CNA Columns

The bronze cast of Marisol Escobar's 'Father Damien' in the National Statuary Hall (detail). public domain.

CNA Editor's Desk: "Vote for Carl"

CNA Editor's Desk

Jul 31, 2020

By CNA Staff

On the podcast this week, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent remarks about a... Read more

Pope Francis and Ahmed el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar, signed a joint declaration on human fraternity during an interreligious meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Feb. 4, 2019

Pope Francis replaces one of his shadows

A Vatican Observer

Jul 31, 2020

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Today, Monsignor Yoannis Lahzi Gaid leaves Domus Sanctae Marthae forever. The Pope’s second secretary greeted the personnel of the Domus on Jul. 30, thus... Read more

Sharonell Fulton has fostered more than 40 children through Catholic Social Services. Photo courtesy of Becket.

Religious Liberty After Bostock

Russell Shaw

Jul 30, 2020

By Russell Shaw

Does the Catholic Church have a right to follow its convictions about sexual morality in its own institutions without being... Read more

The banner at the entrance of the APSA office in the Vatican .-

Vatican Finances: what is the transfer of institutional cash to the Vatican “central bank” all about?

A Vatican Observer

Jul 28, 2020

By Andrea Gagliarducci

A recent provision by the Secretariat for the Economy made clear that the Administration for the Patrimony of the Apostolic... Read more

Pope Francis with pilgrims from the Italian dioceses of Bologna and Cesena-Sarsina in St. Peter’s Square, April 21, 2018.

CNA Editor's Desk: Christopher Yes or No?

CNA Editor's Desk

Jul 24, 2020

By CNA Staff

Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon return this week to talk about what we may expect from the Vatican before... Read more

A session of the Parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe /

Europe and the challenge of religious freedom

A Vatican Observer

Jul 17, 2020

By Andrea Gagliarducci

The European Union’s Special Envoy for promoting the Freedom of Religions and Belief outside of Europe will soon be appointed.... Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez visits the scene of the fire at the San Gabriel mission, July 11, 2020.

CNA Editor's Desk: "The hard-learned lessons of history"

CNA Editor's Desk

Jul 16, 2020

By CNA Staff

This week on the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss what seems to be a rising tide... Read more

John Roberts testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during confirmation hearings to be Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, Sept. 13, 2005.

Sound Advice from the Chief

Russell Shaw

Jul 16, 2020

By Russell Shaw

Disappointed prolifers were predictably angry at Chief Justice John Roberts for providing the fifth vote in the five-member Supreme Court... Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court.

CNA Editor's Desk: The Perfect Society

CNA Editor's Desk

Jul 10, 2020

By CNA Staff

Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon are back this week to talk about the US Supreme Court's rulings on the... Read more

The AIF banner in the Vatican /

AIF 2019 report, is the reform a good idea?

A Vatican Observer

Jul 7, 2020

By Andrea Gagliarducci

So, the Vatican’s financial watchdog is getting a name change and new statutes. The Vatican’s Financial Intelligence Authority will soon... Read more

East Boston.

Cheers to Summer Break!

CNA Newsroom

Jul 2, 2020

By Jonah McKeown,Kate Olivera

Six segments - all about the 4th of July. Read more

US Supreme Court in Washington.

CNA Editor's Desk: "Change Your Neighbor’s Mind"

CNA Editor's Desk

Jul 2, 2020

By CNA Staff

In this special Supreme Court edition of the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the week’s news,... Read more

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, meets with Wang Yi, China's foreign minister, in Munich, Feb. 14, 2020.

China and Rome

Russell Shaw

Jul 1, 2020

By Russell Shaw

Not long after coming to power in 1933, the German government headed by  Adolf  Hitler sought a formal agreement with... Read more

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Pope Francis, a Jesuit at the helm of the Congregation for the Clergy?

A Vatican Observer

Jun 30, 2020

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Bishop Daniele Libanori, Jesuit and auxiliary for the diocese of Rome, might be appointed next Friday as the successor of... Read more

Discovery Network’s former headquarters in Silver Spring Maryland.

Discovering God’s Plan

CNA Newsroom

Jun 29, 2020

By Kate Olivera

Jim McNulty was one of three people held hostage in 2010 at the Discovery Network headquarters in Maryland. He shares... Read more

Statue of St. Junipero Serra in Golden Gate Park.

CNA Editor's Desk: Small talk and big ideas

CNA Editor's Desk

Jun 26, 2020

By CNA Staff

Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon are back this week for a candid conversation about the toppling of statues in... Read more

A scientist examines the result of a plaque assay, which is a test that allows scientists to count how many flu virus particles (virions) are in a mixture.

Atom and Eve

CNA Newsroom

Jun 22, 2020

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

Dr. Francis Collins of the National Institutes of Health talks about the race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, and... Read more

Michelangelo's The Fall and Expulsion from Paradise from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel (1508-12).

The Roots of the Crisis

Russell Shaw

Jun 18, 2020

By Russell Shaw

Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address is one of the most remarkable documents in American history – a serious theological meditation... Read more

Sister Thea Bowman (Courtesy of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration) and Venerable Augustus Tolton (

'We Shall Overcome'

CNA Newsroom

Jun 15, 2020

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

We share the stories of two Black Catholics on the path to sainthood. Read more

Archbishop Carlo Vigano.

CNA Editor's Desk: "Worlds Collide"

CNA Editor's Desk

Jun 12, 2020

By CNA Staff

CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the news, including former nuncio Carlo Maria Vigano’s letter to President Trump,... Read more