CNA Staff
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Articles by CNA Staff
Thousands take part in Croatia’s annual March for Life
Jun 2, 2021 / 09:10 amAbortion is legal until the 10th week of pregnancy in Croatia under a law passed in 1978.
Austria’s Catholic bishops: Provide ‘assistance to live,’ not assistance to suicide
Jun 2, 2021 / 08:00 amThe bishops spoke out after the country’s top court ruled that assisted suicide should no longer be a criminal offense.
European Parliament due to vote on ‘extreme’ abortion report
Jun 2, 2021 / 04:45 amThe report calls on all EU member states to allow access to abortion, promotes a “right to abortion,” and redefines conscientious objection as a “denial of medical care.”
CNA Newsroom: Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Jun 1, 2021 / 16:03 pmWhat connection does sleep have to the Catholic faith? We examine an interesting new devotion to the Sleeping St. Joseph, find out why God sometimes communicates in dreams in the Bible, and finally, we’ll read you a bedtime story.
Pope Francis turns to Mary, Undoer of Knots, at end of rosary marathon for end to pandemic
May 31, 2021 / 11:30 amThirty shrines worldwide took turns leading the month-long prayer event.
Pope Francis: Basketball is a sport that ‘lifts you up to the heavens’
May 31, 2021 / 08:30 amHe made the remark during an audience with members of the Italian Basketball Federation.
China unveils 3-child policy amid sharp drop in births
May 31, 2021 / 07:00 amThe country recorded 12 million births in 2020, the lowest number recorded since the 1960s.
Church says ‘all formalities completed’ before twice-divorced UK PM’s wedding at Catholic cathedral
May 31, 2021 / 05:20 amBoris Johnson married Carrie Symonds at Westminster Cathedral on May 29.
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Paris archbishop laments attack on Catholics honoring city’s martyrs
May 31, 2021 / 04:00 amA video posted on social media showed men punching and kicking Catholics taking part in a procession.
10 surprising facts of America’s first cathedral in Baltimore
May 30, 2021 / 15:30 pmThe Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the first cathedral built in the United States, is turning 200 years old on May 31. Below are 10 facts that make this landmark one of the most emblematic places in Catholic America.
Santa Fe archdiocese continues to list hundreds of unused pieces of land for sale
May 28, 2021 / 15:17 pmThe Archdiocese of Santa Fe is continuing to list for sale many unused parcels of church property in an effort to help pay for settlements to sexual abuse victims.
Vatican imposes penalties on retired Polish bishop after ‘Vos estis’ probe
May 28, 2021 / 08:00 amBishop Tadeusz Rakoczy led the Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec from 1992 to 2013.
Pope Francis orders apostolic visitation of Cardinal Woelki’s Cologne archdiocese
May 28, 2021 / 05:38 amApostolic visitors will evaluate “possible mistakes” by the cardinal and archdiocesan officials.
Poland marks 40 years since death of Cardinal Wyszynski
May 28, 2021 / 04:30 amPoland’s “Primate of the Millennium” died on May 28, 1981.
Spanish bill would criminalize pro-life witness near abortion clinics
May 27, 2021 / 18:01 pmA bill proposed last week by the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party would criminalize “harassment” of women entering abortion clinics.
More prelates reject delays of US bishops' discussion of Eucharistic coherence
May 27, 2021 / 16:58 pmMore Catholic bishops have spoken out in support of continuing as planned the process to address “Eucharistic coherence,” namely Christian life and worthiness to receive Holy Communion. The bishops have reacted after an American cardinal’s letter asked the bishops’ conference president, Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, to postpone the discussions.
Cardinal Müller calls on Pope Francis to intervene with the Church in Germany
May 27, 2021 / 16:00 pmGerhard Cardinal Müller on Monday called upon the Holy Father to intervene in the German situation to correct clerics who have attempted to bless same-sex unions, or encouraged such attempts.
Catholic pundit responds to 'flawed' Gallup poll on transgender issues
May 27, 2021 / 15:52 pmBill Donohue, the head of an organization dedicated to responding to public slanders against the Church, claimed on Wednesday that a recent Gallup poll on transgender issues contained deceptive questioning.
Bosnian cardinal: Synodal Way’s ‘exotic ideas’ alien to a Church that survived communism
May 27, 2021 / 13:00 pmCardinal Vinko Puljić said: “We cannot understand a Church in which sacrifice is a foreign word.”
Swiss Catholic bishop appoints lay people in place of episcopal vicars
May 27, 2021 / 12:00 pmBishop Charles Morerod has chosen two lay people and a deacon as his “lay representatives.”