Asteroids named for four religious sisters who mapped half a million stars
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2024 / 15:45 pm Scientists recently named four asteroids after four Catholic religious sisters who helped catalog about 500,000 stars in the Vatican…
Church leaders in UK call for ‘no’ vote on assisted dying bill
By Andy Drozdziak London, England, Oct 4, 2024 / 15:15 pm U.K. church and pro-life leaders have warned Prime Minister Keir Starmer that plans to introduce assisted suicide will put…
Catholic journalist murdered in Democratic Republic of Congo eulogized as ‘man of peace’
By Jude Atemanke ACI Africa, Oct 4, 2024 / 14:45 pm A Catholic journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is being remembered as a man of peace after…
Canadian archbishop on assisted suicide: ‘It is a travesty’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2024 / 14:15 pm Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo told EWTN News this week that Catholics “must keep firm in our faith, proclaiming the…
PHOTOS: North Carolina Catholic school becomes major distribution center for hurricane relief
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2024 / 13:45 pm A Catholic school in North Carolina has become a major distribution point for critical relief after Hurricane Helene devastated…
Belgian prime minister criticizes Pope Francis for statements on abortion
By CNA Staff CNA Deutsch, Oct 4, 2024 / 11:50 am Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo criticized Pope Francis for comments the pope made on abortion last week when…
Live updates: The Synod on Synodality debates the Catholic Church’s future
By CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, Oct 4, 2024 / 10:15 am The Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality has entered its final phase. Bishops, lay experts, and even non-Catholic observers from…
Tennessee bishop on Hurricane Helene devastation: ‘Many have lost homes’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2024 / 09:30 am Bishop Mark Beckman of the Diocese of Knoxville in eastern Tennessee — an area heavily impacted by the recent…
Who is King Baudouin? Meet the king of the Belgians whom Pope Francis wants to canonize
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 4, 2024 / 06:00 am Capping off a very busy month of international travels, Pope Francis made a surprise announcement last Sunday to…
Analysis: This week at the Synod on Synodality — revolution or much ado about nothing?
By Andrea Gagliarducci Vatican City, Oct 3, 2024 / 17:45 pm Perhaps it is in the very nature of the Synod on Synodality to take steps back after having taken…
War in southern Lebanon puts thousands of Christians in constant danger, nun says
By Eduardo Berdejo ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 3, 2024 / 17:15 pm Some 9,000 Christians in three villages in southern Lebanon are in constant danger because of the war between…
In defiance of country’s bishops, Venezuelan dictator decrees start of Christmas season
By Andrés Henríquez Caracas, Venezuela, Oct 3, 2024 / 16:25 pm The leader of the Chavista (socialist) dictatorship in Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced this week the beginning of the Christmas…