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Vatican calls for 'peaceful and just resolution' of Belarus crisis

Sep 21, 2020

By Courtney Mares

After President Alexander Lukashenko announced that he was putting troops on high alert and closing Belarus’ borders, a Vatican diplomat... Read more

Depiction of the Holy Spirit in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Bishop Burbidge: The pandemic is our ‘Pentecost moment’

Sep 20, 2020

In a pastoral letter this past week, Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia said the coronavirus pandemic has prompted advances... Read more

Catholics worship at a Mass outside the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption on Sept. 20, 2020. Courtesy of the archdiocese of San Francisco

Archbishop Cordileone: San Francisco Mass restrictions ‘mocking God’

Sep 20, 2020

Catholics in San Francisco marched in Eucharistic processions across the city on Sunday to protest the city’s continued restrictions on... Read more

Pope Francis gives the Angelus address Sept. 13, 2020.

Everything is unmerited grace, Pope Francis says

Sep 20, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

God’s grace is not something we deserve, but he gives it to us anyway, Pope Francis said Sunday during his... Read more

Report: Chinese government imprisoning more priests, bishops 

Sep 19, 2020

The Chinese government continues to imprison Catholic clergy - including bishops - who refuse to support the Communist Party, according... Read more

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Judge Amy Coney Barrett's charismatic Catholicism- Who are the People of Praise?

Sep 19, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

Questions have been raised about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's affiliation with a group called the “People of Praise,” a charismatic... Read more

Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

'Dogma lives loudly in you' - Amy Coney Barrett's 2017 confirmation hearing

Sep 19, 2020

By Matt Hadro

During Amy Coney Barrett's 2017 judicial confirmation hearing, the judge faced hostile questions about her Catholic faith, prompting outrage and... Read more

Pro-life signs at the 2018 March for Life in Washington, DC. Jonah McKeown/CNA

Abortion key issue in Supreme Court nomination process

Sep 19, 2020

As speculation mounts over who President Donald Trump will nominate as the next Supreme Court Justice, pro-life and pro-abortion voices... Read more

Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

Catholic Amy Coney Barrett front-runner as Trump signals Supreme Court nomination plans

Sep 19, 2020

President Donald Trump on Saturday signalled he would soon nominate a potential replacement to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth... Read more

Cardinal Crecscenzio Sepe views the reliquary with the blood of St. Januarius in 2009.

St. Januarius' blood liquifies in Naples

Sep 19, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

The blood of early Church martyr St. Januarius liquified in Naples Saturday, repeating a miracle dating at least to the... Read more

Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 2, 2015.

Pope Francis makes surprise donation to struggling poultry workers

Sep 19, 2020

Pope Francis has made a surprise donation to struggling poultry workers in Italy.  Read more

Senator Mitch McConnell.

McConnell: Trump Supreme Court nominee ‘will receive a vote’

Sep 18, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday night that after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a... Read more

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Catholics respond after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

Sep 18, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who served on the court for more than 27 years, died of pancreatic cancer... Read more

Mike Pompeo: Holy See's moral witness needed in China

Sep 18, 2020

Reflecting Friday on the state of the 2018 Vatican-China deal, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that the human... Read more

Rep. Nancy Pelosi addresses constituents in San Francisco, 2017.

Pelosi 'misspoke' on San Francisco Mass attendance, spokesman claims

Sep 18, 2020

By Matt Hadro

Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office told CNA Friday evening that she “misspoke” when she described  “recently” attending Mass in a San... Read more

The Portiuncula Chapel on the campus of the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Franciscan University honors NET Ministries for ‘strong Christian character’

Sep 18, 2020

The Franciscan University of Steubenville this week bestowed its highest non-academic award to NET Ministries, a national evangelization program for... Read more

The Syrian flag.

Cardinal says Syria has been hit with a ‘poverty bomb’

Sep 18, 2020

By Courtney Mares

After nearly 10 years of war, the Syrian people have now been hit with a “poverty bomb” amid the coronavirus... Read more

Former vice president Joe Biden.

Biden campaign downplays abortion, 'preeminent priority' of US Catholic bishops

Sep 18, 2020

By Matt Hadro

Catholic supporters of Joe Biden sought to deflect the Democratic candidate’s support for abortion on Thursday by pointing to other... Read more

Investigation of 'suspicious fire' at Australian cathedral underway

Sep 18, 2020

A fire that burned some of the sacristy and part of the roof of St. Carthage’s Cathedral in Lismore, Australia... Read more

Dioceses in southern US shut down as Hurricane Sally brings floods

Sep 18, 2020

Dioceses in Florida and Alabama have shut down offices and schools as a large storm has flooded numerous houses and... Read more