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Protest Against Christian Persecution in China, Sept. 14, 2019, Cologne, Germany.

Believing in Jesus can cost you your life in these 50 countries 

Jan 22, 2024

By Andrés Henríquez

Open Doors just released its 2024 World Persecution List, which reflects a worsening situation for Christians worldwide. Read more

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers remarks during the FOX Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Sept. 27, 2023, in Simi Valley, California.

Ron DeSantis suspends presidential campaign after second-place finish in Iowa

Jan 21, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Florida governor had placed distantly behind former President Donald Trump in the Iowa caucuses. Read more

Pope Francis presides over Mass for the Sunday of the Word of God in St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 21, 2024.

Pope Francis calls for release of 6 religious sisters taken hostage in Haiti

Jan 21, 2024

By Courtney Mares

Armed gunmen took the religious sisters hostage in Port-au-Prince on Friday during a bus hijacking. Read more

Pope Francis presides over Mass for the Sunday of the Word of God in St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 21, 2024.

Pope Francis: Return to God’s word rather than social media’s ‘violence of words’

Jan 21, 2024

By Courtney Mares

Speaking of the “immense power” that the word of God can unleash in people’s lives, Pope Francis encouraged us to... Read more

Thousands participate in Walk for Life West Coast on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, in San Francisco.

PHOTOS: 2024 Walk for Life West Coast and OneLife LA: ‘Powerful Witness to Life’

Jan 21, 2024

By Jim Graves

Rain couldn’t dampen the hearts that champion the cause of the unborn in California on Saturday.  Read more

The apostolic nuncio to Jordan, Bishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, speaks during an interview with CNA at the headquarters of the apostolic nunciature in Amman on Jan. 11, 2024.

Nuncio highlights Jordan’s unique role in Holy Land Church today

Jan 21, 2024

By Marinella Bandini

Bishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, who became the first resident nuncio to Jordan one year ago, says the Church there... Read more

Bishop Mario Dorsonville was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana on Feb. 1, 2023. He passed away Jan. 19, 2024, due to “complications arising from recent health problems,” the diocese said. He was 63 years old.

Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana dies unexpectedly at 63 

Jan 20, 2024

By Matthew Santucci

Bishop Mario Dorsonville was bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux for less than a year, having been appointed as bishop... Read more

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology in Steubenville, Ohio.

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology in midst of major expansion

Jan 20, 2024

By Martin Barillas

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology founder Dr. Scott Hahn calls the new headquarters building in Steubenville, Ohio, “a dream... Read more

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Medical group works to combat ‘disastrous consequences of identity politics’ in medicine

Jan 20, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Do No Harm is a nonprofit advocacy group that combats what it calls the “disastrous consequences of identity politics” in... Read more

Dina Sophia Patryn, 22, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, and Kaycie Hippolyte, 25, of Boston, took a nine-hour bus ride to the March for Life on Jan. 19, 2024.

Snapshots from the March for Life: Boston Archdiocese brings more than 500 to DC

Jan 20, 2024

By Joe Bukuras

The group marched under the Archdiocese of Boston’s large yellow and blue “Witness to Life” banner with their archbishop, Cardinal... Read more

Demonstrators participate in the March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, 2024.

PHOTOS: Snow doesn’t deter thousands at second post-Roe March for Life

Jan 19, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Rows upon rows of participants young and old made their way around the National Mall to the Supreme Court on... Read more

Pro-life progressives rally for the unborn at the March for Life in front of the Supreme Court on Jan. 19, 2024.

Pro-life progressives make their voices heard at March for Life

Jan 19, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Members of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) and other pro-life progressives gathered in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on... Read more

Pope Francis blesses a mosaic of St. Charbel after his general audience Nov. 15, 2023, in St. Peter’s Square.

St. Charbel mosaic blessed by Pope Francis installed in Vatican grottoes

Jan 19, 2024

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

The mosaic was installed in the grottoes located beneath St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Read more

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua cancels legal personhood of 10 Catholic and evangelical NGOs

Jan 19, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The measure affects 16 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 10 of which are Catholic and evangelical institutions. Read more

University of Michigan Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh at the March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2024, pictured with Tim Shipe, a high school teacher from Florida (and lifelong Buckeye fan).

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh makes surprise March for Life appearance

Jan 19, 2024

By Daniel Payne

“It’s a great example that you’re setting,” Harbaugh told the crowd at a rally before the pro-life march. “It’s testimony,... Read more

Bishop Hans van den Hende walks in Keukenhof park in Lisse, Netherlands, on April 12, 2022.

Dutch bishops offer cautious response to Vatican blessing guidance, bucking regional trend   

Jan 19, 2024

By Jonathan Liedl

The bishops emphasized that any blessings should help people “live in accordance with [God’s] intentions for the creation of man... Read more

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, speaks with EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser on Jan. 18, 2024.

Vatican prefect: Fiducia Supplicans draws ‘some negative reactions’ from Christian leaders

Jan 19, 2024

By Matthew Santucci, AC Wimmer

In an exclusive EWTN interview and in comments to the Vatican’s news agency, Cardinal Kurt Koch said he has received... Read more

Jean Marie Davis, executive director of the Branches pregnancy resource center in Vermont, shares her inspiring pro-life story with the crowd gathered at the March for Life rally Jan. 19, 2024.

March for Life speakers promote care for pregnant women and children nationwide

Jan 19, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

At the 51st annual national March for Life, taking place in snowy conditions today in Washington, D.C., keynote speakers strongly... Read more

Before the March for Life young people gathered for music and worship at Life Fest.

‘Love is the answer’: Thousands fill Washington, D.C. stadium for ‘Life Fest’ rally

Jan 19, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

“We want every person to walk out of here knowing that they are good, that they are chosen, that they... Read more

A snowman adorned with signs at the 51st March for Life, Jan, 19, 2024

PHOTOS: The best signs seen at the 2024 March for Life

Jan 19, 2024

By CNA Staff

Thousands of marchers turned out in spite of snow and freezing temperatures. Read more