By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 10, 2024 / 18:25 pm A Maronite Catholic priest is recovering from injuries he suffered after a man attacked him at the rectory in Philadelphia, across the street from the St. Maron Maronite Catholic Church, at which he is the pastor. The alleged attacker, …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 5, 2024 / 06:00 am Members of the United States Congress are demanding immediate answers after the U.S. State Department admitted a $500,000 grant the agency awarded to a humanist group may have been misused to promote atheism in Nepal and Asia under the …

By Tina Dennelly CNA Staff, Aug 3, 2024 / 15:16 pm In response to the July 26 Paris Olympics opening ceremony that mocked the Last Supper — and after the French bishops and other Catholic and world leaders decried the display — the Vatican on Saturday issued a statement denouncing the scene. In a brief statement emailed …

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 2, 2024 / 16:21 pm “Faith is not a game” is the title of the petition launched by the Italian association Pro Vita & Famiglia (Pro Life and Family) calling on the International Olympic Committee to condemn the insulting performance featured during the opening ceremony of …

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 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 Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 20, 2023 / 19:25 pm Attorney General Merrick Garland strongly objected to accusations that the Department of Justice would discriminate against Catholic Americans during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday. Garland called the suggestion of anti-Catholic bias “outrageous” and “absurd” when questioned about a …

By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 9, 2023 / 13:30 pm The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday claimed to have uncovered evidence of “multiple” field offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation coordinating an investigation into traditionalist Catholics earlier this year. A leaked memo from the FBI’s Richmond, Virginia, …

By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jul 26, 2023 / 15:05 pm The FBI handed over to Congress on Tuesday internal documents relating to the bureau’s now-withdrawn leaked memo that recommended investigating devotees of the Traditional Latin Mass. The leaked memo, dated Jan. 23, which originated from the bureau’s Richmond office, claims …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 25, 2023 / 15:27 pm Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department has launched an investigation after two pro-life sidewalk counselors were allegedly attacked outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic on July 22. A group of pro-life sidewalk counselors, who were there to encourage women to …