CNA Staff

CNA Staff

The Catholic News Agency (CNA) Staff are a team of journalists dedicated to reporting news concerning the Catholic Church around the world. Our bureaus are located in Denver, Washington, and Rome. We have sister language agencies in Kenya, Germany, Peru, Brazil, and Italy. CNA is a service of EWTN News. You can contact us at news@catholicna.com with questions.

Articles by CNA Staff

EWTN’s ChurchPOP continues expansion with new Hungarian edition 

Jun 28, 2024 / 16:10 pm

On June 27, the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and patroness of the platform, ChurchPOP officially launched content in the Hungarian language.

Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More: following God’s law above all else

Jun 22, 2024 / 04:00 am

On the feast of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, CNA presents a question-and-answer lowdown on their lives and legacies.

How Padre Pio overcame suffering with hope

May 25, 2024 / 04:00 am

On the birthday of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, we remember what one of the last journalists to interview him said about the saint.

Everything you need to know about Pentecost

May 19, 2024 / 04:00 am

This weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year, which concludes the Easter season. 

How the ‘miracle of the sun’ in Fátima helped to end an atheist regime

May 13, 2024 / 04:00 am

Oct. 13, 1917, marked the last Marian apparition in Fátima, a day on which thousands of people bore witness to the miracle of the dancing sun.

Louisiana parishioners stop teen armed with rifle from entering first Communion Mass

May 12, 2024 / 13:10 pm

Quick action by alert parishioners and local police are credited with averting a tragedy at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, yesterday.

The miracle that led to the canonization of St. Damien De Veuster

May 10, 2024 / 09:08 am

In 2008, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints ruled that a Hawaiian woman’s cure from cancer was a miracle linked to her prayers to Father Damien De Veuster.

Divine Mercy novena begins on Good Friday

Mar 29, 2024 / 04:00 am

The Divine Mercy novena can be said at any time of the year, but it is especially said over the course of nine days beginning on Good Friday.

Here’s what the Holy Thursday Seven Churches Visitation devotion is all about

Mar 27, 2024 / 08:00 am

The devotion involves traveling to seven local churches after the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on the evening of Holy Thursday.

How to obtain a plenary indulgence during Holy Week 2024

Mar 23, 2024 / 05:00 am

A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus to remove temporal punishment due to sin.

Attack on Coptic monastery in South Africa takes lives of three monks

Mar 13, 2024 / 14:30 pm

The Coptic Orthodox Church announced that three monks were attacked and murdered Tuesday in the Coptic monastery in South Africa.

What is inclusive language and why is it dangerous?

Mar 3, 2024 / 08:00 am

Inclusive language has been identified as “one of the tools” of gender ideology, a school of thought that has been repeatedly criticized by the Catholic Church. 

In mourning, actor Gary Sinise extols his son’s musical legacy, love of the Catholic faith

Feb 29, 2024 / 18:00 pm

Gary Sinise, the Catholic actor who played Lt. Dan in the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump,” announced the death of his 33-year-old son Mac, the victim of a rare form of cancer.

Catholic chapel where two men celebrated ‘marriage’ now subject to deconsecration

Feb 28, 2024 / 18:28 pm

The private Catholic chapel where two Spanish men celebrated their civil “marriage” last weekend is subject to “canonical effects” and deconsecration.

The little-known story of when the Masons tried to kill Don Bosco

Jan 31, 2024 / 04:00 am

History notes how much the Freemasons hated St. John Bosco — whose feast the Church celebrates Jan. 31 — but less is known about their attempts to kill him.

Ugandan priest named diocesan administrator of Louisiana diocese following death of bishop

Jan 26, 2024 / 07:15 am

Father Simon-Peter Engurait has been chosen as diocesan administrator of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana.

PHOTOS: The best signs seen at the 2024 March for Life

Jan 19, 2024 / 13:45 pm

Thousands of marchers turned out in spite of snow and freezing temperatures.

What Pope Benedict XVI said about St. Hilary of Poitiers

Jan 13, 2024 / 04:00 am

St. Hilary of Poitiers, who was named a doctor of the Church, battled against the Arian heresy that Jesus was not divine.

The history of the Epiphany: Here’s what you need to know

Jan 7, 2024 / 04:00 am

The feast of the Epiphany is even older than the feast of Christmas and enjoys its own season, which goes all the way until Feb. 2.

Pope Francis celebrates 54 years as a priest

Dec 13, 2023 / 10:00 am

On Dec. 13, 1969, just four days before his 33rd birthday, Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio — who today is Pope Francis — was ordained a priest.