CNA Staff
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Articles by CNA Staff
Cardinal Marx: ‘The Catechism is not set in stone. One is also allowed to doubt what it says’
Mar 31, 2022 / 08:10 am‘I want to move Church teaching forward,’ the influential German cardinal said in a new interview.
UK parliament makes at-home medical abortion policy permanent
Mar 30, 2022 / 14:45 pmMembers of the U.K. parliament voted Wednesday to make permanent a policy adopted during the coronavirus pandemic that allows women to self-administer both doses of abortion drugs at home, without visiting a medical clinic.
After acquittal, Christian MP says: I’m ready to keep defending freedom of speech and religion
Mar 30, 2022 / 11:30 amPäivi Räsänen said she was prepared to go to the European Court of Human Rights ‘if needed.’
Christian MP acquitted on all charges after Finland’s Bible tweet trial
Mar 30, 2022 / 05:05 amThe court said in a unanimous ruling that ‘it is not for the district court to interpret biblical concepts.’
Pope Francis: ‘Rhetoric of inclusion’ is not enough to forge a ‘culture of social tenderness’
Mar 30, 2022 / 04:00 amThe pope said that ‘the rhetoric of inclusion is the ritual formula of every politically correct discourse.’
Orthodox leader and Polish Catholic archbishop pray for peace in Ukraine
Mar 29, 2022 / 07:30 amPatriarch Bartholomew I is visiting Poland to offer his blessing to Ukrainian refugees.
‘Mother Angelica moved mountains’: Full text of Cardinal Pell’s homily at Mass honoring EWTN’s foundress
Mar 29, 2022 / 07:00 amCardinal George Pell celebrated a Mass in memory of Mother Angelica in Rome on Laetare Sunday.
Catholic leader: Ukraine war presents the world with a choice
Mar 28, 2022 / 12:20 pmMajor Archbishop Shevchuk said: ‘Make your choice. Stand on the side of the innocent victims of unjust aggression.’
Polish Catholic bishops’ leader tells Pope Francis about German ‘Synodal Way’ concerns
Mar 28, 2022 / 08:30 am‘Francis distances himself from this initiative,’ the Polish bishops’ conference said.
Pope Francis marks two years since Urbi et Orbi to end pandemic
Mar 27, 2022 / 16:28 pmAfter his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis remarked that it was the second anniversary of his offering an Urbi et Orbi blessing shortly early in the coronavirus pandemic.
Full text: Pope Francis' homily at the penance service and act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart
Mar 25, 2022 / 16:41 pmOn March 25 Pope Francis led a celebration of the sacrament of penance and the act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in St. Peter's Basilica. The following is the full text of the pope's prepared homily.
As it happened: Pope Francis’ Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Mar 25, 2022 / 09:55 amOur reporters were inside St. Peter’s Basilica for the consecration of Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
EWTN launches Arabic-language news agency based in Iraq
Mar 25, 2022 / 07:28 amEWTN Global Catholic Network has launched an Arabic-language news service headquartered in Erbil, Iraq.
German Catholic bishops’ leader responds to Polish archbishop’s ‘Synodal Way’ criticisms
Mar 24, 2022 / 14:14 pmBishop Bätzing said he sought a ‘real theological exchange’ with Archbishop Gądecki.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic leader meets head of Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Mar 24, 2022 / 07:05 amMajor Archbishop Shevchuk requested the meeting with the leader of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
Home of Benedict XVI’s late brother opens doors to Ukrainian refugees
Mar 24, 2022 / 05:20 amBenedict XVI visited his ailing brother at the house in June 2020.
Ukrainian Catholic archbishop to speak at Notre Dame commencement
Mar 23, 2022 / 12:00 pmArchbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia will deliver the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame in May, the school announced on Wednesday.
Catholic leader: Pray for peace in Ukraine before Russian Orthodox cathedrals worldwide
Mar 23, 2022 / 08:00 amMajor Archbishop Shevchuk praised an interfaith gathering outside a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Jerusalem.
Pope Francis: My grandfather taught me to loathe war
Mar 23, 2022 / 05:30 amThe pope said that the suffering of war ‘isn’t learned in books or in other ways,’ but rather ‘from grandparents to grandchildren.’
Pope Francis offers condolences after plane crash in China
Mar 22, 2022 / 12:50 pmThe pope’s condolence telegram was sent to China’s President Xi Jinping.