‘Natural burial’ option debuts in Archdiocese of Chicago
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Aug 31, 2024 / 07:00 am The Archdiocese of Chicago has announced the debut of a new “natural burial” option at one of its Chicago-area…
Knights ‘step up to the plate’ to raise funds for baseball field for special-needs athletes
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Aug 31, 2024 / 06:00 am The Knights of Columbus recently raised over $60,000 to build a new baseball field in Michigan for athletes…
Trump says he will vote ‘no’ on Florida pro-abortion amendment
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 30, 2024 / 19:02 pm Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Friday that he will vote “no” on a broad pro-abortion amendment…
Trump proposes the government pay for IVF; what are Catholics saying?
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 30, 2024 / 17:16 pm At a campaign rally in Michigan on Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced a new policy proposal…
Vatican grants ‘nihil obstat’ to Our Lady of Mercy shrine in France
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Aug 30, 2024 / 16:32 pm The Vatican has affirmed that there are no objections to the 19th-century apparitions of Our Lady of Mercy at…
Nicaraguan dictatorship shuts down more nonprofit Catholic organizations, evangelical churches
By Walter Sánchez Silva Lima Newsroom, Aug 30, 2024 / 15:53 pm The Nicaraguan dictatorship closed another 169 nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations, including some Catholic organizations, various evangelical churches, and…
Preview of the 2024 International Eucharistic Congress
By Diego López Marina ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 30, 2024 / 14:59 pm In little more than a week, the 2024 International Eucharistic Congress will get underway in Quito, Ecuador.…
Vatican again calls for a moratorium on killer robots
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Aug 30, 2024 / 14:12 pm A representative of Pope Francis recently reaffirmed the Vatican’s opposition to lethal autonomous weapons systems, known popularly as “killer…
Pope agrees to appointments of two bishops chosen by Syro-Malabar Church for India
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Aug 30, 2024 / 13:40 pm The Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic rite in full communion with Rome, appointed two…
Pope Francis opposes idea to ‘dissolve’ 400-year-old missionary university in Rome
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Aug 30, 2024 / 09:08 am Pope Francis expressed disagreement on Friday with a proposal to absorb a 400-year-old missionary-focused university in Rome into other…
Catholic liberal arts college in California has nation’s ‘most conservative’ students
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Aug 30, 2024 / 08:00 am Thomas Aquinas College has been ranked by the Princeton Review as having the most conservative collegiate student body in…
What can science tell us about eternity? Vatican Observatory to present latest reflection
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú Madrid, Spain, Aug 30, 2024 / 07:00 am “Eternity Between Space and Time: From Consciousness to the Cosmos” is the title of an upcoming report to be…