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 editors@catholicna.com with questions.
Articles by CNA Staff
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.
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.”
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.
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.
Catholic chapel where two men celebrated ‘marriage’ now subject to deconsecration
Feb 28, 2024 / 18:28 pmThe private Catholic chapel where two Spanish men celebrated their civil “marriage” last weekend is subject to “canonical effects” and deconsecration.
Ugandan priest named diocesan administrator of Louisiana diocese following death of bishop
Jan 26, 2024 / 07:15 amFather Simon-Peter Engurait has been chosen as diocesan administrator of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana.
PHOTOS: The best signs seen at the 2024 March for Life
Jan 19, 2024 / 13:45 pmThousands of marchers turned out in spite of snow and freezing temperatures.