Vocations shortage? Pray for vocations during National Vocations Awareness Week
By Diego López Marina ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 3, 2024 / 07:00 am The chairman of the Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations of the United States Conference of…
U.S. bishops announce Christ the King novena, urge prayers for ‘freedom of the Church’
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Nov 3, 2024 / 06:00 am The Bishops’ Committee for Religious Freedom, an office of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), is…
Pope Francis prays in cemetery for unborn children on All Souls’ Day
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Nov 2, 2024 / 08:34 am Pope Francis marked All Souls’ Day with a Mass at a Roman cemetery on Saturday, making a special visit…
Bishop defends St. Michael’s prayer at Mass: ‘The devil has no influence’
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 2, 2024 / 07:00 am Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, this week responded to a letter in the Wall Street Journal from a…
PHOTOS: Historic Catholic parish in Indiana receives $650,000 to repair century-old church
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Nov 2, 2024 / 06:00 am A historic Polish Catholic church in Michigan City, Indiana, has been awarded more than half a million dollars as…
This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of November
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Nov 2, 2024 / 05:00 am Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of November is for those who have lost a child. “What…
Visiting a cemetery on All Souls’ Day? Here are some recommendations
By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Nov 2, 2024 / 04:00 am As part of commemorating the faithful departed on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2 — traditionally known in countries…
Conservative policy leader: First Amendment, pro-life cause at stake on Nov. 5
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 1, 2024 / 19:00 pm With just days left before Nov. 5, the president of Heritage Foundation, a leading conservative think tank, is…
Pope Francis to Mexicans: Keep being devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe
By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Nov 1, 2024 / 18:35 pm Pope Francis shared a heartfelt video message addressed to Mexicans in which he reminded the country of its…
Wisconsin archbishop urges change to visa rule that could force foreign priests to leave U.S.
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 18:15 pm A Wisconsin archbishop is asking the federal government to change a new visa rule that has created a backlog…
Massachusetts bishop: Priest placed on leave admitted to ‘serious sexual misconduct’
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 17:55 pm A priest in Massachusetts who had been placed on leave has admitted to sexual misconduct ahead of a planned…
Here’s how Catholics can get 8 plenary indulgences during the first week of November
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 17:35 pm Many Catholics may be unaware that they can obtain not one but eight plenary indulgences for departed souls in…