Phone-free education: Catholic schools rise to the challenge
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Aug 28, 2024 / 06:00 am As K–12 students trickle back into school this fall, educators hope they may find it easier to focus on…
5 powerful quotes from St. Augustine’s most famous work, the ‘Confessions’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Aug 28, 2024 / 04:00 am The Catholic Church honors St. Augustine of Hippo, an early Church father, doctor of the Church, and foundational theologian,…
Ohio bishops call judge’s blocking abortion waiting period ‘callous disregard for women’
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 27, 2024 / 18:27 pm The Catholic Conference of Ohio has said a court’s temporary elimination of a 24-hour waiting period for abortion…
New York targeting of pregnancy center advertising violates free speech, judge says
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 27, 2024 / 17:27 pm A New York court has temporarily blocked the state’s attorney general’s efforts to keep a group of faith-based…
Pope Francis receives Ecuador’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Edmundo Uribe
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú Vatican City, Aug 27, 2024 / 15:45 pm Pope Francis received at the Vatican on Aug. 26 Ecuador’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Edmundo Uribe Pérez.…
New archbishop of Caracas in Venezuela installed amid country’s political crisis
By Andrés Henríquez Caracas, Venezuela, Aug 27, 2024 / 15:15 pm On Aug. 24, the new metropolitan archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela, Raúl Biord Castillo, formally took possession of the archdiocese.…
New study claims bloodstains on Shroud of Turin consistent with torture of Christ
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 27, 2024 / 14:45 pm A new study from an Italian researcher that analyzes the blood on the Shroud of Turin argues that…
The farm bill: What Catholics need to know
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2024 / 13:45 pm The U.S. farm bill — a key part of American domestic policy that regulates a broad range of programs…
China officially recognizes formerly ‘underground’ bishop, Vatican says
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Aug 27, 2024 / 13:00 pm The Vatican announced Tuesday its “satisfaction” that China has officially recognized Bishop Melchior Shi Hongzhen as bishop of Tianjin.…
Pope Francis makes surprise visit to St. Monica’s tomb in Rome
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Aug 27, 2024 / 12:15 pm Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the Basilica of St. Augustine on Tuesday to pray at the tomb…
Attack in Germany: Catholic, Jewish leaders weigh in on deadly terror before key elections
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Aug 27, 2024 / 11:45 am With Germany reeling from an apparent Islamist terror attack on Friday that left three people dead and eight wounded,…
Here are all the states voting on abortion in November
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Aug 27, 2024 / 06:00 am With all eyes on the U.S. presidential matchup on Nov. 5, activists across the country have been mobilizing…