U.S. bishops embrace Dignitas Infinita to combat ‘widespread violation of human dignity’
By Madalaine Elhabbal Baltimore, Md., Nov 15, 2024 / 17:00 pm U.S. bishops gathering in Baltimore this week discussed their plans to put into practice the mission articulated in Dignitas…
Dictatorship in Nicaragua expels president of country’s bishops’ conference
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 15, 2024 / 15:25 pm The dictatorship of Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega has expelled Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez of Jinotega, president…
Florida church bookkeeper sentenced to federal prison after stealing $875,000 from parish
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Nov 15, 2024 / 14:00 pm A bookkeeper at a Florida Catholic parish has been sentenced to more than two years of federal prison after…
Pope Francis asks Rome’s Catholics to help combat ‘housing emergency’ during 2025 jubilee
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Nov 15, 2024 / 12:45 pm As Rome’s temperatures drop and the jubilee year approaches, Pope Francis has asked the city’s priests and religious to…
Liturgical conflict resurfaces in troubled Indian Syro-Malabar archdiocese
By Anto Akkara Kochi, India, Nov 15, 2024 / 12:15 pm This month’s delayed priestly ordination of eight deacons of the Ernakulam Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church (SMC) in India…
New Senate majority leader John Thune an ‘unwavering defender of life’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Nov 15, 2024 / 11:20 am Here is a roundup of recent abortion- and pro-life-related news. Thune ‘an unwavering defender of life’ A pro-life advocacy…
Vatican meeting highlights ‘common good’ as key objective to reform global financial order
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Nov 15, 2024 / 10:05 am The Pontifical Academy for Life discussed the global financial system in light of the social doctrine of the Catholic…
St. Albert the Great: The Church and science are in harmony
By Daniel Burke National Catholic Register, Nov 15, 2024 / 04:00 am St. Albert the Great was considered the “wonder and the miracle of his age” by his contemporaries. He…
U.S. Catholic bishops urge immigration reform with ‘fair and humane treatment’
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 14, 2024 / 18:15 pm The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement that urges the American government to…
Mexican bishops urge new president to address violence, defend life
By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Nov 14, 2024 / 16:40 pm The first meeting between Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s new president, and the country’s Catholic bishops took place on Nov.…
Catholic Sen. Marco Rubio is Trump’s nominee for top Cabinet post
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 14, 2024 / 16:10 pm Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Catholic, is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for the key post of U.S.…
Senators cry foul after faith-based groups allegedly frozen out of prison program
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 14, 2024 / 15:40 pm A pair of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators recently questioned the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Colette…