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CNA launches daily Catholic news podcast made for smart speakers

Jun 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

Catholic News Agency has launched a new audio news update, designed specifically for smart speakers.  Read more

Debris inside Notre-Dame de Paris, April 16, 2019, a day after a fire that devastated the building in the centre of the French capital.

Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral launches appeal for interior restoration

Jun 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

The cathedral is scheduled to reopen for worship in April 2024. Read more

The 389th Plennary Session of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, southern Poland.

Poland’s Catholic bishops look ahead to fall meeting with Pope Francis

Jun 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Polish bishops’ ad limina visit to Rome is scheduled for October. Read more

Pope Francis addresses the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at their headquarters in Rome on Nov. 20, 2014.

Pope Francis: Help the world’s small food producers

Jun 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

The pope made the appeal in a message to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Read more

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on Sept. 9, 2015 for the general audience.

Pope Francis: Marginalizing the poor threatens ‘the very concept of democracy’

Jun 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

In his World Day of the Poor message, the pope appealed for a new global approach to poverty. Read more

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden leave Mass in St Ives, Cornwall during the G7 summit on June 13, 2021.

Joe Biden attends Sunday Mass in English seaside town amid G7 summit

Jun 14, 2021

By CNA Staff

Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attended Mass in St. Ives, which has a population of 12,000 people. Read more

Danny and Leila Abdallah

Parents lose three children to tragic accident: ‘If Jesus can forgive me, I can forgive’

Jun 13, 2021

By Katie Yoder

Danny and Leila Abdallah lost three of their children to a tragic car accident last year. They publicly forgave the... Read more

Amoris laetitia webinar equips leaders to build up sacramental marriages in the Church

Jun 13, 2021

By CNA Staff

Organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, the four-day webinar centered on the question: "Where do we stand... Read more

Pope Francis gives the Angelus address June 6, 2021.

Pope Francis: 'All that is good belongs to God'

Jun 13, 2021

By CNA Staff

"Even the seed of our good works may seem small; yet, all that is good belongs to God and therefore... Read more

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun departs the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014.

Cardinal Zen says possible restrictions to extraordinary form Mass are ‘worrying’

Jun 12, 2021

By CNA Staff

Cardinal Joseph Zen called possible restrictions to the celebration of Mass in the extraordinary form “worrying news.” Read more

Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki renews the consecration of Poland to the Sacred Heart at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Kraków, June 11, 2021.

Poland is consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Jun 11, 2021

By CNA Staff

The act of consecration took place at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Kraków. Read more

CNA’s award-winning podcast celebrates 100 episodes

Jun 11, 2021

By CNA Staff

Catholic News Agency’s award-winning flagship podcast CNA Newsroom is returning to weekly publication, in celebration of its 100th episode. Read more

Bl. Carlo Acutis

Bl. Carlo Acutis continues to inspire Catholics via new exhibit, film

Jun 11, 2021

By CNA Staff

He became the first millennial to be declared blessed on Oct. 10, 2020. Read more

View of St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Francis’ inspection of Vatican Congregation for Clergy one of many to come

Jun 11, 2021

By Andrea Gagliarducci

News of the inspection emerged days before the appointment of the congregation’s new prefect. Read more

Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy.

Pope Francis names new prefect of Vatican Congregation for Clergy

Jun 11, 2021

By CNA Staff

The 69-year-old bishop is the first Korean to lead a Vatican congregation. Read more

Cardinal Angelo Becciu.

Vatican Becciu investigation: Searches carried out at Sardinian diocese, social cooperative

Jun 11, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

The searches were carried out in Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s former diocese. Read more

Cardinal Kevin Farrell.

Vatican imposes term limits for leaders of ecclesial movements to stop ‘violations and abuses’

Jun 11, 2021

By CNA Staff

The norms, signed by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, come into force on Sept. 11. Read more

The Institute for Religious Works, commonly known as the ‘Vatican bank.’ Credit: Joi via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Vatican bank reports $44 million profit in pandemic year

Jun 11, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Institute for Religious Works is giving 75% of the profits to the pope. Read more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, in 2019.

Catholic bishops urge G7 to work for ‘just’ and ‘sustainable’ future

Jun 11, 2021

By CNA Staff

In a letter to the British Prime Minister, the bishops called for economic support in the wake of the pandemic. Read more

Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

In pushback against AG inquiry, Wisconsin Catholics cite decades of church vigilance against abuse

Jun 10, 2021

By Kevin J. Jones

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is citing decades of Catholic efforts to prevent sex abuse, along with judicial statements and reviews... Read more