A new eucharistic miracle in Latin America?
The investigation The next day, Father Marvin Sotelo and Father Oscar Rodríguez, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — who had come to the town of San Juan de…
Vermont snowboard coach sues school officials after being fired for transgender comments
The lawsuit states that a male student expressed his opinion that it was unfair for biological males to compete against biological females in athletics and a female student responded by…
‘My mission is to form saints,’ speaker at National Black Catholic Congress says
Calling a generation to saintliness As a pastor and diocesan vocations director, Johnson engages with young Catholics regularly. He is also the chaplain of a ministry for underprivileged, inner-city youth…
Just announced: See who’s speaking at the National Eucharistic Congress in 2024
The congress will have three masters of ceremonies, including Montse Alvarado, president and chief operating officer of CNA’s parent company, EWTN News, Inc.; Sister Miriam James Heidland, host of the…
Priests lug in supplies to help flood victims in Chile
Since then they have carried in on their shoulders charcoal, water drums, clothes, and food, supplies donated by so many of the faithful throughout the country. The donations go mainly…
Kansas begins to implement state-funded ‘Alternatives to Abortion’ program
The Republican-led state Legislature subsequently overrode the governor’s veto. Jeanne Gawdun, the director of government relations for Kansans for Life, told CNA that pro-life activists worked directly with the Legislature…
Louisiana lawmakers override veto, will ban sex changes for kids
The new law will prohibit any sterilizing surgery on a minor, such as the removal of male or female genitals. It will also prohibit surgeries that would artificially construct tissue…
U.S. bishops’ report on clergy abuse: ‘Encouraging’ trends underscore need for reform
A little more than half of accused clerics in the survey year were deceased, the report found, with others having resigned or been removed from active ministry; a small number…
With new law, it’s easier than ever to get a late-term abortion in Maine
Maine now has some of the most extreme abortion laws in the nation. The law also removes certain penalties for non-licensed physicians who perform abortions, a spokesperson for Maine Right…
Bishops urge Congress to pass bill granting asylum to Afghans who helped U.S. during war
According to Seitz, over 85% of the Afghani refugees who were successfully evacuated face tenuous legal situations and are unlikely to attain asylum under current law. Seitz said that this…
Hitler, the Holy See, and a historic treaty: The Reichskonkordat at 90
Despite the agreement, the Nazis did not refrain from violating the treaty and persecuting the Church, its clergy, and its faithful. The Church protested against breaches of the agreement, famously…
U.S. bishops warn against proposed change to definition of brain death
Among potential revisions is a proposal to replace the brain-death standard of “irreversible cessation” of key brain or respiratory functions with one in which permanent “coma” and “loss of brainstem…