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Catholic News Agency

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.

By Martin Barillas Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mar 6, 2024 / 08:00 am In a message to parishioners, Father Ed Cimbala, pastor of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Parish in New York City, revealed that overnight on March 3 intruders entered his rectory and office, wrecking both while he was sleeping in an attack that …

By Joseph Pronechen National Catholic Register, Mar 6, 2024 / 06:00 am “During the past few weeks, dark-featured women, in the garb of Sisters of Charity, have been going through the Italian quarters in the Bend and in Little Italy, climbing up dark, steep, and narrow stairways, diving down into foul …

By Walter Sanchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 5, 2024 / 19:30 pm In March 2022, the late Cardinal George Pell published an at the time anonymous critique of Pope Francis’ pontificate under the pseudonym “Demos.” Now another cardinal, who identifies himself as “Demos II,” has published another anonymous screed. This one, however, …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Mar 4, 2024 / 09:15 am After more than 100 years in Ohio, Notre Dame College (NDC) will shut its doors this year, joining a growing list of small Catholic colleges that have closed in recent years. Though the school has been struggling with debt for …

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Mar 3, 2024 / 09:25 am “Enough!” “Stop!” Pope Francis repeated from the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sunday as he called for Israel and Palestine to reach an agreement for “an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.” Speaking in his Angelus address on March 3, the pope …

By Matthew Santucci Rome Newsroom, Mar 1, 2024 / 10:00 am Pope Francis on Friday morning gave an address on the importance of building a culture that protects human and Christians vocations, things he suggested were at risk due to contemporary cultural challenges including gender ideology. “It is very important that …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Mar 2, 2024 / 14:22 pm Church Militant, the controversial Catholic media outlet that has for years maintained a reputation for combative and antagonistic coverage of Catholic figures and issues, will cease operations next month following a $500,000 defamation judgment against it. Boston-based law firm Todd …

By Diego Lopez Marina, CNA Staff ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 18:00 pm Gary Sinise, the Catholic actor who played Lt. Dan in the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump,” announced the death of his 33-year-old son Mac, the victim of a rare form of cancer. Sinise, also known for his starring …

By Jacob Stein Vatican City, Mar 1, 2024 / 12:37 pm The Holy Lance, also known as the Lance of Longinus, holds a significant place in Christian tradition as the weapon believed to have pierced the side of Jesus during his crucifixion. Tradition holds that the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Basilica has …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 29, 2024 / 16:35 pm President Joe Biden expressed today his disagreement with the Catholic Church’s position that in vitro fertilization (IVF) is immoral because it kills countless unborn human babies. As the controversy continues after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling established the personhood of unborn …