Oklahoma Catholic charter school petitions U.S. Supreme Court to consider approval
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 8, 2024 / 17:30 pm A charter school in Oklahoma is aiming to be the first publicly-funded religious charter school in the United States…
Scientists sue publisher for retracting studies showing dangers of abortion pill
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2024 / 16:30 pm A group of 10 scientists is suing the publisher that retracted their studies showing the health risks associated…
More than 2 million Argentinians make pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lujan Shrine
By Julieta Villar Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct 8, 2024 / 15:45 pm “Mother, Under Your Gaze We Seek Unity” was the theme that brought together more than 2.3 million of…
Los Angeles Catholic church repeatedly vandalized in possible ‘hate crime’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 8, 2024 / 14:30 pm A Los Angeles Catholic church has been vandalized four times in the past two months. St. Francis de Sales…
New cardinals say Europe is becoming the Catholic Church’s new ‘peripheries’
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 8, 2024 / 14:00 pm Cardinals-designate from three continents said Tuesday the Church in the global south has a lot of nonmaterial gifts to…
Catholic bishops from mainland China and Taiwan in dialogue at Synod on Synodality
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 8, 2024 / 13:30 pm The Synod on Synodality, meant to be a moment of encounter and dialogue for the global Church, has provided…
‘Duty to accompany migrants’: Indian bishops launch portal to support nation’s immigrants
By Anto Akkara Bangalore, India, Oct 8, 2024 / 10:50 am India’s bishops recently launched a digital tool to help support the country’s hundreds of millions of migrants, hoping to…
Who are the Christians in Lebanon?
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 8, 2024 / 09:00 am The Middle East edged closer to large-scale crisis this week as Iran launched a volley of missile attacks on…
U.S. bishops praise Biden administration’s expansion of refugee resettlement program
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2024 / 08:00 am The U.S. bishops issued a statement praising the Biden administration’s decision last week to expand the U.S. refugee…
Another 4,000 20th-century martyrs in Spain will be beatified in coming years, expert says
By Nicolás de Cárdenas Madrid, Spain, Oct 8, 2024 / 07:00 am Spain has 3,500 beatified martyrs from the religious persecution of the 20th century and another 4,000 could also…
Christians face arbitrary arrests, grave religious freedom violations in India
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2024 / 06:00 am More than 160 violent attacks against Christians were reported in India this past year as laws passed by…
Georgia Supreme Court reinstates 6-week ‘heartbeat’ law
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 7, 2024 / 19:15 pm The Georgia Supreme Court reinstated on Monday the state’s heartbeat law, a six-week limit on abortion known as the…