Supreme Court to hear Catholic Charities case on whether serving the poor is religious act
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2024 / 18:20 pm The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case brought by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of…
Cardinal Cupich asks Catholics ‘to receive holy Communion standing’ in Chicago Archdiocese
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 13, 2024 / 17:45 pm Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago in a letter published this week in the archdiocesan newspaper…
Archbishop Cordileone wants to encourage a devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe in U.S.
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2024 / 17:15 pm Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco is launching a project to increase devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe in…
Overturning Nancy Pelosi’s Communion ban: It’s too late for an appeal, expert says
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Dec 13, 2024 / 16:35 pm Despite former speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent statement that she has appealed to the Vatican to overturn the Communion ban…
Vatican opens first day care for employees’ children
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú Vatican City, Dec 13, 2024 / 16:05 pm The employees who work behind the walls of the smallest country in the world will now have a day…
Pope Francis: St. Lucy is an example of female leadership in the Church
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú Vatican City, Dec 13, 2024 / 15:35 pm On the feast day of St. Lucy, Dec. 13, Pope Francis said that “we need women’s work and their…
FOCUS co-founders receive 2024 Mother Angelica Award
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2024 / 13:50 pm EWTN Global Catholic Network presented the 2024 Mother Angelica Award to Curtis and Michaelann Martin, co-founders of the Fellowship…
Father Gus Taylor, co-founder of Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, dies at 84
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2024 / 13:20 pm Father Gus Taylor, a U.S. priest who was key in several prominent 20th-century Black Catholic initiatives, passed away last…
Bethlehem artist defends presence of Palestinian keffiyeh in Nativity scene after backlash
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Dec 13, 2024 / 12:50 pm A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem was the source of controversy this week for including a Palestinian…
U.S. bishops, Jewish advocacy group release Catholic guide to combating antisemitism
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2024 / 12:20 pm Amid rising antisemitism incidents in the United States, the U.S. bishops are collaborating with a Jewish advocacy group to…
Report: Policy of immigration enforcement treating churches as ‘sensitive areas’ could end
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2024 / 09:30 am The incoming presidential administration reportedly plans to end a long-standing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy requiring ICE…
Netflix’s ‘Mary’: Catholic director says he wanted to ‘pay great reverence’ to Blessed Mother
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2024 / 07:00 am A new movie from Netflix about the Blessed Virgin Mary has received mixed reviews, with some Catholics on…