Here’s what Pope Francis is doing for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days 2024
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 30, 2024 / 10:10 am After an October full of activity due to the Synod on Synodality, in November Pope Francis will once again…
Trump makes case to Puerto Rican voters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, after joke backlash
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 30, 2024 / 09:40 am Former president Donald Trump expressed his admiration for Puerto Rico and urged Puerto Ricans and other Latino Americans…
Church in Ukraine has lost half of its parishes in areas occupied by Russia, bishop says
By Eduardo Berdejo ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 29, 2024 / 17:20 pm More than two and a half years after the Russian invasion, the Church in Ukraine has lost more…
San Juan archbishop asks Trump to apologize for comedian’s Puerto Rico joke
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 29, 2024 / 16:50 pm Archbishop Roberto González of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is asking former president Donald Trump to personally apologize to…
Cardinal O’Malley: Church acknowledges damage of abuse but ‘celibacy is not the cause’
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Oct 29, 2024 / 15:45 pm Cardinal Seán O’Malley, archbishop of Boston and president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, stressed that…
Muslim refugees receive ‘shelter and support’ at nuns’ convent in Lebanon
By Andrés Henríquez ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 29, 2024 / 15:15 pm A convent of the Sisters of Good Help in Lebanon has opened its doors to welcome more than…
Texas nuns dismissed from religious life after lengthy feud with bishop, Vatican
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 29, 2024 / 14:05 pm A group of Texas nuns has been dismissed from religious life and returned to the lay state after a…
Ohio archbishop ends long-standing Girl Scouts partnerships because of ‘gender ideology’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 29, 2024 / 13:35 pm The archbishop of Cincinnati is ending a 110-year relationship with Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) due to the…
Vatican publishes first report on Church safeguarding efforts worldwide
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 29, 2024 / 10:00 am The Vatican issued its first annual report Tuesday assessing the Catholic Church’s policies and procedures to prevent abuse in…
Black legend of Spanish conquest is ‘profoundly anti-Catholic,’ historian says
By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Oct 29, 2024 / 09:00 am For renowned historian Jorge Traslosheros, who holds a doctorate in Latin American studies, the so-called “black legend” of…
Mexican Catholics gather in shopping center to pray rosary in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe
By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Oct 29, 2024 / 08:00 am A group of the faithful gathers every Wednesday of the year in front of an image of the…
Seminary rector kidnapped during evening prayers at Nigerian minor seminary
By Agnes Aineah ACI Africa, Oct 29, 2024 / 07:00 am The rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary of Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi was abducted on Sunday, Oct. 27,…