Pope Francis calls for study of Church history free from ideologies
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú Vatican City, Nov 21, 2024 / 17:20 pm Pope Francis has published a letter addressed especially to priests in formation to promote the renewal of the study…
St. Francis Xavier’s relics draw 12,000 in Goa, India, for decennial exposition
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 16:50 pm St. Francis Xavier lived the life of a missionary, baptizing tens of thousands in India and Japan. In death,…
Bottles of bourbon signed by Pope Francis expected to fetch up to $20,000 for charity
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 16:20 pm Two bottles of rare bourbon signed by Pope Francis are projected to net up to $20,000 for several Kentucky…
No, ‘AI Jesus’ isn’t actually hearing confessions: fact check
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 15:50 pm Numerous news reports in recent days reported that a new artificially intelligent “Jesus” has begun taking people’s confessions at…
Pope Francis: Desire and Christian hope can overcome ‘dangerous plague’ of nihilism
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Nov 21, 2024 / 14:50 pm In an address to participants of the first plenary assembly of the Dicastery for Culture and Education on Nov.…
Meet the pro-life prisoners whom Trump is expected to pardon
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 21, 2024 / 14:05 pm More than a dozen pro-life activists are still in prison or awaiting sentences on federal charges brought by…
Churches around the world lit up red in honor of persecuted Christians
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 13:05 pm Catholic churches around the world were lit up in red on Wednesday as a display of solidarity with persecuted…
Vatican Christmas tree wreathed in controversy over environmental objections
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Nov 21, 2024 / 12:30 pm The Vatican was not rocking around the Christmas tree on Thursday after a 95-foot Norway spruce from northern Italy…
Church beatifies German priest who was executed by Nazis in 1944
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Nov 21, 2024 / 12:00 pm Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and…
Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Nov 21, 2024 / 08:03 am Pope Francis has appointed U.S. Cardinal Kevin Farrell to oversee “new and unavoidable” reform to the Vatican’s pension system…
Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says
By Nicolás de Cárdenas Madrid, Spain, Nov 21, 2024 / 08:00 am Marta Rodríguez Díaz, a Catholic expert on gender ideology, said that rather than fighting gender ideology, the mission…
Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 07:00 am After Catholic media mogul and human rights activist Jimmy Lai took the stand on Wednesday in a yearslong Hong…