U.S. Hispanic ministry’s Miami model: an insider’s view with Father Rafael Capó
By Emily Chaffins Miami, Fla., Nov 16, 2024 / 07:00 am Father Rafael Capó has traveled far and wide, from his native Ponce, Puerto Rico, to the center of Catholicism…
Pennsylvania diocese launches parent education program
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Nov 16, 2024 / 06:00 am The Diocese of Scranton in Pennsylvania launched a parent education program this fall designed to provide support and resources…
Diocesan phase completed for canonization of Father Pedro Arrupe
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú Rome Newsroom, Nov 15, 2024 / 17:30 pm Nov. 14 marked the closing of the diocesan phase of the cause for the beatification of Father Pedro Arrupe,…
U.S. bishops embrace Dignitas Infinita to combat ‘widespread violation of human dignity’
By Madalaine Elhabbal Baltimore, Md., Nov 15, 2024 / 17:00 pm U.S. bishops gathering in Baltimore this week discussed their plans to put into practice the mission articulated in Dignitas…
Dictatorship in Nicaragua expels president of country’s bishops’ conference
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 15, 2024 / 15:25 pm The dictatorship of Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega has expelled Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez of Jinotega, president…
Florida church bookkeeper sentenced to federal prison after stealing $875,000 from parish
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Nov 15, 2024 / 14:00 pm A bookkeeper at a Florida Catholic parish has been sentenced to more than two years of federal prison after…
Pope Francis asks Rome’s Catholics to help combat ‘housing emergency’ during 2025 jubilee
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Nov 15, 2024 / 12:45 pm As Rome’s temperatures drop and the jubilee year approaches, Pope Francis has asked the city’s priests and religious to…
Liturgical conflict resurfaces in troubled Indian Syro-Malabar archdiocese
By Anto Akkara Kochi, India, Nov 15, 2024 / 12:15 pm This month’s delayed priestly ordination of eight deacons of the Ernakulam Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church (SMC) in India…
New Senate majority leader John Thune an ‘unwavering defender of life’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Nov 15, 2024 / 11:20 am Here is a roundup of recent abortion- and pro-life-related news. Thune ‘an unwavering defender of life’ A pro-life advocacy…
Vatican meeting highlights ‘common good’ as key objective to reform global financial order
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Nov 15, 2024 / 10:05 am The Pontifical Academy for Life discussed the global financial system in light of the social doctrine of the Catholic…
St. Albert the Great: The Church and science are in harmony
By Daniel Burke National Catholic Register, Nov 15, 2024 / 04:00 am St. Albert the Great was considered the “wonder and the miracle of his age” by his contemporaries. He…
U.S. Catholic bishops urge immigration reform with ‘fair and humane treatment’
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 14, 2024 / 18:15 pm The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement that urges the American government to…