By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Aug 29, 2024 / 06:00 am Amid the culture wars, one girl scouting group endorsed by an archbishop this month is staying “true to its founding Christian principles” while creating space to help Catholic girls grow in faith. Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati “wholeheartedly” endorsed the …

This was a wonderful, albeit busy, summer for the U.S. Catholic Church. The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Seton route processed through the Archdiocese of Cincinnati during July 1-8, followed by the National Eucharistic Congress (NEC) in Indianapolis shortly thereafter. Across the country, NEC and its pilgrimage revitalized and evangelized faith in …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Aug 25, 2024 / 05:30 am It’s not every day that you see a Catholic priest working in the kitchen of a restaurant but Father Leo Patalinghug isn’t your typical priest. Based in Baltimore, Patalinghug is a radio and TV host — one of those programs …

By Walter Sánchez Silva Lima Newsroom, Aug 23, 2024 / 07:30 am Catholics are strictly prohibited from being Masons or belonging to Freemasonry. Below are seven facts to know in order to not be misled about the matter. Recently, Father Eduardo Hayen, a Mexican priest of the diocese of Ciudad Juárez …

For some, the thought of going to Ireland sounds like a dream vacation, but for Royalmont Academy students, their recent trip there had a much deeper purpose, a pilgrimage. Josh Ater, Head of School at Royalmont Academy, expressed the importance of taking a pilgrimage, “Too often, we forget the universality …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Aug 13, 2024 / 06:00 am When 50,000 Catholics recently gathered in Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress, one of the powerful voices leading the praise and worship music was Sarah Kroger, a 37-year-old Nashville-based Catholic singer-songwriter and worship leader with numerous albums under her …

One very excited group of Catholic educators from the archdiocese pilgrimaged to the heart of Italy in June. There, they learned more about our Catholic faith, grew in community with their colleagues and took a little time to simply enjoy “la dolce vita”—the good life. “This experience was, without a …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Aug 4, 2024 / 06:00 am Will Heller, a 21-year-old from Toledo, Ohio, is a two-time Junior National Medalist and All American, a state record holder in Ohio and Michigan, and the 2023 University National Champion in the 102 kilogram class in weightlifting. However, the …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jul 28, 2024 / 10:51 am Crookston, Minnesota, Bishop Andrew Cozzens this weekend slammed what he described as the “heinous” mockery of the Christian faith displayed at the Summer Olympics in Paris on Friday, urging Catholics to respond to the spectacle with fasting and prayer. The …

By CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, Jul 27, 2024 / 01:17 am A drag queen-led parody of the Last Supper featured during Friday’s opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics has sparked a wave of incensed reactions and denunciations. In a statement released Saturday, the French Bishops’ Conference criticized the “scenes of derision and …