Sacred Heart shows path forward in AI era, Pope Francis says in new encyclical ‘Dilexit Nos’
By AC Wimmer Rome Newsroom, Oct 24, 2024 / 06:01 am Pope Francis released a new encyclical Dilexit Nos (“He Loved Us”) on Thursday, calling for a renewed understanding of…
Seminary rector responds to ‘Conclave’ movie: why only men can be priests
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 24, 2024 / 06:00 am Arriving on moviegoers’ screens this Friday, the new movie “Conclave” bills itself as a star-studded mystery-thriller centered on the…
New York theater shuts down as archdiocese says performances must be in line with Church
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 23, 2024 / 16:15 pm An off-Broadway theater in Manhattan has closed down after its landlord — the Archdiocese of New York — began…
Coalition of faith groups side with nuns in religious freedom case before Supreme Court
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 23, 2024 / 15:45 pm A group of nuns and religious associations fighting for exemption from a New York law mandating they provide…
Pope Francis expels two more members of Sodality of Christian Life
By Eduardo Berdejo Lima Newsroom, Oct 23, 2024 / 15:05 pm The apostolic nunciature in Peru announced that Pope Francis has approved the expulsion of two more members of the…
Kamala Harris rejects religious exemptions for abortion laws: ‘That cannot be negotiable’
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 23, 2024 / 14:35 pm Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed that she would oppose religious exemptions in abortion laws if elected president and…
Texas death row inmate, spared execution, barred from testifying to state lawmakers
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 23, 2024 / 14:05 pm A Texas death row inmate whose execution was recently halted was prevented from testifying at the state capitol on…
Pope Francis: The Holy Spirit is ‘essential’ for unity in marriage
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 23, 2024 / 13:35 pm Pope Francis said the Holy Spirit plays an essential role in the unity of a husband and a wife,…
Supreme Court will hear case on Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries for minors
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 23, 2024 / 11:40 am The United States Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a case to determine the legality of a Tennessee…
French diocese to hold ordinations after two-year halt by Vatican
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 23, 2024 / 11:10 am The Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon in the south of France will ordain six men to the transitional diaconate on Dec.…
Murdered priest in Mexico remembered as ‘tireless apostle of peace’
By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Oct 23, 2024 / 07:00 am Father Marcelo Pérez, a priest of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas in the Mexican state…
Indonesian bishop declines cardinal appointment to ‘grow in priestly life’
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Oct 23, 2024 / 06:19 am The Vatican announced Tuesday evening that Pope Francis had accepted the request of Indonesian Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur, OFM,…