Ecuador march protests abortion, gay marriage
Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jun 24, 2019 / 09:01 pm (CNA).- Tens of thousands took to the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador on June 22 in support of life, marriage, conscience protections, and…
Corpus Christi comes to the Capitol
Washington D.C., Jun 24, 2019 / 06:00 pm (CNA).- A group of about 350 people, including priests, sisters, and laypersons, processed through Washington, DC on Sunday to celebrate the feast…
In responding to gender theory, ‘forming the formators’ is key, educators say
Washington D.C., Jun 24, 2019 / 05:47 pm (CNA).- Amid a flurry of headlines denouncing the Vatican for releasing a document condemning “gender theory,” theology professors and Catholic educators told…
States move to close child marriage exceptions
Harrisburg, Pa., Jun 24, 2019 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- A growing number of states are considering bans or additional restrictions on child marriages, including in Pennsylvania, where a bill to…
Catholic youth group involved in fatal Colorado bus crash
Pueblo, Colo., Jun 24, 2019 / 12:01 pm (CNA).- A charter bus carrying members of a Catholic group from New Mexico crashed Sunday in southern Colorado, killing at least two…
US bishops oppose immigration raids, Trump defers
Washington D.C., Jun 24, 2019 / 11:12 am (CNA).- On Saturday US President Donald Trump announced he would delay immigration raids meant to begin that weekend, and the US bishops…
Forced abortion decision overturned on appeal, according to reports
London, England, Jun 24, 2019 / 11:03 am (CNA).- A controversial UK court decision to force a disabled woman to have an abortion has been overturned on appeal. In a…
How the Church can better respond to the problem of domestic violence
Washington D.C., Jun 23, 2019 / 04:12 pm (CNA).- This Sunday, in Catholic parishes across the country, one in four women sitting in the pews will have experienced severe physical…
Pope Francis: God’s love can do great things with our littleness
Rome, Italy, Jun 23, 2019 / 11:50 am (CNA).- Pope Francis said Sunday that the Eucharist exemplifies how God’s love can accomplish great things with very little. “Whatever we have…
Abortion, LGBT activists disrupt Vatican women footballers’ debut
Vienna, Austria, Jun 23, 2019 / 08:10 am (CNA).- The international debut of the Vatican women’s football team, which was scheduled to play in a friendly against the Vienna FC…
Pope Francis: The Eucharist is Jesus alive
Vatican City, Jun 23, 2019 / 05:12 am (CNA).- On the feast of Corpus Christi, Pope Francis said that Jesus gave the Church the Eucharist for the salvation of the…
Tribunal says China uses coercion in organ harvesting, targets religious minorities
London, England, Jun 22, 2019 / 04:04 pm (CNA).- An investigative tribunal has said that forced harvesting of organs for transplant continues in China, with religious minorities especially targeted. “Forced…