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Californians urged to oppose rollback of assisted suicide safeguards

May 27, 2021

By CNA Staff

The California Catholic Conference is urging the faithful to speak out against a proposed state law that would remove several... Read more

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco

Archbishop Cordileone supports Archbishop Aquila’s call for repentance for German synodal path

May 27, 2021

The Archbishop of San Francisco has publicly supported Archbishop Aquila’s response to the German bishops’ “synodal path.” Read more

Archbishop Arthur Roche and Cardinal Robert Sarah

Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Arthur Roche as successor to Cardinal Sarah

May 27, 2021

By Courtney Mares

The English archbishop has worked in the Vatican’s divine worship congregation since 2012. Read more

Cardinal Péter Erdő of Esztergom-Budapest, pictured at the Vatican on Oct. 5, 2015.

Cardinal says intercommunion not an issue in Hungary ahead of International Eucharistic Congress

May 27, 2021

By CNA Staff

Cardinal Péter Erdő is hosting the congress in Budapest on Sept. 5-12. Read more

Fr. Joseph Keke, 75,  was kidnapped on May 21, 2021, in Katsina State, Nigeria.

‘Our only weapon is prayer’: Nigerian bishop seeks release of kidnapped priest

May 27, 2021

By Courtney Mares

Fr. Joseph Keke, 75, was kidnapped by gunmen on May 21. Read more

USCCB after 9 killed in San Jose shooting: “Something fundamentally broken in our society”

May 26, 2021

By CNA Staff

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development said on Wednesday, May 26,... Read more

Long Beach Convention Center, one of the shelters for unaccompanied migrant children

Los Angeles clergy celebrate Mass for unaccompanied migrant children

May 26, 2021

By Jonah McKeown

Catholic clergy in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have been celebrating Masses this month for hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children... Read more

Bishop Michael Barber, S.J. CNA file photo.

Oakland's Catholic bishop robbed of cash, episcopal ring while praying near cathedral

May 26, 2021

By CNA Staff

A gun-wielding man allegedly robbed Bishop Michael Barber of Oakland of some money and his episcopal ring near the city’s... Read more

The Cathedral of St. Elias and St. Gregory the Illuminator in Beirut, Lebanon, the cathedra of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia.

Leader of Armenian Catholic Church dies at age 86

May 26, 2021

By CNA Staff

Catholicos-Patriarch Gregory Peter XX Gabroyan died on May 25. Read more

Bishop James Johnston of Kansas City-St. Joseph

More bishops invite Catholics back to Mass, lift dispensations

May 26, 2021

Two more U.S. bishops have invited Catholics back to Mass, following other dioceses which have lifted dispensations from the Sunday... Read more

Florida State University settles lawsuit with Catholic student

May 26, 2021

By Kate Scanlon

Florida State University has agreed to a settlement with a Catholic student who sued the school last year over his... Read more

Style and dignity woven together in 'Worthy of Wearing'

May 26, 2021

By CNA Staff

Nicole Caruso, professional makeup artist and beauty consultant, invites women to explore their feminine genius with her book Worthy of... Read more

Officers patrol Tiananmen Square in Beijing, May 2013.

Hong Kong Catholic churches plan Masses commemorating Tiananmen victims

May 26, 2021

By Courtney Mares

The churches will offer a Mass for the Dead on the night of June 4. Read more

Bishop Thomas Paprocki

Bishop Paprocki rebukes shut-down tactics: Discussion on eucharistic coherence must proceed

May 26, 2021

Another U.S. bishop has reproached efforts to delay discussion of “Eucharistic coherence” by the whole conference. Read more

Transgender flag

Male political candidates in Mexican state use gender ideology to file as trans women

May 26, 2021

By David Ramos

To avoid being left out of the 2021 Mexican elections because of a constitutional principle of “gender parity”, 18 male... Read more

Pope Francis meets with Bhaddanta Kumarabhivamsa, head of the Supreme Sangha Council, in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 29, 2017.

Vatican to Buddhists: May the pandemic ‘unite us in service’

May 26, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sent greetings for the Buddhist feast of Vesakh. Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez, USCCB 2019 spring meeting

U.S. bishops condemn ‘deeply troubling’ rise in anti-Semitism

May 26, 2021

Leading U.S. bishops on Wednesday decried a rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, and called for prayers. Read more

Archbishop Samuel Aquila

Archbishop Aquila: Germany's synodal path needs repentance, belief, truth

May 26, 2021

By CNA Staff

The German Catholic bishops and those involved in the synodal path of the Church in Germany must be the first... Read more

Cardinal Vincent Nichols presents a relic of Bl. Carlo Acutis to Fr. Pat Ryall at Archbishop’s House, Westminster, May 21, 2021.

‘We are delighted to have him back’: Carlo Acutis relics arrive in London

May 26, 2021

By CNA Staff

A relic was given to the church where the future blessed was baptized in 1991. Read more

A detail from a portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots by François Clouet, 1560.

Theft of Mary Queen of Scots’ rosary a ‘tragic loss’ for Catholic history

May 26, 2021

By CNA Staff

Thieves stole the rosary and other items worth more than $1.4 million from Arundel Castle in southern England. Read more