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President Donald Trump.

A look at President Trump’s pro-life 'solution'

Nov 8, 2018

Following the 2018 mid-term elections, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Nov. 7 press conference that he alone has... Read more

Mother Angelica. Courtesy photo.

EWTN launches expanded podcast lineup

Nov 8, 2018

The largest Catholic media network in the world has launched an extended lineup of podcasts.  Read more

Waymo Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid undergoing testing in the San Francisco Bay Area.

When self-driving cars are forced to crash, whom should they hit?  

Nov 8, 2018

By Kevin J. Jones

If a self-driving car is about to crash into a crowd, and it can only swerve to hit a baby... Read more

Brother James Miller. Courtesy: La Salle Christian Brothers

Wisconsin native and Guatemalan martyr: Br. James Miller to be beatified

Nov 8, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis Thursday approved the beatification of American Br. James Miller, who was martyred in 1982 in Guatemala.  Read more

A protest in Lahore on November 2, 2018 following the Pakistan Supreme Court decision on Asia Bibi.

Catholic mother Asia Bibi moved from prison to Islamabad amid death threats

Nov 8, 2018

By Courtney Mares

Pakistani Catholic Asia Bibi was released from prison and moved to Islamabad late Wednesday as her family seeks asylum due... Read more

Thousands march in support of life, family in El Salvador

Nov 7, 2018

Thousands participated Nov. 3 in the “Family is Life” march in San Salvador, calling on authorities to end efforts to... Read more

Bishop Franco Mulakkal.

Indian diocese will not fund defense for bishop accused of rape

Nov 7, 2018

The Diocese of Jalandhar will not pay for the criminal defense of its bishop, who is accused of serially raping... Read more

Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica, the seat of the Archbishop of Agana, Guam. Public Domain.

Amid abuse lawsuits, Guam archdiocese to file for bankruptcy

Nov 7, 2018

The Archdiocese of Agaña, Guam has announced that it will file for bankruptcy, following mediation efforts in September regarding clerical... Read more

Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao presents a New Testament to a parishioner.

The bishop who reaped a hundred-fold

Nov 7, 2018

By Ed Condon

Officially, his diocese has only existed since 2005. But Bishop Pallipparambil has been tending a flock in rural northeastern India... Read more

Pope Francis at the November 7, 2018 general audience.

Pope says entrepreneurship needed in face of 'scandalous poverty'

Nov 7, 2018

By Courtney Mares

“If there is hunger on earth, it is not because food is missing!” Pope Francis said in St. Peter’s Square... Read more

Why the Holy Land is the 'fifth gospel' of Christianity

Nov 7, 2018

By Kevin J. Jones

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a powerful journey that can ignite Christian faith through seeing the places Jesus walked,... Read more

Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil.

Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil: 'I have witnessed the power of prayer'

Nov 6, 2018

Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, the priest who was kidnapped in 2016 and held captive for 18 months by terrorists in Yemen,... Read more

Catholic bishops ask Israel to repeal law excluding non-Jews

Nov 6, 2018

Top Catholic prelates in Israel are asking the government to repeal the recent Nation State Law, which they say paves... Read more

Bishop R. Walker Nickless of Sious City. CNA flie photo

Did Iowa diocese give enough warning about abusive priest?

Nov 6, 2018

By Carl Bunderson

A New Mexico man says that an Iowa diocese neglected to tell him about the extent of abuse committed by... Read more

Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, April 19, 2018.

Cardinal O'Malley elected chairman of Papal Foundation

Nov 6, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston was elected chairman of the Papal Foundation’s board of trustees during a meeting in Washington,... Read more

In wealthy San Francisco, treatment of homeless draws UN condemnation

Nov 6, 2018

As San Francisco prepares to consider a ballot measure to boost taxes for services to aid the homeless, a U.N.... Read more

Beto O'Rourke campaigns in Texas.

Texas Senate race sparks debate in pro-life community  

Nov 5, 2018

After a pro-life leader said she is voting for a pro-choice Senate candidate because she believes he will best advance... Read more

Ashiq Mesih and Eisham Ashiq, Asia Bibi's husband and daughter, speak to CNA in Rome, April 15, 2015.

Asia Bibi's husband begs US to offer asylum

Nov 5, 2018

The husband of the Pakistani Catholic woman who was recently acquitted of blasphemy charges is asking several Western nations to... Read more

Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone.

Buffalo whisteblower says she leaked abuse documents 'out of love'

Nov 5, 2018

The former Diocese of Buffalo employee who leaked internal diocesan documents to the press wrote in an op-ed Sunday that... Read more

Pope Francis meets with a delegation from the World Congress of Mountain Jews on Nov. 5, 2018.

Pope Francis: 'A Christian cannot be an anti-Semite'

Nov 5, 2018

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis strongly condemned anti-Semitism, recalling the living memory of the Holocaust in Europe, during a meeting with rabbis at... Read more