CNA Staff
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Articles by CNA Staff
Catholic priest attacked with glass bottle while praying at cathedral in Scotland
Jul 27, 2021 / 12:00 pm‘The bottle broke on the ground and the man continued using it in his assault,’ the archdiocese said.
Dutch Catholic bishop: Traditionis custodes appears to be a ‘declaration of war’
Jul 27, 2021 / 06:00 amBishop Rob Mutsaerts said the pope’s intervention was ‘dictatorial’ and ‘unpastoral.’
Cardinal Marx won’t rule out offering resignation for a 2nd time
Jul 27, 2021 / 04:30 amPope Francis declined the archbishop of Munich and Freising’s resignation in June.
Pope Francis to UN chief: World hunger ‘a crime that violates basic human rights’
Jul 27, 2021 / 03:00 amThe pope called for a “new mindset” in the battle against malnutrition.
Fr. Jacques Hamel: Catholic priest honored 5 years after he was killed at Mass in terrorist attack
Jul 26, 2021 / 09:00 amIslamic State supporters killed the French priest on July 26, 2016.
Benedict XVI laments lack of faith within Church institutions in Germany
Jul 26, 2021 / 06:30 amThe pope emeritus spoke about faith, worldliness, and the institutional Church.
Pope Francis offers blessing to athletes at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Jul 26, 2021 / 04:00 am“In this time of pandemic, may these Games be a sign of hope,” the pope said.
Cardinal Kasper assails Traditional Latin Mass community for divisiveness
Jul 23, 2021 / 13:30 pmGerman prelate Cardinal Walter Kasper argued that the Traditional Latin Mass was a source of division and scandal within parishes in an interview about Traditionis Custodes with the National Catholic Register on Thursday, July 22, 2021.
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Vatican concludes inquiry into Polish Catholic bishop
Jul 23, 2021 / 08:35 amInvestigators concluded that the accusations were “not proven.”
English cardinal to grant faculties to priests fulfilling conditions of Traditionis custodes
Jul 23, 2021 / 06:00 amMany priests in Westminster diocese have requested faculties.
Pelosi’s archbishop: No devout Catholic can condone abortion, ‘let alone have the government pay for it’
Jul 23, 2021 / 02:10 amArchbishop Salvatore Cordileone is Pelosi’s local ordinary.
Cardinal Grech: Synodality is not a ‘fad’ of the pope
Jul 22, 2021 / 07:00 amHe said that synodality is “the form and style of the early Church.”
Traditionis custodes: German Catholic dioceses make no immediate changes
Jul 22, 2021 / 05:00 amSeveral dioceses confirmed that Traditional Latin Masses would continue.
EWTN’s Catholic News Agency names Shannon Mullen as Editor-in-Chief
Jul 22, 2021 / 04:00 amCNA is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing independent Catholic media outlets.
Judge temporarily blocks Arkansas ban on most abortions
Jul 21, 2021 / 13:00 pmA federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Arkansas law banning almost all abortions, while the court considers whether it is constitutional.
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Vatican unveils program of Pope Francis’ 7-hour trip to Hungary
Jul 21, 2021 / 06:35 amThe pope will meet with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Pro-life group ‘ready to go to court’ over new government intervention on N Ireland abortion law
Jul 21, 2021 / 06:00 amSPUC accuses the U.K. government of a “power grab.”
Pope Francis ‘deeply saddened’ by Baghdad market bombing
Jul 20, 2021 / 15:00 pmThe explosion at the al-Wuhailat market killed at least 30 people.
Members of commissions preparing synod on synodality unveiled
Jul 20, 2021 / 12:00 pmThe synod will open with a “diocesan phase” in October.
Cardinal Parolin: Monaco shows positive Church-state relationship can exist
Jul 20, 2021 / 07:35 amCatholicism is the tiny Mediterranean principality’s official state religion.