 90% in Poland after court eliminates exception for fetal defects

Aug 3, 2022 / 11:11 am

If it had not been for the change in the law about 1,000 children would have lost their lives in their mothers' wombs in Poland, mainly due to suspected Down syndrome, says a Polish pro-life activist.

Ortega regime in Nicaragua violently shuts down Catholic radio stations

Aug 2, 2022 / 15:30 pm

Nicaraguan police broke into Divine Mercy parish the night of Aug. 1 in the town of Sébaco in the Diocese of Matagalpa.

Nuns help women escape human trafficking along Colombia-Venezuela border

Aug 2, 2022 / 05:00 am

The Adorer Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity in Cúcuta, Colombia, have helped some 4,000 women escape human-trafficking networks.

Bishop tells Mexican people not to remain silent amid acts of violence

Aug 1, 2022 / 14:45 pm

During a July 30 Mass in Chilpancingo’s town square, the bishop said that “those of us who can speak, must speak; we cannot remain silent.”

Pope Francis to visit Kazakhstan in September

Aug 1, 2022 / 05:05 am

The pope will attend the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan.

‘Don't we have a place in the Church?’: Read pope’s response to Argentine priest on seminary's closure

Jul 30, 2022 / 16:48 pm

The pope's letter sheds light on the Vatican's controversial closure of one of Argentina's top seminaries.

Bishops express pain over killing of more than 30 police officers this year in Colombia

Jul 30, 2022 / 10:22 am

The officers have been victims of the so-called “pistol plan” of the criminal organization known as the Clan del Golfo.

Health care workers denied religious exemption to COVID-19 vaccine mandate settle lawsuit for $10.3M

Jul 29, 2022 / 16:10 pm

The employees refused the vaccination due to its association with aborted fetal cells.

Pope Francis’ Canada visit: Read live updates here

Jul 29, 2022 / 07:45 am

Pope Francis is visiting Canada in what he has called a “penitential pilgrimage.”

St. James the Apostle honored with procession in Cuban city bearing his name

Jul 29, 2022 / 03:46 am

The celebration also commemorated the 507th anniversary of the founding of Santiago (St. James) de Cuba.