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Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, president of the Italian bishops’ conference.

Italian cardinal tests positive for COVID-19

Oct 29, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, the president of the Italian bishops’ conference, has tested positive for COVID-19.  Read more

Basilica of Notre-Dame in Nice, France.

Nice basilica terrorist attack: Who were the victims?

Oct 29, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Bells tolled in Catholic parishes across France in memory of the three people killed in a knife attack at the... Read more

Basilique Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Nice, France.

US bishops join Pope Francis in prayer and mourning after Nice attack

Oct 29, 2020

The bishops of the United States joined Pope Francis Thursday in mourning a deadly attack at a basilica in Nice.  Read more

US Secretary of State Michael Mike Pompeo.

Pompeo: China is world's 'gravest threat' to religious freedom

Oct 29, 2020

The U.S. Secretary of State on Thursday called out the Chinese Communist Party as the world’s most serious threat to... Read more

Azoo Raja.

Pakistan Catholics protest after abduction, forced marriage of 13 year-old Catholic girl

Oct 29, 2020

By CNA Staff

Catholics in Pakistan are protesting a judge’s decision not to intervene after a 44-year-old man allegedly kidnapped a 13-year-old Catholic girl,... Read more

Ordination of new Deacons from the Pontifical North American College in St. Peter's Basilica, Oct. 3, 2019.

Rome's American seminary quarantines as students test positive for coronavirus

Oct 29, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

The college for American seminarians in Rome is quarantining as a campus after several students tested positive for the coronavirus... Read more

Pope Francis prays for victims of terrorist attack at French basilica

Oct 29, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

After three people were killed in a terrorist attack in a basilica in Nice, France, on Thursday, a Vatican spokesman... Read more

The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Nice in France.

French Catholic bishops ask churches to toll bells in memory of three killed in basilica attack

Oct 29, 2020

The French bishops asked churches across the country to toll their bells Thursday in memory of three people killed at... Read more

Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

Cardinal Sarah says West must wake up to threat of Islamism after three killed at French Catholic church

Oct 29, 2020

Vatican Cardinal Robert Sarah said Thursday that the West must wake up to the threat of Islamism after three people... Read more

End of Catholic Charities program reflects challenges in international adoption 

Oct 29, 2020

After decades of helping place children overseas with adoptive families in the United States, Catholic Charities of Baltimore has ended... Read more

The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Nice in France.

Three dead in terrorist attack at French basilica

Oct 29, 2020

An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church in Nice and wounded others, police in the... Read more

Citing pope's warnings about drugs, Catholic bishops speak on ballot proposals

Oct 28, 2020

This Election Day, voters in multiple U.S. states will consider several proposals to legalize drugs, ranging from medical and recreational... Read more

President Donald Trump speaks at the 2020 March for Life. CNA file photo.

Some 2016 Trump critics say record on abortion, religious liberty changed their minds

Oct 28, 2020

By Matt Hadro

During the 2016 Republic primaries, some prominent conservative Catholics warned about Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy. Four years later, some say... Read more

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lays a wreath at St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade, in Colombo, Oct. 28, 2020.

US Secretary of State visits a site of Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter bombings

Oct 28, 2020

During a visit to Sri Lanka on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited St. Anthony’s Shrine, Kochchikade, one... Read more

After Pope Francis' civil union remarks, archbishop recalls Argentina's civil unions debate

Oct 28, 2020

After remarks in a newly-released documentary from Pope Francis on civil unions, the archbishop emeritus of La Plata, Argentina, has... Read more

Abortion rights supporters protest in Wroclaw, Oct. 26, 2020.

Bishops call for peaceful dialogue amid protests of Poland abortion ruling

Oct 28, 2020

The Polish bishops on Wednesday emphasized the protection of life and the importance of social peace, as critics of a... Read more

A statue of St. Junipero Serra, which was defaced and torn down by protesters Oct. 12, at Mission San Rafael Arcangel in San Rafael, Calif. Courtesy photo.

San Francisco archbishop asks DA to prosecute Serra statue vandalism

Oct 28, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco has asked the Marin County district attorney to prosecute those arrested after an Oct.... Read more

Bishop Paul McAleenan, center, meets charity workers and volunteers helping refugees in Dover, England, Sept. 15, 2020.

Catholic bishop laments deaths of children after migrant boat sinks in English Channel

Oct 28, 2020

A Catholic bishop expressed sorrow Wednesday after a migrant boat sank in the English Channel, killing four members of a... Read more

A night view of Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris, France.

Paris’ Sacre-Coeur Basilica to be classified as a protected historic monument

Oct 28, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris is expected to receive classification as a protected historic monument by France’s Minister of Culture.  Read more

Women's track meet.

Catholic bishops back Title IX law on 'trans athletes'

Oct 28, 2020

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has given its support to a new piece of legislation that aims to... Read more