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Abbot Placid Solari, 70, chancellor of Belmont Abbey Catholic College in Belmont, North Carolina.

A monk’s radical proposal for college today: ‘We’re convinced there is objective truth to be learned’ 

Apr 6, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

To Abbot Placid Solari, a Benedictine monk who serves as Belmont Abbey’s chancellor, the Catholic faith and college naturally go... Read more

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Catholic astronomers: Newly discovered planet a testament to Earth’s ‘startling uniqueness’

Jan 19, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

Catholic scientists from the Vatican Observatory and Benedictine College hailed the discovery of the planet as a testament “to the... Read more

A detail from Francisco de Zurbarán’s painting “The Immaculate Conception” (1628–1630)

Explore the Immaculate Conception through art in video series on faith and beauty

Dec 8, 2022

By CNA Staff

Benedictine College is kicking off a new video series today on art and faith with a video celebrating today’s solemnity... Read more

Caden Bennett and Madeleine Sri started their own business, Little Way of Perfection, while students at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.

These college students started a coffee business that was inspired by a prayer

Nov 12, 2022

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

When Madeleine Sri and Caden Bennett met as students at Benedictine College, little did they know they would become co-owners... Read more

Benedictine College President Stephen D. Minnis and Catholic Healthcare International founder and President Jere D. Palazzolo sign a Collaborative Affiliation Agreement Sept. 8, 2022 in Denver, Colorado, beginning the process of establishing an independent medical school on the Benedictine campus, as CHI board member Fr. Timothy Nelson, MD, looks on.

Catholic medical school named for Padre Pio planned at Benedictine College

Sep 9, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, has signed a collaboration agreement to host a proposed medical school that aims to train... Read more

Kansas high school students Hannah Joerger (left) and Mara Loughman have been knocking on doors and encouraging voters to say yes to the Value Them Both amendment initiative Aug. 2, 2022.

Meet the high school students going door-to-door in defense of life

Jul 18, 2022

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Hannah Joerger and Mara Loughman are hoping Kansas voters will approve the Value Them Both amendment on Aug. 2.  Read more

Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Courtesy photo.

Faced with universal quarantine, Benedictine College turned to Mary

Sep 11, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

Benedictine College had a problem. After students returned to campus for the fall semester, 38 of them tested positive for... Read more

Archbishop Cordileone speaking at the Symposium on Advancing the New Evangelization in Kansas.

Symposium: 'Humanae Vitae' teachings essential for stable marriages, families

Mar 28, 2018

By Mary Farrow

The promise of the sexual revolution and contraception was total sexual freedom for everyone.  Read more

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Pope Francis speaks at the closing session of the Mediterranean Encounter in Marseille, France, on Sept. 23, 2023.

Pope Francis: Migrant crisis requires wisdom, not ‘alarmist propaganda’

Jimmy Mitchell (front row, far left) leads a group of Jesuit High School students in Tampa, Florida, in a walking rosary after school.

Holy friendships continue to transform all-boys Catholic high school in Tampa

St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio.

How an extraordinary healing led to the creation of The National Centre for Padre Pio

A truck traveled through Mexico City in September 2023 with a message against the indoctrination of children in schools.

Truck circulates in Mexico City with message against indoctrinating schoolchildren

Dominican Sister Lucía Caram on the television program “Cuentos Chinos” (“Tall Tales”) in Spain.

Dominican nun speaks in favor of homosexuals being able to marry in the Church

Priests celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for two new Canadian Saints in St. Peter's Basilica on Oct. 12, 2014.

Canadian bishops to meet Monday to discuss euthanasia, protection of minors

“This isn’t 1984, but 2023 —I should never have been arrested or investigated simply for the thoughts I held in my own mind,” Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who was arrested for praying outside of an abortion clinic, said Sept. 22, 2023.

Woman arrested for silent prayer at UK abortion clinics gets police apology

Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with local religious leaders at a memorial dedicated to sailors and migrants lost at sea on the first of a two-day visit to Marseille, France, Sept. 22, 2023.

Pope Francis in Marseille: It’s ‘a duty of humanity’ to save migrants abandoned at sea

Pope Francis entrusted a meeting of Mediterranean bishops and youth to the Virgin Mary during the first appointment of a two-day trip to Marseille, France, Sept. 22, 2023. The model ships hanging in Marseille's Basilica de Notre-Dame de la Garde are a testament to the faith of the sailors who have relied on the intercession of Our Lady over the centuries.

Pope Francis entrusts to Mary ‘Mediterranean Encounter’ with youth and bishops

Pope Francis led the opening procession of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region from St. Peter's Basilica to the Synod Hall where he led the opening prayer, Oct. 7, 2019.

Synod on Synodality: Read the final list of delegates

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St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio.

How an extraordinary healing led to the creation of The National Centre for Padre Pio

Pope Francis led the opening procession of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region from St. Peter's Basilica to the Synod Hall where he led the opening prayer, Oct. 7, 2019.

Synod on Synodality: Read the final list of delegates

Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas.

Bishop Strickland: ‘no communication from Rome’ following apostolic visitation

Dominican Sister Lucía Caram on the television program “Cuentos Chinos” (“Tall Tales”) in Spain.

Dominican nun speaks in favor of homosexuals being able to marry in the Church

Father Paul Sanogo (left) and seminarian Melchior Maharini, who were kidnapped from their community of Missionaries of Africa in Nigeria’s Diocese of Minna on Aug. 3, 2023, said the terrifying experience helped their faith grow stronger.

‘We came back stronger’: Priest, seminarian abducted in Nigeria recall three-week ordeal