PHOTOS: Military, police gather with Pope Francis for Armed Forces jubilee Mass
By Kristina Millare Rome Newsroom, Feb 9, 2025 / 09:00 am Pope Francis presided over the Jubilee Mass for Armed Forces, Police and Security Personnel on Sunday, with Archbishop Diego…
Cardinal Koch rejects extreme traditionalist, progressive positions on Vatican II
By Nicolás de Cárdenas Madrid, Spain, Feb 9, 2025 / 07:00 am In his acceptance speech for the honorary doctorate awarded him by the Catholic University of Valencia, Cardinal Kurt…
Nebraska man describes meeting Christ in new autobiography
By S. L. Hansen / Southern Nebraska Register Lincoln, Neb., Feb 9, 2025 / 06:00 am It was a hard hit on the football field, but 12-year-old Derek Ruth of…
U.S., Venezuelan bishops: Ending temporary protected status for migrants ‘counterproductive’
By Andrés Henríquez Caracas, Venezuela, Feb 8, 2025 / 08:00 am The bishops of the United States and Venezuela are both opposed to the Trump administration’s looming elimination of temporary…
German theologian and journalist explores the legacy of Iraq’s Christians
By Rody Sher ACI MENA, Feb 8, 2025 / 07:00 am German theologian and journalist Matthias Kopp — spokesman for the German Bishops’ Conference and a consultant to the Vatican…
St. Josephine Bakhita’s feast day marks anti-human trafficking campaign launch in Africa
By Agnes Aineah ACI Africa, Feb 8, 2025 / 04:00 am Over 30 African countries have confirmed their participation in a campaign to end human trafficking organized by the Pan-African…
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…