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G.K. Chesterton

Chesterton society will feature Babylon Bee CEO at 40th annual conference 

Jul 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton will hold its 40th annual conference later this month, with keynote speakers including the... Read more

Asia Bibi

Asia Bibi wants to be a voice for persecuted Christians around the world

Jul 14, 2021

By Christine Rousselle

Asia Bibi, a Christian woman once sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy in Pakistan but eventually freed, now wants to... Read more

South Sudanese refugees queue to receive water at a refugee camp near Kosti, Sudan, June 2017.

From child soldier to Catholic priest: Father Mbikoyo lives to give hope to the hopeless

Jul 14, 2021

By Katie Yoder

A Catholic priest is returning to the land where he was once abducted to “give hope to those who have... Read more

Member seeks House vote on US boycott of 'Genocide Games' in Beijing

Jul 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

A member of Congress is seeking a vote by the entire U.S. House to require the Biden Administration to push... Read more

Tursunay Ziyawudun at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C.

Uyghur survivor of China’s detention camps testifies to their brutality

Jul 14, 2021

By Christine Rousselle

A two-time survivor of China’s detention camps in Xinjiang described suffering physical and sexual violence at the hands of camp... Read more

Nicola d’Onofrio (1943-1964).

Officials study miracle attributed to Italian Catholic who died at age 21

Jul 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

Nicola d’Onofrio died in 1964 after a battle with cancer. Read more

St. Louis archdiocese says masks optional at its schools this fall

Jul 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Archdiocese of St. Louis announced Monday that face masks will be optional at its Catholic schools this fall.  Read more

The Catholic University of America announces research grant from NASA

Jul 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Catholic University of America announced this week that it has received a $64.1 million research grant from NASA to... Read more

The Catholic Cathedral of Limburg in Hesse, Germany.

More than 220,000 people left the Catholic Church in Germany in 2020

Jul 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

The figure was lower than the record number set in 2019. Read more

Pope Francis returned to the Vatican July 14 after 11 days in hospital following colon surgery.

Pope Francis returns to Vatican after colon surgery

Jul 14, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

After leaving hospital, Pope Francis stopped to pray at the Basilica of St. Mary Major. Read more

The former Kamloops Indian Residential School

Oblates of Mary apologize for 'deafness' in response to reports of graves at indigenous schools 

Jul 13, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate had significant responsibility for operating residential schools for Canada’s First Nations and other indigenous... Read more

People demonstrate, some holding Cuban flags, during a protest against the Cuban government at Versailles Restaurant in Miami, on July 12, 2021. - Havana on Monday blamed a US "policy of economic suffocation" for unprecedented protests against Cuba's communist government as Washington pointed the finger at "decades of repression" in the one-party state. Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images.

Cuban-American bishops state solidarity with Cuba protests

Jul 13, 2021

By CNA Staff

Four Cuban-American bishops issued a statement Tuesday indicating their support for Cubans seeking recognition of their human rights, following protests... Read more

Judge blocks Indiana law requiring doctors to inform patients about abortion pill reversal

Jul 13, 2021

By CNA Staff

A federal judge in late June blocked a law in Indiana, set to take effect July 1, which would have... Read more

Protestors with the group New York City for Abortion block Witness for Life prayer walk in Brooklyn

Pro-abortion protesters block NY pro-life procession

Jul 13, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

Pro-abortion protestors blocked a pro-life procession in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday morning. Read more

Fr. Elijah Juma Wada was abducted on June 30, 2021, in Nigeria’s Maiduguri diocese.

Catholic priest in Nigeria who escaped nine-day captivity 'responding well to medication'

Jul 13, 2021

By Evans Kipkura

Fr. Elijah Juma Wada, a priest of the Diocese of Maiduguri who was abducted June 30 and held for nine... Read more

Pro-life advocates at the 45th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, 2018.

USCCB implores Congress to restore pro-life policies to spending bills

Jul 13, 2021

By CNA Staff

A proposed federal spending bill is the most extreme pro-abortion funding bill in the history of the United States, said... Read more

The former Kuper Island Indian Residential School, 1941

First Nations leaders announce more than 160 unmarked graves found at former Catholic-run residential school

Jul 13, 2021

By Christine Rousselle

A Canadian First Nations tribe last week announced an estimated 160 unmarked graves were found at the site of a... Read more

Pope Francis blesses a child in the Department of Pediatric Oncology at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, July 13, 2021.

Pope Francis visits children on oncology ward of Rome hospital

Jul 13, 2021

By CNA Staff

The ward is located on the same floor as the pope’s suite. Read more