Pope tells altar servers Jesus is with them in ‘that act of love which is the Eucharist’
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Jul 30, 2024 / 17:48 pm Pope Francis celebrated a liturgy with tens of thousands of altar servers packed in St. Peter’s Square for a…
Prominent priest reportedly abducted by dictatorship in Nicaragua
By Diego López Colín ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 30, 2024 / 17:02 pm Father Frutos Constantino Valle Salmerón, administrator “ad omnia” of the Diocese of Estelí in Nicaragua, has been…
Muslim leaders condemn ‘disgraceful’ Olympics scene: It ‘offended us as much as them’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2024 / 16:22 pm Top government officials in Iran and Turkey, along with other Muslim religious figures, are speaking out against the drag-queen-led…
Franciscan University launches video series to address ‘woke’ culture
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2024 / 15:45 pm Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, has launched a video series that plans to examine “culture, science, politics, the arts,…
Vatican asset management body reports 45.9 million euro profit in 2023
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Jul 30, 2024 / 15:15 pm The Vatican’s asset management body, known as the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See (APSA), reported a…
Florida woman sues Google for disabling her account after pro-life advocacy
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2024 / 14:45 pm A woman in Florida is suing Google for allegedly blocking her from her account after she attempted to set…
Ohio priest steps down after calls for resignation over child porn hard drive controversy
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2024 / 14:15 pm A priest in Ohio has resigned from his parish after parishioners demanded his ouster due to his having destroyed…
Priest in Austria arrested for producing crystal meth in church rectory
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Jul 30, 2024 / 13:00 pm A Catholic priest in Austria has confessed to producing crystal meth in his parish rectory. The case came to…
Former Judo champion turned Catholic priest spiritually tends to athletes at Paris Olympics
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2024 / 06:00 am Father Jason Nioka was ordained a Catholic priest one month ago, and his very first assignment is to…
Religious sisters share why they chose Blessed Solanus Casey as their namesake
By Kelly Luttinen Detroit, Mich., Jul 30, 2024 / 04:00 am On July 30, Detroit will celebrate the seventh feast day since Father Solanus Casey, OFM Cap, became the second…
Over 50,000 altar servers gather in Rome for yearly pilgrimage
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Jul 29, 2024 / 18:15 pm More than 50,000 pilgrims representing 88 dioceses across 20 European countries have descended upon Rome this week to participate…
Venezuelan elections: Maduro claims victory, opposition claims fraud
By Andrés Henríquez ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 29, 2024 / 17:45 pm The Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE), controlled by the entrenched socialist government of Nicolás Maduro, declared him the…