By Amira Abuzeid CNA Newsroom, Jul 17, 2025 / 15:58 pm U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) delivered a speech on the Senate floor on July 16 denouncing cuts to federal funding of faith-based organizations that play critical roles in refugee resettlement and international humanitarian aid. The Rescissions Act of 2025, pushed …

By Amira Abuzeid San Antonio, Texas, Jul 5, 2025 / 14:00 pm Catholics are responding with prayers and aid after record-breaking flash floods in central Texas devastated communities along the area’s rivers and killed at least 27 people. The flash flooding began in the early hours of July 4. Heavy rainfall …

By Amira Abuzeid CNA Staff, Jul 2, 2025 / 17:17 pm In a unanimous vote at a special board meeting held on July 1, the village council of Dolton, Illinois, voted to purchase the childhood home of the first U.S.-born pope, Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. Newly-elected Dolton Mayor …

By Amira Abuzeid CNA Staff, Jun 23, 2025 / 17:13 pm The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Washington over its recent law mandating that priests must violate the seal of confession if child abuse is learned about during the sacrament of reconciliation. The DOJ in a press …

By Amira Abuzeid CNA Staff, Jun 19, 2025 / 14:02 pm The man with the highest reported IQ in the world has gained attention worldwide after publicly proclaiming his Christianity on social media. On June 17, South Korean scientist YoungHoon Kim, who claims he has an IQ of 276, the highest …