Synod rules out women deacons; meetings called to be ‘laboratories of synodal life’
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Oct 3, 2024 / 15:55 pm On the first working day of the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican on Oct. 2, Cardinal Victor Manuel…
Archbishop Broglio calls on faithful to join in prayer on anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 3, 2024 / 15:25 pm Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is asking the U.S. bishops to invite…
Autistic Catholics find a voice: New support group fosters connection and belonging
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 3, 2024 / 14:55 pm Several Catholics have banded together to create a support system for Catholics on the autism spectrum. Autistic Catholics, an…
Virginia school board to pay teacher $575,000 after firing over transgender pronouns
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 3, 2024 / 12:10 pm A school board in Virginia will pay a teacher more than half a million dollars after he was fired…
Pakistani woman sentenced to death for allegedly blaspheming Muhammed
By Andrés Henríquez ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 3, 2024 / 07:00 am A Christian mother of four has been sentenced to death by a trial judge at the Special Court…
Who is Rolando Álvarez, the bishop persecuted by the Nicaraguan dictatorship?
By Eduardo Berdejo ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 3, 2024 / 06:00 am Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos is once again in the news after Pope Francis appointed him to participate in…
Bishop’s message to women contemplating abortion: ‘Go to any Catholic church’
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 3, 2024 / 04:30 am Here’s a roundup of the latest developments in the U.S. regarding abortion and pro-life issues. Bishop responds to…
California Catholic hospital apologizes after lawsuit claims it denied pregnant woman care
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 2, 2024 / 17:45 pm The head of a Catholic hospital network in California has issued an apology after the state’s attorney general filed a lawsuit…
Opus Dei in Argentina denies accusations of human trafficking and labor exploitation
By Julieta Villar Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct 2, 2024 / 17:15 pm The Prelature of Opus Dei in Argentina has “categorically denied the accusations of human trafficking and labor exploitation”…
A look at the religious freedom cases that could be on the Supreme Court docket this term
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 2, 2024 / 16:00 pm The United States Supreme Court will begin its October term in less than a week — and several…
Vermont diocese files for bankruptcy amid more sex abuse lawsuits
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 2, 2024 / 14:45 pm The Diocese of Burlington filed for bankruptcy on Monday in an attempt to adequately resolve its fourth and…
At Synod on Synodality, pope says Church needs new ways for bishops to be ‘synodal’
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 2, 2024 / 14:05 pm At the first meeting of the full assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Wednesday, Pope Francis said a…