CNA Staff
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Articles by CNA Staff
St. Ignatius of Antioch: the early Church Father who longed for union with Christ
Oct 17, 2024 / 04:00 amOn Oct. 17, the Catholic Church remembers the early Church Father, bishop, and martyr St. Ignatius of Antioch.
Celebration of Cardinal Newman’s feast day breaks from tradition
Oct 9, 2024 / 11:15 amDiffering from the traditional practice, the feast day of Cardinal John Henry Newman is not celebrated on the day of his death but on the day he converted.
Lebanese bishop makes impassioned plea for peace at synod briefing
Oct 5, 2024 / 10:35 amBishop Mounir Khairallah of Batroun shared his personal experience of violence and forgiveness, recounting how his parents were murdered when he was 5.
Belgian prime minister criticizes Pope Francis for statements on abortion
Oct 4, 2024 / 11:50 amBelgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo criticized Pope Francis for comments the pope made on abortion last week when he was returning to Rome from Belgium.
Pope Francis responds to critics of comments he made in Belgium about women
Sep 29, 2024 / 12:00 pm“A woman is more important than a man, but it is terrible when a woman wants to be a man: No, she is a woman,” the pope had said in Belgium.
What does the Catholic Church teach about voting? A CNA explainer
Sep 20, 2024 / 07:00 amThe Catholic Church does not dictate to Catholics how they should vote but it does provide guiding principles for making decisions about voting.
Everything you need to know about the miracle of liquefaction of the blood of St. Januarius
Sep 19, 2024 / 04:00 amOn Sept. 19 and on two other occasions each year the blood of St. Januarius usually liquifies — a miraculous occurrence no one can explain.
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.
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.