What is a consistory? Your questions answered
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Dec 6, 2024 / 06:00 am On Saturday, Dec. 7, Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals at a consistory in Rome, including the archbishops…
5 things to know and share about St. Nicholas
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Dec 6, 2024 / 04:00 am St. Nicholas, whose feast day is celebrated on Dec. 6, is known to possibly be the real-life inspiration for…
Naples’ new cardinal sees red hat as call to ‘embrace the cross of the weakest’
By Marco Mancini Rome Newsroom, Dec 5, 2024 / 17:35 pm Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals at a consistory this Saturday, including Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy,…
CDC: Abortions declined slightly following reversal of Roe v. Wade
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Dec 5, 2024 / 15:40 pm Here is a roundup of the latest pro-life and abortion-related policy developments in the United States. CDC: Abortions declined…
Hawley warns feds: Retain records on Catholic investigation, pro-life convictions
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 5, 2024 / 15:10 pm Republican Sen. Josh Hawley this week warned the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Nicaraguan dictatorship kidnaps and expels another priest
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 5, 2024 / 14:40 pm The Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, this week kidnapped and…
Pope Francis: Beauty urges us to take Christ out into the streets and bring him to people
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Dec 5, 2024 / 14:10 pm Pope Francis this week encouraged participants of the second International Congress of Confraternities and Brotherhoods to bring Christ “out…
Court approves New York diocese’s record $323 million abuse settlement
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Dec 5, 2024 / 13:30 pm The Diocese of Rockville Centre on Wednesday said a bankruptcy court had approved its record abuse settlement of $323…
Detransitioner Chloe Cole, Matt Walsh speak at rally on the steps of the Supreme Court
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 5, 2024 / 13:00 pm Demonstrators rallied on the steps of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning as…
Why is legalization of abortion making rapid advances in Mexico?
By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Dec 5, 2024 / 11:00 am Over the past six years, the legalization of abortion has accelerated rapidly in Mexico, with 19 of the…
Experts laud Italian ban on surrogacy abroad as step toward universal abolition
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Dec 5, 2024 / 10:00 am In October, Italy became the first country to ban surrogacy for its citizens both within and without its borders…
Trump could reverse State Department, USAID’s efforts to push gender ideology, abortion
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 5, 2024 / 09:00 am After his inauguration on Jan. 20, President-elect Donald Trump could reverse the promotion of gender ideology and abortion…