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People use a car to light themselves on a dark street during a blackout in Bauta municipality, Artemisa province, Cuba, on March 18, 2024.

Power outages, food shortages trigger social unrest in Cuba

Mar 19, 2024

By Diego López Marina

Layman Osvaldo Gallardo and Catholic priest Father Alberto Reyes shared with ACI Prensa the causes of this latest crisis in... Read more

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Supreme Court declines to hear Catholic couple’s lawsuit over transgender child custody

Mar 19, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Supreme Court rejected without comment an Indiana Catholic husband and wife’s petition over a dispute involving custody of their... Read more

Father Jerome "Jerry" Kaywell, a Grammy award-winning musician, had been placed on leave amid claims of sexual misconduct before his accuser apologized and said the accusations were based on a "false memory."

Grammy-winning Florida priest cleared of sexual misconduct charges

Mar 19, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Bishop Frank Dewane said that Father Jerome Kaywell’s accuser apologized and said the accusation of sexual misconduct was based on... Read more

Pope Francis addresses the faithful at his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 28, 2024.

Pope Francis’ message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations stresses fraternity, hope

Mar 19, 2024

By Matthew Santucci

The theme for the this year’s World Day of Prayer for Vocations is “Called to Sow Seeds ofHope and to... Read more

Pope Francis on March 19, 2024, appointed Bishop Gerard Battersby to lead the Diocese of La Crosse in western Wisconsin.

Pope Francis appoints new bishop to lead Wisconsin diocese

Mar 19, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Gerard Battersby to lead the Diocese of La Crosse in western Wisconsin. Read more

The flag of Vatican City.

Pope Francis laicizes Toledo priest after life sentence for sexual abuse of minors

Mar 19, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Pope Francis has laicized an Ohio priest, Michael Zacharias, who was convicted on five counts of sex trafficking by a... Read more

Interior of the Scottish Parliament building.

Scotland’s controversial new hate crime law set to come into effect April 1

Mar 19, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The new law creates a new crime of stirring up hatred against any of the protected groups covered by the... Read more

The library of the Pontifical Gregorian University.

Pontifical Gregorian University announces merger with biblical, Eastern institutes

Mar 19, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The historic Pontifical Gregorian University this week announced its official merger with the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Pontifical Oriental... Read more

John Paul the Great Catholic University is a Catholic liberal arts college located in the northern suburbs of San Diego. The school features hands-on creative programs in film, animation, design, music, and acting, as well as business entrepreneurship, combined with an education in theology, philosophy, and the humanities.

John Paul the Great Catholic University to double its academic space

Mar 19, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The school, also known as “JPCatholic,” announced its plans to double its academic space by adding a new creative arts... Read more

Mother Chiara Thérèse and Sister Lucia Rose of Servants of the Children of the Light after the ceremony with Bishop David Kagan of the Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota.

Montessori religious community develops in North Dakota ‘to serve Christ in the child’

Mar 19, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Dr. Maria Montessori always wanted an order of religious sisters who were dedicated to the education method that became her... Read more

The St. Joseph Oratory of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec.

5 shrines dedicated to St. Joseph in North America

Mar 19, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

In honor of the patron of the Universal Church, here are five shrines dedicated to St. Joseph in North America... Read more

Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, MSpS, of San Antonio.

San Antonio archbishop bans retreat center for ‘false teachings’ against Pope Francis

Mar 18, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

Bishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller’s disciplinary action follows the apostolate’s publication of several messages on its website. Read more

Pope Francis on March 18, 2024, accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Dominican Republic auxiliary bishop

Mar 18, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of an auxiliary bishop of Santo Domingo, Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández, who turned 75... Read more

Stephen Colbert and Pope Francis.

Stephen Colbert co-narrates Pope Francis’ new audiobook memoir

Mar 18, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert is a co-narrator of Pope Francis’ new book, titled “Life: My Story Through History,”... Read more

The Vatican on March 16, 2024, determined that nothing prevents the opening of the cause for canonization of Niña Ruiz-Abad, a 13-year-old girl who died in 1993 in the Philippines and whose grave has become a place of pilgrimage.

Vatican authorizes opening of cause for canonization for 13-year-old Filipina girl

Mar 18, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The grave of Niña Ruiz-Abad, a 13-year-old girl who died in 1993 in the Philippines, has become a place of... Read more

Katie Mahoney, Rev. Pat Mahoney, Peggy Nienaber of Faith and Liberty, and Mark Lee Dickson of Right to Life East Texas pray in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on April 21, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

U.S. bishops call for ‘focused effort of prayer’ ahead of Supreme Court abortion pill hearings

Mar 18, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The bishops said the FDA “has enabled a nationwide mail-order abortion industry and turned neighborhood pharmacies into chemical abortion providers.” Read more

Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, a Trappist monk and spiritual writer, has served as bishop of Trondheim in Norway since 2020.

Norwegian bishop celebrates Nordic country’s first Catholic Bible

Mar 18, 2024

By AC Wimmer

“The publication of a Bible presented and packaged as ‘The Catholic Canon’ by the Norwegian Bible Society is a major... Read more

St. Joseph’s altar at St. Mary’s Assumption Church in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans.

Do you know how to make ‘St. Joseph’s bread’? Here’s the recipe

Mar 18, 2024

By Abel Camasca

The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Joseph on March 19. Read more

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Vatican Observatory publishes new method to better understand the Big Bang theory

Mar 18, 2024

By Diego López Marina

Two priests from the Vatican Observatory have made further progress in developing a new mathematical method to understand the Big... Read more

Chesterton students celebrate Mass in the school's new chapel.

‘Miracles’: Rhode Island Catholic school thrives after last-ditch purchase from diocese

Mar 18, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Hope in Warwick, Rhode Island, recently acquired the property of St. Francis School and... Read more