By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Oct 21, 2025 / 06:00 am Catholics across the United States are encouraged to participate in the national Respect Life Novena beginning Oct. 22 in an effort to unite in prayer for the protection of the unborn and all those affected by abortion. The Respect …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Oct 1, 2025 / 05:00 am The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as the Little Flower, on Oct. 1. Born to Zelie and Louis Martin in 1873 — both canonized saints — Thérèse was the youngest of five siblings. …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Apr 17, 2025 / 14:34 pm Blessed Carlo Acutis, the gaming teenager who had a deep love for Christ in the Eucharist, is about to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint. Acutis will be canonized during the Church’s Jubilee for Teenagers on April 27 …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Nov 3, 2024 / 06:00 am The Bishops’ Committee for Religious Freedom, an office of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), is encouraging the faithful to participate in a novena ahead of the feast of Christ the King, which will be celebrated on …

By Joseph Pronechen National Catholic Register, Oct 21, 2024 / 14:20 pm Beginning on Sunday, Oct. 27, the Eternal World Television Network (EWTN) will launch a nine-day novena in anticipation of the U.S. election on Nov. 5. Catholics and all people of goodwill are invited to join in the “Novena to …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2024 / 06:00 am The U.S. bishops announced the second annual novena for mental health as part of a national campaign to promote mental health. Launched in 2023, the National Catholic Mental Health Campaign aimed to address mental illness around the message that “everyone …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Mar 9, 2024 / 07:00 am A novena is a traditional form of Catholic prayer lasting nine days. Typically, novenas focus on asking God for a specific intention and many are prayed through a saint’s intercession. Novenas are a beautiful way to grow in prayer …

By Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 15, 2023 / 17:15 pm An Italian priest named Father Charles Vachetta is credited with writing a novena in 1721 to inspire his parishioners during Advent. Today, that novena is known as the “Christmas novena.” The nine-day prayer begins on Dec. 16 and concludes …

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PDF: novena-benedict-xvi By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 4, 2023 / 18:46 pm The U.S. bishops are calling on American Catholics to join them in praying a novena for the soul of the late Pope Benedict XVI, beginning the day of his funeral, Jan. 5. “The entire Church mourns the …