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Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire, a media apostolate focused on evangelization.

Bishop Barron to deliver 2025 Catholic University of America commencement speech

Apr 7, 2025

The Catholic University of America has announced that Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, is set to speak at its 2025 commencement ceremony.

“The foolishness of divine condescension urges that we lay aside our educated conceit in approaching the biblical words. It calls for intellectual humility in which the mind bows before the mystery,” Hahn indicated during his April 4, 2025, address.

At Harvard, Scott Hahn expounds upon humility, saving truth of God’s word

Apr 7, 2025

Professor Scott Hahn on Friday, April 4, spoke to Harvard’s Catholic Church, St. Paul’s, about the saving truth of Scripture.

Monsignor Charles Pope is the author of the new book “The Hell There Is: An Exploration of an Often-Rejected Doctrine of the Church.”

Monsignor Charles Pope warns: Hell is real — and many are headed there

Apr 7, 2025

Monsignor Charles Pope discussed his new book on the doctrine of hell on “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo.”

The 2025 Father John H. Morgan Scholars receive honors at the 35th annual Salute to Catholic School Alumni dinner in downtown Louisville at Galt House Hotel on March 18, 2025. A senior from each of the nine high schools in the Archdiocese of Louisville was awarded a $10,000 college scholarship and recognized at the dinner.

Kentucky program launches $100 million campaign for Catholic school tuition

Apr 7, 2025

The Catholic Education Foundation president told CNA he plans to make the organization last for generations by growing its resources through a $100 million campaign.

A fishing boat returns to Bridlington Harbor after a day at sea on Jan. 31, 2025, in Bridlington, England. Bridlington is the leading shellfish port in Europe.

Catholic sea ministry calls for regulators to promote human rights, labor protections

Apr 7, 2025

Stella Maris, a U.K.-based Catholic seafarers ministry, is calling on regulatory authorities to push for better labor conditions for workers in the seafood and fishing industries.

Pope Francis at the Jubilee of the Sick in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, April 6, 2025, wearing nasal cannulas for supplemental oxygen as he continues recovering from bilateral pneumonia.

The sickbed as a holy place: Pope Francis reflects on his own illness at Jubilee of Sick

Apr 6, 2025

In a moving homily read by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the pontiff described how suffering can become “a place of encounter” with God.

From left to right: Alexandro Jurado, known as VoiceofReason on social media; Desirae Sifuentes, known as UncatechizedCatholic on Instagram; speaker and content creator Emily Wilson; and Kira Andrea, also known as Mercy Divine Music.

4 digital content creators discuss their role in the Church’s mission of evangelization

Apr 6, 2025

CNA spoke to a handful of digital evangelists about their work and their use of digital media to spread the Gospel. 

St. Moses the Black, a fourth-century saint who left a life of crime and became a monk.

New movie to depict story of fourth-century saint through modern-day gangland drama

Apr 6, 2025

“Moses the Black,” a film about a fourth-century monk who became a revered saint in both the east and west, is scheduled to begin production later this year.

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A liturgical procession outside the Freiburg Cathedral on Nov. 17, 2024.

German diocese allows use of ‘gender star’ symbol in messaging for certain ministries

Apr 5, 2025

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week.

The Valley of the Fallen.

Tallest cross in the world will remain despite Spanish ‘resignification’ project

Apr 5, 2025

The 492-foot cross at the Valley of the Fallen, the world’s tallest, will remain standing.

Papal nuncio Cardinal Christophe Pierre (center) leads a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA’s new advocacy office on Capitol Hill on Friday, April 4, 2025.

Papal nuncio blesses new St. Vincent de Paul Society advocacy office on Capitol Hill

Apr 5, 2025

Cardinal Christophe Pierre attended the ceremony and blessed the office, calling on the Holy Spirit to “ignite the talents and gifts of everyone present.”

St. Veronica.

St. Peter’s Basilica to exhibit Veronica’s Veil on April 6

Apr 5, 2025

On Sunday, April 6, the fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica will display the revered “Veronica’s Veil.”

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