Pope Francis tells ‘keyboard warriors’ to put aside online polemics to proclaim the Gospel
Pope Francis added that the encyclical remains relevant today, encouraging people to read Pacem in terris. “For example, this passage will suffice: ‘Relationships between political communities, like those between individual…
Walter Reed military hospital says new Catholic pastoral care contract under review
The new contractor is the Mechanicsville, Virginia-based Mack Global LLC, Walter Reed said in its April 11 statement. The Mack Global website says the company serves the U.S. military, government…
Golf, manners, and a firm handshake: This Catholic school is teaching boys how to be gentlemen
Cole Michael Souza, a 13-year-old eighth grader, told CNA that the purpose of playing golf in the club is to practice the virtues. “So before you start a game, and…
Biden visits Northern Ireland for 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement: a CNA explainer
White added that many Irish nationalists used the slogan “26 plus six equals one,” which meant that the 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland and the six counties in…
Vatican prosecutor: Pope Francis wants the truth about ‘Vatican girl’ case
Diddi met with Orlandi’s older brother, Piero, and his lawyer on April 11. According to Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni, the meeting, requested by Orlandi, served as an occasion for Orlandi…
Journalist in Nicaragua arrested for reporting on Holy Week
According to the website Alertas Libertad de Prensa Nicaragua (Freedom of the Press Alerts Nicaragua), after his arrest the video was deleted from the page. Ticay’s arrest took place in…
Arrest made in connection with vandalism of Nebraska Catholic church
“It happened in Our Lord’s own Holy Week. His own journey was marked by injustice, by brokenness, and by damage done to his own body, and that was allowed to…
Holy Week attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria leave nearly 100 dead
The April 7 attack left 43 people dead and more than 40 injured, according to Father Remigius Ihyula, who heads the Benue branch of the Justice, Development, and Peace Commission…
The Catholic Church celebrates Easter Monday under the title 'Monday of the Angel'
R. For he whom you did merit to bear, alleluia. V. Has risen, as he said, alleluia. R. Pray for us to God, alleluia. V. Rejoice and be glad, O…
St. Louis Catholics petition archbishop to halt diocese-wide parish merger plan
Father Chris Martin, a St. Louis native who is overseeing the All Things New process, told CNA late last year that the initiative is being undertaken from a “relative place…
Full text of Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi blessing for Easter 2023
On this day we proclaim that he, the Lord of our life, is “the resurrection and the life” of the world (cf. Jn 11:25). Today is Easter, the Pasch, a…
‘The most important and beautiful day of history’: Pope Francis on Easter 2023
The ritual sequence, sung in Latin, recalls how the apostle Peter, of whom the pope is the successor, was one of the first witnesses to Christ’s resurrection, after St. Mary…