U.S. bishops conference lays off 50 amid migrant funding 'uncertainty'
By Zelda Caldwell Washington D.C., Feb 7, 2025 / 21:55 pm The U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference laid off 50 staff members in its migration and refugee services office Friday, citing…
Super Bowl teams’ bishops renew rivalry with public wager
By Matt McDonald CNA Newsroom, Feb 7, 2025 / 21:05 pm On Super Bowl Sunday, players for the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles are vying for a championship, a…
Next National Eucharistic Congress will be held in 2029
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Feb 7, 2025 / 18:40 pm The next National Eucharistic Congress will be held in 2029, CNA confirmed today. “The National Eucharistic Congress, Inc. is…
Man attacks high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 7, 2025 / 18:20 pm A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican by climbing on top…
Justice Department ends lawsuit against Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 7, 2025 / 18:00 pm President Donald Trump’s administration ended the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) support for a lawsuit that challenges the…
U.S. bishops: Human trafficking is ‘rejection of the God-given dignity of every human being’
By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 7, 2025 / 17:30 pm The U.S. bishops’ conference drew attention to the global crisis of “modern-day slavery” in a statement on the…
Pope Francis’ astronomer shares ‘A Jesuit’s Guide to the Stars’
By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 7, 2025 / 17:00 pm Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, has spent the last 30 years staring at the sky. As the director of…
Archbishop Naumann weighs in on need to solve current immigration, refugee challenges
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 7, 2025 / 16:30 pm Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, is the latest among prelates throughout the country who are weighing in with…
Catholic bishops praise Trump’s executive order barring men from women’s sports
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 7, 2025 / 16:00 pm Two committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) expressed their approval of President Donald Trump’s…
Virginia McCaskey, Chicago Bears owner and pro-life Catholic, dies at 102
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Feb 7, 2025 / 15:30 pm Virginia McCaskey, principal owner of the Chicago Bears football team and a committed pro-life Catholic, died Thursday at age…
Nearly 2 dozen bishops visit remote community of ‘banished’ Catholics in eastern India
By Anto Akkara Bangalore, India, Feb 7, 2025 / 15:00 pm Dozens of Catholic families of the Nandagiri settlement in the remote Kandhamal district of eastern Odisha state in India…
Allegations of abuse: Paris public prosecutor’s office will not investigate Abbé Pierre
By CNA Deutsch CNA Deutsch, Feb 7, 2025 / 14:30 pm The Paris public prosecutor’s office has announced that, despite serious allegations of abuse, it will not investigate Abbé Pierre…