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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks outside the Supreme Court, Nov. 1, 2021

Federal officials condemn Texas' investigations of child transgender therapies

Mar 3, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

The Biden administration this week issued condemnations of a Texas policy whereby parents who facilitate gender transition medical treatments for... Read more

Joseph Kennedy, a former high school football coach, says he lost his job for refusing to stop praying on the 50-yard line after his team's games. 

Catholic bishops support praying football coach in Supreme Court case

Mar 3, 2022

By Katie Yoder

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) submitted an amicus brief Wednesday in support of Joseph Kennedy, a Christian... Read more

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Lincoln bishop opposes now-blocked gender identity city ordinance

Mar 3, 2022

By Christine Rousselle

The Bishop of Lincoln recently spoke out against a city ordinance, recently blocked by a referendum petition, which added “sexual... Read more

Photo taken from surveillance footage shows suspect (center) with two other individuals just prior to a vandalism incident at Holy Family Catholic Church in Jacksonville, Florida, on Feb. 23, 2022.

Satanic, vulgar markings deface Holy Family statutes, suspects shown on video

Mar 3, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

The vandalism at Holy Family Catholic Church in Jacksonville, Florida, is just one of many such incidents that have occurred... Read more

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone praying the rosary for Ukraine in his chapel on March 2, 2022.

Did a cyberattack disrupt Archbishop Cordileone's rosary for Ukraine?

Mar 2, 2022

By CNA Staff

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone's online "Rosary for Peace in Ukraine” Wednesday was disrupted by a suspected cyberattack, according to the... Read more

President Joe Biden, with ashes on his forehead in honor of Ash Wednesday, walks to speak to reporters before boarding Marine One with First Lady Jill Biden on the South Lawn of the White House on March 02, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Bidens are spending the day in Superior, Wisconsin, with cabinet members where they will give remarks on the bipartisan infrastructure legislation.

Biden balks at explaining abortion stance to EWTN correspondent

Mar 2, 2022

By Christine Rousselle

U.S. President Joe Biden (D), a Catholic, declined to discuss why he supports abortion rights despite Church teaching prior to... Read more

U.S. President Joe Biden departs after delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol House Chamber on March 1, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Biden focuses on Ukraine conflict in State of the Union address

Mar 1, 2022

By Christine Rousselle

President Joe Biden focused on the ongoing situation in Ukraine, the economic recovery in the United States, and the need... Read more

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Give Ukrainians temporary immigration protections, senators ask Biden 

Mar 1, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

The Russian invasion of Ukraine means that Ukrainians in the United States deserve temporary protected status under federal immigration law,... Read more

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Ukrainian Catholic priest in D.C.: Russia has list of church leaders

Mar 1, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

A Ukrainian Catholic priest who is the dean of theology at the Catholic University of America says church leaders have... Read more

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Appeals court: Navy service members requesting religious exemption to COVID vaccine should not be punished

Mar 1, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

A federal appeals court on Monday ruled to keep a lower court order in place, temporarily preventing the Navy and... Read more

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Who are the 13 Catholic senators who voted for 'shameful' pro-abortion bill?

Mar 1, 2022

By Katie Yoder

Thirteen Catholic lawmakers in the U.S. Senate voted Monday in favor of a failed attempt to pass a sweeping new... Read more

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Dozens of headstones overturned at Ukrainian Catholic cemetery near Baltimore

Mar 1, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

The day before Russia invaded Ukraine last week, about 49 headstones at a Ukrainian Catholic cemetery in the outskirts of... Read more

Senator James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) speaks against the Women's Health Protection Act on the Senate floor, Feb. 28, 2022.

Pro-abortion Women's Health Protection Act fails in US Senate

Feb 28, 2022

By Katie Yoder

The U.S. Senate failed to move forward with the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) on Monday, striking down what some... Read more

Death row in an American prison.

Bishops in Texas urge clemency for woman on death row

Feb 28, 2022

By Christine Rousselle

The state of Texas should grant clemency to a woman set to be executed in April, a Catholic organization and... Read more

Closeup shot of a woman holding her hands together and praying over an open Bible.

Ideas to help you have a fruitful Lent

Feb 28, 2022

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. We, as Catholics, are called to walk through the desert with... Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles.

Archbishop Gomez offers prayers in message to Los Angeles' Ukrainian Catholic community

Feb 27, 2022

By CNA Staff

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles wrote Sunday to the city’s Ukrainian Catholic parish, assuring them of his solidarity and... Read more

Sister Sue Anne Hall (left) and Sister Delores Voigt provide prayer and hospitality for pro-life volunteers at Our Lady of Guadalupe Convent, located across the street from the last remaining Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in St. Louis, Missouri.

Meet the Franciscan sisters who live (and pray) across the street from an abortion clinic

Feb 27, 2022

By Leonardo Colon

The mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe Convent is “to provide a place of prayer and hospitality for pilgrims to... Read more

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Feb. 27, 2022.

Focus on the goodness in others, not the flaws, Pope Francis urges

Feb 27, 2022

By Shannon Mullen

In his weekly Angelus address Feb. 27, Pope Francis reflected on Sunday’s Gospel, in which Jesus asks the question: “Why... Read more

Father Robert Cooper on the set of his online cooking show.

Cooking show is this New Orleans priest's recipe for sharing the faith

Feb 26, 2022

By Leonardo Colon

Meet Father Robert Cooper, star of a new online cooking series in which he creates various dishes inspired by feast... Read more

U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.

Michael Warsaw: 'For the good of humanity,' Senate must reject 'horrific' abortion bill

Feb 26, 2022

By CNA Staff

Writing in the National Catholic Register, EWTN CEO Michael Warsaw says the proposed Women's Health Protection Act set for a... Read more