Madrid, Spain, Jun 24, 2020 / 06:07 pm MT (CNA).- The mayor of Boadilla del Monte, a town just west of metro Madrid in central Spain, has offered to take the statue of Saint Junipero Serra toppled last weekend in San Francisco. Serra’s statue was torn down in San Francisco’s …

by Matt Hadro Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 24, 2020 / 04:00 pm MT (CNA).- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to bolster the federal government’s work with community and faith-based groups in adoption and foster care. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that …

Vatican City, Jun 24, 2020 / 09:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis has written a letter of encouragement to Alex Zanardi, a Formula One driver turned Paralympic champion who is in a coma following a collision last Friday. In the letter, published June 24 in the Italian sports newspaper La …

Washington D.C., Jun 23, 2020 / 04:18 pm MT (CNA).- New York City cannot enforce coronavirus restrictions strictly on religious gatherings and leave mass public protests untouched, leading U.S. Department of Justice officials said in a letter to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. “Mayor de Blasio’s recent public …

by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Jun 23, 2020 / 04:40 pm MT (CNA).- An educator with years of experience in special education was recently named superintendent of a Chicago-area Catholic diocese. He aims to ensure that all kids can go to Catholic school who want to. “[Special education] is about …

by Courtney Mares Rome, Italy, Jun 23, 2020 / 10:30 am MT (CNA).- Sister Stan Mumuni dedicates her life to caring for abandoned children with birth defects in Ghana. When the coronavirus pandemic spread to West Africa, she said that she ran to the market to buy soap and supplies, …

CNA Staff, Jun 23, 2020 / 12:30 pm MT (CNA).- A man has been arrested and charged with vandalism and assault after swastikas were painted on the graves of several Dominican friars and a security guard was assualted at Catholic college on Monday evening. A statement from Fr. Brian J. …

by Christine Rousselle Washington D.C., Jun 23, 2020 / 11:00 am MT (CNA).- Evangelizing countries where the faith has been watered down and resolving the ongoing financial crisis in the Vatican are challenges which will extend past the reign of Pope Francis, author George Weigel said on Monday. Weigel was …

by Kevin Jones Denver Newsroom, Jun 22, 2020 / 08:19 pm MT (CNA).- Leading education expert Father Ronald Nuzzi will head a task force for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Seattle, with a special focus on the “ministerial covenant” that helps Catholic teachers witness to and pass on the …

CNA Staff, Jun 22, 2020 / 06:40 pm MT (CNA).- The Catholic bishops of California have defended St. Junipero Serra, after statues of St. Junipero were torn down in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. The bishops said June 22 that the saint was “ahead of his time” in defending …