Banned Books Week: a Catholic response
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Sep 24, 2024 / 14:55 pm Public schools and libraries nationwide are celebrating Banned Books Week this week as part of a movement that targets…
Catholics celebrate first feast day of Our Lady of Walsingham in England
By Andy Drozdziak Walsingham, England, Sep 24, 2024 / 13:55 pm The feast day of Our Lady of Walsingham was celebrated today for the first time. In July, the Vatican…
Pediatric association accused of ‘deceptive’ claims in favor of cross-sex treatments for minors
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 24, 2024 / 13:25 pm Twenty U.S. state attorneys general, led by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, are accusing the nation’s largest professional…
Pope Francis offered asylum to Myanmar’s imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Sep 24, 2024 / 12:55 pm Pope Francis said he has offered Myanmar’s imprisoned prime minister Aung San Suu Kyi to come to the Vatican.…
Vatican reveals theme for World Youth Day 2027 in South Korea
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Sep 24, 2024 / 12:25 pm The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled the theme of the next international World Youth Day — which will be in…
Diocese of Phoenix doubles down on mental health ministry
By María J. Moriarty Seattle, Wash., Sep 24, 2024 / 11:55 am Sixteen laypeople are in training to become mental health instructors for the Catholic community in Phoenix as the…
Catholic Church raises alarm over disappearance of children in Mexico
By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Sep 24, 2024 / 06:00 am The Catholic Church has issued an alert to parents, priests, and catechists to “take all necessary security measures”…
Harris to skip Catholic charity dinner bucking decades-long tradition
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 23, 2024 / 17:15 pm Vice President Kamala Harris is breaking with four decades of political tradition by snubbing the Al Smith Dinner,…
Missouri death row inmate claims racial bias, seeks to stop execution
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Sep 23, 2024 / 16:45 pm A Missouri death row inmate sentenced to death for a 1998 murder will have his case reviewed by…
Yemeni Christians pressured to conform to Islamic law: ‘We were forced to wear the hijab’
By ACI MENA ACI MENA, Sep 23, 2024 / 15:56 pm Christians in southwestern Arabia, and specifically in Aden, a port city located in Yemen, have a deeply-rooted history dating…
Ahead of synod, prominent prelates publish on ‘LGBTQ issues’
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Sep 23, 2024 / 13:25 pm Just days after organizers of the second session of the Synod on Synodality in October said hot-button topics were…
Padre Pio spoke languages he didn’t know: the gift of xenoglossia
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 23, 2024 / 12:53 pm Various historical testimonies document that the beloved St. Pio of Pietrelcina (commonly known as Padre Pio), whose…