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Catholic bishops ask Israel to repeal law excluding non-Jews

Nov 6, 2018

Top Catholic prelates in Israel are asking the government to repeal the recent Nation State Law, which they say paves... Read more

Bishop R. Walker Nickless of Sious City. CNA flie photo

Did Iowa diocese give enough warning about abusive priest?

Nov 6, 2018

By Carl Bunderson

A New Mexico man says that an Iowa diocese neglected to tell him about the extent of abuse committed by... Read more

Mother Angelica. Photo courtesy of EWTN.

Box set of Mother Angelica's spiritual writings released

Nov 6, 2018

By Perry West

EWTN released Thursday a box-set compilation of Mother Angelica’s spiritual writings.  Read more

The flag of Cameroon.

Seventy-nine students kidnapped in Cameroon

Nov 6, 2018

By Courtney Mares

Armed separatists kidnapped 79 students from a Christian boarding school in Cameroon Monday.  Read more

Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, April 19, 2018.

Cardinal O'Malley elected chairman of Papal Foundation

Nov 6, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston was elected chairman of the Papal Foundation’s board of trustees during a meeting in Washington,... Read more

In wealthy San Francisco, treatment of homeless draws UN condemnation

Nov 6, 2018

As San Francisco prepares to consider a ballot measure to boost taxes for services to aid the homeless, a U.N.... Read more

Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo.

Buffalo diocese expands list of credibly accused clerics

Nov 5, 2018

By Jonah McKeown

The Diocese of Buffalo is adding to their public list of clergy with credible allegations of sexual abuse against a... Read more

Beto O'Rourke campaigns in Texas.

Texas Senate race sparks debate in pro-life community  

Nov 5, 2018

After a pro-life leader said she is voting for a pro-choice Senate candidate because she believes he will best advance... Read more

US President Donald Trump, Ambassador Nikki Haley at the United Nations, Sept. 2018.

U.S. will remain committed to protecting the unborn at the U.N., Haley says

Nov 5, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

As negotiations begin on the annual United Nations humanitarian assistance omnibus resolution, the United States will remain committed to protecting... Read more

Ashiq Mesih and Eisham Ashiq, Asia Bibi's husband and daughter, speak to CNA in Rome, April 15, 2015.

Asia Bibi's husband begs US to offer asylum

Nov 5, 2018

The husband of the Pakistani Catholic woman who was recently acquitted of blasphemy charges is asking several Western nations to... Read more

Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone.

Buffalo whisteblower says she leaked abuse documents 'out of love'

Nov 5, 2018

The former Diocese of Buffalo employee who leaked internal diocesan documents to the press wrote in an op-ed Sunday that... Read more

Peace Cross, Bladensburg, Maryland.

Peace Cross case headed to Supreme Court

Nov 5, 2018

The Court announced November 2 that it had granted certiorari to Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission v. American Humanist... Read more

Pope Francis meets with a delegation from the World Congress of Mountain Jews on Nov. 5, 2018.

Pope Francis: 'A Christian cannot be an anti-Semite'

Nov 5, 2018

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis strongly condemned anti-Semitism, recalling the living memory of the Holocaust in Europe, during a meeting with rabbis at... Read more

A memorial Mass in honor of Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, foundress of EWTN Global Catholic Network, at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament on March 30, 2016. Jeff Bruno/EWTN

Man issued trespassing warning after disturbance at EWTN Mass

Nov 4, 2018

EWTN Global Catholic Network has called for prayers for a man who caused a disturbance during the network’s televised Mass... Read more

President Donald Trump in Topeka Kansas, USA, October 6, 2018.

Trump declares National Adoption Month, says ‘every child is wanted’

Nov 4, 2018

The president called adoption a “life-changing act” and a “blessing for all involved.”  Read more

Pope Francis prays with journalists on a papal flight August 14, 2014.

Pope Francis mourns victims of attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt

Nov 4, 2018

By Courtney Mares

“I pray for the victims, pilgrims killed just because they are Christians, and I ask Holy Mary to console their... Read more

Bishops from across the United States take part in the USCCB's Fall General Assembly in Baltimore on November 11, 2013.

USCCB General Assembly: Committee elections preview

Nov 3, 2018

The USCCB will gather in Baltimore for its general assembly Nov. 12-14. On the ballot will be candidates for the... Read more

Galaxy M74.

Astronomers recommend renaming Hubble's law to honor Belgian priest

Nov 3, 2018

The International Astronomical Union has voted in favor of a recommendation to rename the Hubble law the Hubble-Lemaître law, to... Read more

Belgian Brothers of Charity drop board members who accepted hospital euthanasia protocol

Nov 3, 2018

By Andrea Gagliarducci

The Brothers of Charity, a Belgian religious congregation, did not renew the terms for two board members of the organization... Read more

People attending Mass with Pope Francis at the Catholic Sanctuary of the Martyrs, Namugongo, Uganda, Nov. 28, 2015.

African fertility rates are falling - but not fast enough for some Western groups

Nov 3, 2018

Despite recent disparaging Western commentary on high African birth rates, fertility rates on the continent are normal when viewed in... Read more