CNA Staff

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

Major archbishop: Russia’s east Ukraine move places ‘all of humanity’ in danger

Feb 23, 2022 / 05:20 am

‘Irreparable damage has been done to the very logic of international relations,’ he said.

Florence cardinal hopes papal visit will ‘revive the spirit’ of Italian city’s ‘holy mayor’

Feb 22, 2022 / 06:00 am

Pope Francis will speak to bishops and mayors of the Mediterranean region in Florence on Feb. 27.

Polish Catholic bishops’ leader expresses ‘fraternal concern’ over German ‘Synodal Way’

Feb 22, 2022 / 02:00 am

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki questioned whether the initiative was rooted in the Gospel.

Polish Catholic bishops’ leader calls for ‘open and hospitable hearts’ to refugees from Ukraine

Feb 21, 2022 / 03:05 am

Officials believe that up to a million Ukrainians could seek refuge in Poland.

Florida priest, convicted of rape, sentenced to nearly 8 years in prison

Feb 18, 2022 / 17:15 pm

Father Jean Claude Philippe, 67, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Homestead, Florida, was sentenced to 94½ months in state prison after being convicted of raping a woman at the rectory where he lived.

Sri Lankan court acquits security officials over Easter attacks

Feb 18, 2022 / 13:00 pm

A court in Sri Lanka on Friday acquitted two former security officials who charged with negligence relating to the 2019 Easter bombings, in which at least 260 people were killed.

Pope Francis’ second summit with Russian Orthodox patriarch could be held in June-July

Feb 18, 2022 / 08:55 am

Aleksandr Avdeyev said: ‘The place hasn’t been chosen yet.’

Pope Francis offers condolences after Spanish fishing boat sinks off Canada, leaving at least 10 dead

Feb 18, 2022 / 06:00 am

The boat sank 280 miles from the Newfoundland coast.

Study challenges claim that legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide could ‘save lives’

Feb 17, 2022 / 12:00 pm

The peer-reviewed paper analyzed suicide rates in Europe.

Verdict in Finland’s Bible tweet trial expected in March

Feb 16, 2022 / 13:00 pm

The trial of Päivi Räsänen, a physician and mother of five, ended on Feb. 14.

Pope Francis recalls late Italian cardinal’s ‘love for the ministry of reconciliation’

Feb 16, 2022 / 07:45 am

Cardinal Luigi De Magistris died days before his 96th birthday.

Pope Francis: ‘Let us ask ourselves if, in our hearts, we love the Church’

Feb 16, 2022 / 03:35 am

At the general audience, he concluded his 12-week catechesis on St. Joseph.

Pro-life bell forged in Poland and blessed by Pope Francis resounds in Ecuador

Feb 15, 2022 / 14:00 pm

The bell is one of three known as the ‘Voice of the Unborn.’

Pope Francis accepts retirement of LA auxiliary bishop who served with ‘zeal, dedication, and love’

Feb 15, 2022 / 08:35 am

Bishop Edward William Clark oversaw the Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region.

Full text: EWTN’s exclusive interview with Archbishop Gänswein

Feb 14, 2022 / 16:30 pm

Benedict XVI’s personal secretary discusses the Munich abuse report.

Archbishop Gänswein tells inside story of Benedict XVI’s response to the Munich abuse report

Feb 14, 2022 / 05:40 am

Benedict XVI’s personal secretary said the 94-year-old was ‘doing well’ despite the recent media firestorm.

Pope Francis at the Angelus: Accept the 'Paradox of the Beatitudes'

Feb 13, 2022 / 06:15 am

Pope Francis spoke on the paradox of the Beatitudes in his Sunday Angelus address on Feb. 13, saying that the defining characteristic of a disciple of Jesus is joy. 

Papal delegate to govern group co-founded by French Catholic mystic

Feb 12, 2022 / 06:05 am

The Foyers de Charité movement was founded by Marthe Robin and Father Georges Finet.

More than 800 anti-Christian incidents reported in France in 2021

Feb 12, 2022 / 04:10 am

Investigators identified a total of 1,659 anti-religious acts last year.