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 news@catholicna.com with questions.
Articles by CNA Staff
Ep. 37: True Facts about the ‘Lion of Münster’
Aug 19, 2019 / 00:00 amBlessed Clemens August von Galen is remembered as the ‘Lion of Münster’ for his fierce defense of the Catholic faith and human rights during the Nazi regime. This week on the CNA Newsroom podcast, we bring you Von Galen's remarkable story— narrated by Christoph Wimmer, editor of CNA Deutsch. Listen here: <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/668029016&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=false"></iframe>
CNA Editor's Desk: Protestors at Mass in Portland; Monsignor Rossi investigation; Should we buy Greenland?
Aug 16, 2019 / 00:00 amThis week on Editor's Desk, JD Flynn and Ed Condon talk about the investigation into Monsignor Walter Rossi, Cardinal George Pell's upcoming appeal, and more. Listen here: <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/666899600&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe>
CNA Editor's Desk: JD and Ed Take a Drive
Aug 8, 2019 / 00:00 amThis week on CNA Editor's Desk, JD Flynn and Ed Condon are on a road trip after a canon law conference in La Crosse, WI. They discuss the situation of Bishop Joseph Binzer in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's photo with a recently dismissed professor of moral theology at Rome's Pontifical John Paul II Institute, and mass shootings. Listen now: <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/663196511&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe>
BONUS: JPII Institute; Abortion and the Democratic Primary; and Marriage by Proxy
Aug 2, 2019 / 00:00 amEditors JD Flynn and Ed Condon talk about reactions to changes at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Rome, the avoidance of abortion at this week's Democratic debates, and more. Producer Kate Veik joins for a round of 'Yes/No'. Listen now: <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/660323495&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe>
Ep. 35: Don’t Knock it ‘til you try it
Aug 1, 2019 / 00:00 amEver since the first Christians began converting pagan temples into churches, Catholics have been adapting worldly things to serve a higher purpose. This week on CNA Newsroom, we bring you the story of three creative modern-day Catholic adaptations: an old-school dating service, a food truck, and a skateboard company. Listen now: <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/659826524&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe>
CNA Newsroom BONUS: California’s confession bill; Vincent Lambert; Carl plays “Either/or”
Jul 12, 2019 / 00:00 amIn this week's bonus episode, editors Ed Condon and Carl Bunderson discuss California's confession bill, the death of Vincent Lambert, the chilling case of a UK judge nearly forcing a woman to undergo a late-term abortion, and more. Carl plays a game of "either/or". Listen now: <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/650288591&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe>
Finalizing HHS rule on 'hidden abortion' charges is urgent, senator says
Jul 11, 2019 / 08:00 amSenator Cindy Hyde-Smith insisted that bringing in a new rule to end hidden abortion costs in insurance policies is a matter of "urgency."
CNA Newsroom BONUS: Border conditions; a disabled Frenchman clings to life; John Henry Newman; Ed plays “Yes or No”
Jul 4, 2019 / 00:00 amHappy birthday, America! Our gift is another bonus episode of CNA Newsroom. This week all of our editors are in: JD Flynn, Ed Condon, Michelle La Rosa and the inimitable Carl Bunderson. You'll hear about conditions for migrants at the US/Mexico border, a letter from the pope to the bishops of Germany, a disabled man in France who could be taken off life support, and the canonization of Blessed John Henry Newman. Listen now: <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/645933072&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe>
CNA Newsroom BONUS: Married priests; forced abortion ruling; Venerable Sheen; Michelle plays “Yes or No”
Jun 28, 2019 / 00:00 amCNA editors Michelle La Rosa, Carl Bunderson, and Ed Condon discuss and debate the week’s news, including the upcoming Amazon synod; abortion access for transgender people; a forced abortion ruling in the UK that was overturned; the arrival of Venerable Fulton Sheen's remains in Peoria; and much more. Plus, this week Michelle is in the hot seat as she takes her turn playing“Yes or No.” Listen here: <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/643590600&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=false"></iframe>
CNA Newsroom BONUS: A Catholic school's identity revoked; looking back one year since McCarrick revelations; etc.
Jun 21, 2019 / 00:00 amOn this episode of the podcast, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the week’s most compelling news stories, including recent developments on the McCarrick scandal (one year after the news of McCarrick’s misconduct first broke), and a Jesuit school in Indiana that can no longer call itself “Catholic” after defying the authority of the bishop. Then JD takes a page out of Carl’s book and plays a little game of “Yes or No,” and Ed plays “Say Something Nice." Listen here: <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/640125381&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=false"></iframe>
Suspect in shooting death of former New Jersey priest answered a Craigslist ad
Jun 7, 2019 / 16:01 pmThe man suspected in the March shooting death of a former priest who was credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors had responded to a Craigslist ad looking for young men to wrestle, according to Nevada police.
McConnell: State pro-life bills could 'pick away' at Roe v. Wade
Jun 6, 2019 / 13:30 pmSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said June 6 that the U.S. Senate might soon have an opportunity to vote “on some kind of legislation related to Planned Parenthood.”
Little Sisters of the Poor to defend contraception exception against lawsuits
Jun 4, 2019 / 12:27 pmThe Little Sisters of the Poor are expected back in court Thursday to ask for protection against a lawsuit seeking to end the religious order’s exemption from the HHS contraception mandate.
Equality Act 'creates right to demand an abortion,' congresswoman warns
May 30, 2019 / 15:00 pmRep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) has warned that a proposed anti-discrimination law could be used to compel medical professionals to participate in abortion procedures.
Pro-life activist conceived in rape addresses Alabama abortion law
May 23, 2019 / 12:00 pmKiessling was conceived when her biological mother was abducted at knifepoint and raped. She said that she owes her birth to abortion having been illegal at the time.
Maronite patriarch emeritus dies at age 98
May 14, 2019 / 03:25 amCardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir, who served as the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1986 to 2011, died Sunday just days short of his 99th birthday.
Fire engulfs Notre Dame cathedral in Paris
Apr 15, 2019 / 10:33 amFirefighters at Cathedrale Notre-Dame brought a devastating blaze under control, after the Paris cathedral caught fire Monday night.
Former NFL player turned pastor lines up for pro-life cause
Apr 12, 2019 / 12:00 pmFormer NFL player turned megachurch pastor Derwin Gray has spoken about how his church’s support of a pregnancy resource center was inspired by his own mother’s decision to choose life.
Former New Jersey priest, credibly accused of abuse, shot dead
Mar 13, 2019 / 12:50 pmJohn Capparelli, a former priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, was found dead in his Nevada home Saturday. Caparelli had been included in a list of clerics credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors released last month.
Missionaries of Charity express sorrow over scandal, openness to just inquiry
Jul 18, 2018 / 10:44 amThe superior general of the Missionaries of Charity said Tuesday the congregation is “deeply saddened and grieved” by the alleged sale of several children by an employee of one of its homes for unwed mothers.