World Down Syndrome Day: Remembering the doctor who discovered the cause of Down syndrome
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Mar 21, 2025 / 08:00 am On World Down Syndrome Day, March 21, people around the world raise awareness and promote the rights and well-being…
Catholic perspectives set to weigh in at upcoming natalism conference
By Martin Barillas Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mar 21, 2025 / 07:00 am The problem of below-replacement fertility rates across the globe and possible solutions to reverse the trend will be…
How the McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish became a Lenten tradition in the U.S.
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Mar 21, 2025 / 06:00 am Few people associate McDonald’s with the season of Lent, but the fast-food chain has played a small but iconic…
20 years later: Terri Schiavo’s impact on the right-to-life movement
By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 20, 2025 / 17:35 pm It’s been 20 years since Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube was removed, initiating the process of dehydration and starvation…
Dome of St. Peter’s will debut new lighting for Easter
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 20, 2025 / 17:05 pm The 14,000-ton, five-century-old dome of St. Peter’s Basilica will debut new lighting this coming Easter to further enhance…
Planned Parenthood shutters only facility in Manhattan after decades of pro-life prayers
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 20, 2025 / 15:40 pm Amid an ongoing financial crisis for the organization, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) is selling the…
Assisted suicide is false charity with alarming consequences, bishop warns
By Eduardo Berdejo ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 20, 2025 / 14:35 pm “Assisted suicide is a false charity” with alarming consequences that must be rejected, said Bishop David Malloy of…
Canadian bishops condemn government proposal to strip faith groups of charitable status
By Quinton Amundson Toronto, Canada, Mar 20, 2025 / 07:00 am Canada’s Finance Department has avoided providing a clear answer to a written appeal from the Canadian Conference of Catholic…
Hundreds of Deaf Catholics to gather for first-ever Deaf Eucharistic Congress
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Mar 20, 2025 / 06:00 am The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Maryland is hosting the first-ever Eucharistic Congress for the Catholic…
Delaware halts enforcement of law targeting pro-life pregnancy centers
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 19, 2025 / 17:05 pm Officials in the state of Delaware have agreed to temporarily halt enforcement of a law that would require…
First nitrogen gas execution in Louisiana takes place amid Catholic opposition
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 19, 2025 / 16:25 pm Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Tuesday evening, using nitrogen gas for the first…
Pope Francis gifts his Presidential Medal of Freedom to Buenos Aires cathedral
By Julieta Villar Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mar 19, 2025 / 15:45 pm Pope Francis has gifted the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to him by former U.S. President Joe Biden…