By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2024 / 09:30 am Bishop Mark Beckman of the Diocese of Knoxville in eastern Tennessee — an area heavily impacted by the recent Hurricane Helene — said in an interview with “EWTN News Nightly” this week that the storm’s “devastation” has led to mounting …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Sep 26, 2024 / 07:00 am The Word on Fire Institute, founded by Bishop Robert Barron, launched a program earlier this month designed to support young men amid a national mental health crisis. Amid a crisis of loneliness and mental health, especially for young men, the …

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 …

By Kate Quiñones, Ken Oliver-Méndez CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2024 / 06:00 am Two recently launched advertising campaigns illustrate part of the epic clash between the culture of life and the culture of death taking place in this year’s U.S. elections. Students for Life of America (SFLA), a group that trains and …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Aug 9, 2024 / 04:00 am On Aug. 9 the Catholic Church celebrates the life of philosopher, writer, and religious sister St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, more commonly known as Edith Stein. Born in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, Poland), Stein was raised Jewish but declared …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Aug 2, 2024 / 16:51 pm A scholarship-funded Catholic academy for boys is set to open this August in Cincinnati with the help of state scholarships and private donors, reviving a building that has been unused for more than 30 years. In a city where at …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jul 8, 2024 / 19:15 pm After Hurricane Beryl hit Texas early Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, claiming two lives and causing power outages in 2.7 million homes in Houston, the head of a local branch of Catholic Charities providing relief told EWTN: “We …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jun 28, 2024 / 06:00 am Catholic university graduates are more likely to report higher fulfillment and more emphasis on morality in their decision-making than non-Catholic school students, according to a recent study out of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. The study found that in areas such …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jun 28, 2024 / 04:00 am On June 28, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Irenaeus of Lyon, who as a boy sat at the feet of Polycarp, eagerly listening to the sermons of the early Christian bishop and disciple of the apostle John. The boy Irenaeus …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jun 19, 2024 / 11:15 am The U.S. bishops approved a new pastoral framework for youth and young adult outreach, titled “Listen, Teach, Send,” following their spring meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, last week. The framework was approved on Monday, passing with 188 in favor, four against, …