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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 Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2024 / 12:15 pm After a blockbuster night of severe weather that saw tornadoes touch down in at least six states on Friday, one Catholic parish in Nebraska is stepping up in a particular way to help their neighbors after a massive twister leveled …

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Apr 27, 2024 / 12:30 pm Pope Francis will attend the G7 summit in June to speak about the ethics of artificial intelligence, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced Friday. The Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations summit is being held in the southern Italian region …

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 25, 2024 / 16:10 pm Asked during a new interview if he has any message for Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who instigated the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis stated that “a negotiated peace is better than an endless war.” CBS News broadcast some excerpts April …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 26, 2024 / 06:30 am Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discussed the importance of his Catholic faith in his daily life, his plan to reduce abortions without federal restrictions, and his opposition to biological males playing in women’s sports during an exclusive interview on …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 26, 2024 / 12:30 pm The addition of “gender identity” in the Biden administration’s interpretation of anti-discrimination rules could jeopardize state laws that restrict women’s sports and women’s locker rooms to only women, according to legal scholars. Late last week, President Joe Biden’s Department …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Apr 26, 2024 / 09:51 am Families gathered with St. Augustine Bishop Erik Pohlmeier on a sunny Tuesday this week for the dedication of the “Precious Ones Baby Mausoleum” at the city’s San Lorenzo Cemetery. Six years in the making, the 44,000-pound granite mausoleum is designed …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2024 / 11:45 am Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is embracing a “massive subsidized day care initiative” to reduce abortions in the United States without restricting legal access to the procedure. In a new webpage recently added to Kennedy campaign’s website, the candidate …

By Jeffrey Bruno New York City, N.Y., Apr 23, 2024 / 13:00 pm I’d never ridden the subway with a bishop before. But then again, how many of us have? Bishop Robert Brennan from the Diocese of Brooklyn is not your typical bishop — and I mean that with the utmost …

By Tina Dennelly CNA Staff, Apr 22, 2024 / 15:30 pm Throughout her freshman and sophomore years at Columbine High School, Jenica Thornby went to the library every single day. “Not one day went by that I did not go to the library,” Thornby recently told “EWTN News In Depth” reporter …

By Kelly Marcum Washington D.C., Apr 23, 2024 / 04:00 am St. George may be among Christianity’s most famous and beloved saints, immortalized through the famous legend of St. George and the Dragon — a tale thoroughly medieval in character in which a brave and chivalrous knight charges in and saves …