CNA Columns
CNA Editor's Desk: The Problem with Tribalism
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon return this week to talk at length about the US Bishops’ Fall General Assembly. ... Read more
After the McCarrick Report
The Vatican document tracing the rise of ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick through the hierarchy’s ranks has been praised for its unprecedented... Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: "The McCarrick Report is here"
This week on the podcast, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the long-awaited “McCarrick Report,” which chronicles the many... Read more
How I Built This for God
Catholic entrepreneurs talk about how they took their award-winning ideas from an inkling in their mind to a full-blown reality. Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: "A Toast to Transparency"
On this week's podcast, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the still-contested general election in the US; the McCarrick... Read more
Legalism and Civil Unions
If you were wondering what became of moral legalism, wonder no more – legalistic thinking has found its home in... Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: "Airport Code or Religious Order?"
In this week’s podcast episode, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss Halloween; an Islamist attack in a church in... Read more
More Than Words
The deaf Catholic community in the US is eager for the faith. In this podcast episode, we take a look... Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: "What's up (with the) doc"
In this week’s episode, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss a documentary film that appears to show footage of... Read more
How Not To Elect a President
Let me begin with what I suspect will be a welcome promise – I won’t tell you which candidate to... Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: "The Reversal of JD Flynn"
This week on the podcast, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of prospective Justice... Read more
Is Pope Francis moving toward a conclave?
There are two ways to interpret the exclusion of the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, from the Cardinals... Read more
Adventures in Discernment
We bring you the story of two brothers ordained to the priesthood on the same day; a young woman talks... Read more
IOR: Secretariat of State out of the Cardinals commission
For the first time since its establishment, the Cardinals Commission of the Institute for Religious Works (the so-called Vatican bank)... Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: "That's all, folks"
In this week’s podcast episode, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the pope’s new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti; they also... Read more
The Court Confirmation Ordeal
When did confirming someone for a seat on the Supreme Court become a traumatic ordeal for the candidate and the... Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: "How did we get here?"
This week on the podcast, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon briefly discuss the first presidential debate, the annual Al... Read more
Pompeo's visit to the Vatican, how to decrypt it
It was no surprise that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not meet with Pope Francis during his visit... Read more
Nigeria's Forgotten Martyrs
The persecution of Christians is by no means confined to the Middle East. In Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria, to... Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: "Becciu didn't see this coming"
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the resignation of a prominent cardinal, presumably over financial scandal; the Supreme... Read more
