United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 22, 2025 / 10:20 am (CNA). Policies related to immigration, gender ideology, abortion, and in vitro fertilization (IVF) are among […]

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Pope Francis waves to the crowd in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican during his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 22, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 22, 2025 / 09:50 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday continued his yearlong jubilee catechesis series on “Jesus Christ Our […]

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Afordia speaks to CNA in Rome on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, about being attacked by terrorists in Nigeria. / Credit: Alberto Basile/CNA Vatican City, Jan 22, 2025 / 09:20 am (CNA). A Nigerian woman whose husband was killed by Boko Haram in 2014 has asked for prayers for persecuted Christians and for […]

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Cardinal Christoph Schönborn (left) shakes hands with Father Josef Grünwidl, whom Pope Francis appointed as apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Vienna on Jan. 22, 2025. / Credit: Archdiocese of Vienna / Stephan Schönlaub Rome Newsroom, Jan 22, 2025 / 07:04 am (CNA). Cardinal Christoph […]

Book cover/Cardinal Robert Sarah. / Credit: Cantagalli / Paul Badde/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 22, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). “Does God Exist?: The Cry of Man Asking for Salvation” is the title of a new interview book by Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect emeritus of the Congregation — now […]

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Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David receives his cardinal’s hat on Dec. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Madrid, Spain, Jan 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). “Holy Father, you have changed my life again! Shouldn’t you have at least given me advance notice?”With these words the newly created […]

President Donald Trump came out swinging on the issue of immigration, writes Michael Sean Winters. The leaders of the U.S. Catholic hierarchy do not throw punches. But they are setting down some markers.

Kabiyet Hill in western Kenya is now home to a Catholic shrine that provides a shared space for worship while also facilitating conservation efforts to address environmental degradation in the area.

In a world gone haywire, how does the human spirit balance grief and hope? Jason Berry, writing from New Orleans, reflects on the spiritual quest for stability in times of tragedy.

This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Father Gerard Garrigan, OSB. One Evening in Rome A dove cooed The bells chimed Police sounded sirens Two creatures there, though, Made no sound One bat in flitting orbit One monk quite, quite still Each intently occupied Pursuing his respective […]

A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith “You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.”  – Saint Teresa of Ávila, Doctor of the Church The Memorial of St. Teresa of of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church (1515 – 1582) is October 15. Image (inset) credit: Peter Paul […]

ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. – Romans 5:8 Please help spread the Gospel. Share this post with family and friends on Facebook and other social media. We strive to operate on a very small The […]

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For President Trump, there are obvious, common-sense answers to all the problems that plague America. Even when things may be challenging or require effort, they are never, ever complicated.

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null / Credit: felipe caparros/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 21, 2025 / 17:30 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order seeking to overturn Supreme Court precedents restricting capital punishment and expand states’ access to lethal drugs used in […]

Josephine Ward was a strong critic of Catholic modernism, and many of her novels featured protagonists struggling to reconcile au courant political and religious ideas with the strictures of the Catholic Church.