Cardinal Renato Martino, longtime Vatican diplomat, dies at 91
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 16:45 pm Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, who served for 16 years as the top Vatican diplomat to the United Nations and…
Storm leaves scores dead and widespread damage in the Philippines
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 16:05 pm Tropical Storm Trami (also known as Typhoon Kristine) moved over the Philippines in recent days leaving more than 150…
Minivan driver plows into crowd at pro-life event in Mexico, injuring 16
By Diego López Marina Puebla, Mexico, Oct 28, 2024 / 15:35 pm The Guadalajara city government reported that police have arrested a man who allegedly stole a minivan near the…
New York, Los Angeles archbishops place World Series wager to benefit Catholic schools
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 14:10 pm The Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees are currently going head to head in this year’s…
Pope Francis to open Holy Door in Roman prison on feast of St. Stephen for 2025 Jubilee
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Oct 28, 2024 / 13:25 pm Pope Francis will open a Holy Door in Rome’s Rebibbia prison on Dec. 26, the feast day of St.…
Meet ‘Luce’: The Vatican’s cartoon mascot for Jubilee 2025
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 28, 2024 / 12:55 pm Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, the Vatican has launched a cartoon mascot unveiled Monday as the cheerful face of…
Archbishop praises Welsh Parliament’s rejection of motion to legalize assisted suicide
By Andy Drozdziak London, England, Oct 28, 2024 / 11:15 am A leading archbishop from Wales said he is “pleased” that the Welsh assembly has rejected a motion to legalize…
Privacy in the confessional: Is your smartphone listening to your sins?
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 06:00 am Anyone who uses a smartphone has likely experienced the same unsettling phenomenon — a pointedly placed advertisement that seems…
Why is St. Jude the patron saint of lost causes?
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 04:00 am On Oct. 28, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Jude, also known as Thaddeus, one of…
Pope Francis in Angelus address mourns Catholic priest murdered in Mexico
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 27, 2024 / 11:40 am In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis remembered Father Marcelo Pérez, a priest recently murdered in the violence-stricken…
In synod closing Mass, Pope Francis calls for ‘a Church that hears the cry of the world’
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 27, 2024 / 08:55 am Pope Francis closed the global Synod on Synodality’s final assembly on Sunday with a call for a Church that…
10 questions (and answers) about the Synod on Synodality’s final document
By Jonathan Liedl Rome Newsroom, Oct 27, 2024 / 07:00 am On Saturday, Pope Francis made the unprecedented decision to accept the final document from the Synod of Synodality as…