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Founded in continued response to Pope John Paul II’s call for a “New Evangelization,” the Catholic News Agency (CNA) has been, since 2004, one of the fastest growing Catholic news providers to the English speaking world.

Researchers’ findings reveal conflicting data. By Tessa Gervasini January 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM ET Multiple news reports have said the number of Generation Z Catholics is surging in the United States. ZENIT, an international Catholic news service, and Magisterium AI, a Catholic artificial intelligence agency, cited data from the 2023 Cooperative Election Study (CES) …

The friar who ministers to 800 Catholics on the world’s largest island watches international negotiations with unease. By Victoria Cardiel January 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET In Greenland, the world’s largest island, glaciers spill toward the sea from a vast ice cap — and in the middle of that extreme …

University of Dayton Students attend March for Life. (Courtesy Photo)
This week tens of thousands of people will gather in Washington, D.C., to attend the annual March for Life, hear from pro-life leaders, and join together in prayer and community. By Tessa Gervasini January 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM ET Thousands will gather for the 53rd National March for Life in the nation’s …

Soldiers “put in a situation where they’re being ordered to do something that is morally questionable” are within their rights of conscience to disobey such a directive, the military archbishop said. By Daniel Payne January 20, 2026 at 2:07 PM ET Military Archbishop Timothy Broglio says the United States’ threat to …

Bishop Robert Barron has called on immigration officials to focus on deporting only serious criminals while also urging U.S. protesters to “cease interfering” with the work of immigration agents. By Daniel Payne January 19, 2026 at 9:34 AM ET Winona-Rochester Bishop Robert Barron has called on federal immigration officials to focus …

A bill sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, would extend religious workers’ visas while green card applications are pending. By Madalaine Elhabbal January 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM ET Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, expressed gratitude that the Department of Homeland Security is easing visa restrictions for religious workers and …

On the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi in 1226, Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a special jubilee year along with plenary indulgences. by Almudena Martínez-Bordiú January 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM ET Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a “Special Year of St. …

by Kevin J. Jones Washington D.C., Jan 20, 2020 / 16:17 pm Last year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day marked the first without Sister Mary Antona Ebo, the only black Catholic nun who marched with civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, Ala in 1965. “I’m …

By Kate Quiñones January 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM ET U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied knowledge of reports that his administration has restored millions of taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood. According to Jan. 13 report in Politico, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last month restored Title X funding …

By Amira Abuzeid Jan 13, 2026 / 13:11 pm Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis described a pervasive “heaviness” in the community over federal agents’ deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen. In his pastoral reflection on Jan. 12, the archbishop said he was on retreat with regional bishops last week when the …