CNA Columns

The Institute for Religious Works, or 'Vatican bank'. (File Photo/CNA).

Vatican finances, how did the IOR work?

A Vatican Observer

Nov 13, 2019

By Andrea Gagliarducci

How did the Institute for Works of Religion work in real estate investments? The question is pertinent to two major... Read more

Father Emil Kapaun celebrating Mass using the hood of a jeep as his altar, October 7, 1950. Public domain.

CNA Newsroom: We Have Only Done Our Duty

CNA Newsroom

Nov 11, 2019

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

Military chaplains dedicate their lives to service of the men and women in the Armed Forces. This Veteran’s Day, we... Read more

Theodore McCarrick.

CNA Editor's Desk: Vatican financial scandal update; Ed and JD head to ‘Charm City’; Crookston investigation

CNA Editor's Desk

Nov 8, 2019

By CNA Staff

This week on CNA Editor's Desk, JD Flynn is joined by Ed Condon and Carl Bunderson to give an update... Read more

The historic shrine chapel of Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine, Florida. Photo courtesy of the Diocese of St. Augustine.

CNA Newsroom: A New Queen in St. Augustine

CNA Newsroom

Nov 4, 2019

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

The Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine will be elevated as a National Shrine next year. Read more

Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden makes a speech at a campaign stop at the River Center in Des Moines, Iowa.

Halloween; Biden denied Communion; Vatican financial scandal; “Greater/Lesser” and “Yes/No"

CNA Editor's Desk

Nov 1, 2019

By CNA Staff

Editors JD Flynn, Ed Condon, and Carl Bunderson discuss and debate the week’s news as only they can. This week’s... Read more

A statue displayed in Santa Maria in Traspontina.

CNA Editor's Desk: Secret archives; Pachamamagate; married priests; Fan-suggested game!

CNA Editor's Desk

Oct 28, 2019

By CNA Staff

Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon, fresh from the Amazon Synod in Rome, discuss and dissect the week’s news. Topic... Read more

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CNA Newsroom: Burning Love

CNA Newsroom

Oct 28, 2019

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

This week on CNA Newsroom, we're talking about purgatory. We explore Church teaching on purgatory; purgatory as imagined by the... Read more

St. Peter's Basilica /

Vatican finances, how this institutional crisis can harm the Holy See’s international credibility

A Vatican Observer

Oct 21, 2019

By Andrea Gagliarducci

The searches and seizures conducted by Vatican police at  the Secretariat of State and the Financial Intelligence Authority inaugurated an... Read more

The US-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas.

CNA Newsroom: "Borderlands"

CNA Newsroom

Oct 21, 2019

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

The number of Central American and Mexican migrants crossing the southern border into the United States has slowed to a... Read more

My hat, it has three corners.

CNA Editor's Desk: JD buys a biretta; Amazon synod; Cardinal Becciu and financial reform.

CNA Editor's Desk

Oct 18, 2019

By CNA Staff

Editor-in-Chief JD Flynn joins from Rome for this week's episode of CNA Editor's Desk. He and DC Editor Ed Condon... Read more

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CNA Newsroom: And You Visited Me

CNA Newsroom

Oct 14, 2019

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

The number of people in prison in the U.S. has grown by a factor of five since the 1970s. An... Read more

Book Review: A Year with the Mystics

Guest Columnist

Oct 11, 2019

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

Our parish’s fall festival was coming to an end. As I rounded up my little ones, I spotted an acquaintance.... Read more

The Institute for Religious Works -

Vatican finances, the latest events are not just a financial scandal

A Vatican Observer

Oct 10, 2019

By Andrea Gagliarducci

The Vatican Gendarmes Corps seized documents, computers, and other electronic equipment in the offices of the Vatican Secretariat of State... Read more

From Rome! The Amazonian Synod, John Henry Newman, Scalfari interview, etc.

CNA Editor's Desk

Oct 10, 2019

By CNA Staff

Editor JD Flynn is in Rome this week, and offers his analysis of the Amazonian Synod. Ed Condon joins from... Read more

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CNA Newsroom: "Let's Stick Together"

CNA Newsroom

Oct 7, 2019

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

During the years 2015-2017, the divorce rate in one Florida county dropped by nearly one-third. This week on the podcast,... Read more

Money at Mass; parish registration; married priests; Patron of Whaaaat? etc.

CNA Editor's Desk

Oct 4, 2019

By CNA Staff

This week on the podcast, editors Ed Condon and JD Flynn discuss the week’s news, including parish registration, money at... Read more

John Henry Newman by Sir John Everett Millais. Public domain.

CNA Newsroom: Newman’s Own

CNA Newsroom

Sep 30, 2019

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman will be canonized October 13. This week on CNA Newsroom, we talk about Newman's life... Read more

Obscure New Testament figures; Jesuit high school appeal; Amazon synod update; Chaput turns 75; etc.

CNA Editor's Desk

Sep 27, 2019

By CNA Staff

CNA Editors Ed Condon, JD Flynn, and Carl Bunderson are your hosts for this discussion of the week’s most compelling... Read more

Vatican City - May 7, 2017: Pope Francis ordains ten men to the priesthood in St. Peter's Basilica on May 7, 2017.

Why does celibacy matter in the end?

A Vatican Observer

Sep 24, 2019

By Andrea Gagliarducci

According to the French writer Jean Mercier, who passed away in 2018, the Church of the future will be a... Read more

Man on a bench.

CNA Newsroom: The Loneliest Episode (Part 2)

CNA Newsroom

Sep 23, 2019

By CNA Staff

Americans aged 65 and older struggle with loneliness and isolation. On this week's episode of CNA Newsroom, we look at... Read more