Vatican announces plans for 2028 Church postsynodal assembly
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Mar 15, 2025 / 10:15 am The Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis has approved a special ecclesial assembly for October 2028 to evaluate how…
Florida bishops urge DeSantis to commute death sentence of convicted killer Edward James
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Mar 15, 2025 / 10:00 am The Catholic bishops of Florida are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to commute the death sentence of Edward James, who…
St. Josemaría Escrivá’s ‘The Way’ tops Amazon charts thanks to Hallow’s Lent challenge
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Mar 15, 2025 / 09:00 am This Lent, sales of “The Way” by St. Josemaría Escrivá have skyrocketed thanks to Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Challenge,…
Patriarch Bartholomew says 1054 church division ‘not insurmountable’ as Nicaea anniversary nears
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Mar 15, 2025 / 08:00 am Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople on Wednesday offered a hopeful historical assessment of the traditional 1054 date for…
Salvadoran-born Bishop Evelio Menjivar: Migrants ‘make the United States a great nation’
By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 15, 2025 / 07:00 am Evelio Menjivar came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant in 1990. Today he serves as an…
Five years later: How some parishes are thriving after weathering COVID lockdowns
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Mar 15, 2025 / 06:00 am Five years ago this week, public health orders issued amid the uncertainty of the novel coronavirus turned Mass schedules…
3 Christian converts in Iran sentenced to over 40 years in prison
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 14, 2025 / 17:40 pm Here are some of the major stories about the Church around the world that you may have missed…
Death camp in Mexico: Church denounces ‘cruelty and human wretchedness’
By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Mar 14, 2025 / 17:10 pm The Catholic Church in Mexico expressed its “profound indignation and grief” following the discovery of an organized crime…
Cuba releases hundreds more prisoners under Vatican-mediated deal
By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 14, 2025 / 16:40 pm Earlier this week, Cuba completed the release of 553 prisoners despite the collapse of a deal with the…
Zelenskyy delivers list of POWs in Russia to the Vatican to mediate their release
By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, Mar 14, 2025 / 16:10 pm Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has provided the Vatican with a list of names of Ukrainians detained by the Russian…
Order of Malta reaffirms commitment to Lebanon’s stability and reconstruction
By ACI MENA ACI MENA, Mar 14, 2025 / 15:40 pm Faithful to its ongoing commitment to supporting Lebanon, a high-level delegation from the Sovereign Order of Malta is currently…
‘No future for Syria without Christians’: Archbishop calls for justice for massacre victims
By Andrés Henríquez ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 14, 2025 / 15:10 pm The Greek-Catholic archbishop of Homs, Jean-Abdo Arbach, condemned the massacres of civilians that occurred in Syria last weekend…