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…
Cardinal Parolin: no discussion of resignation by Pope Francis
By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, Mar 19, 2025 / 15:15 pm Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin denied that during his three recent visits to Pope Francis — who…
PHOTOS: Romans celebrate St. Joseph’s feast day, venerate his holy cloak
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Mar 19, 2025 / 14:45 pm Hundreds of people in Rome joined celebrations organized by the Parish Basilica of St. Joseph al Trionfale in Rome…
CNA explains: What is the Catholic Church’s newly announced 2028 ‘ecclesial assembly’?
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Mar 19, 2025 / 14:15 pm The Vatican announced on Saturday its latest plans for the Synod on Synodality’s ongoing implementation — a multiyear “accompaniment…