Francesca Pollio Fenton

Francesca Pollio Fenton

Francesca is the Social Media Manager for Catholic News Agency. She received her degree in Communications with an emphasis in Digital Media from the University of Colorado - Denver.

Articles by Francesca Pollio Fenton

Lila Rose drops mic on ‘Dr. Phil’: ‘If it’s not a human life why do you have to kill it?’

Sep 14, 2022 / 10:06 am

The Live Action founder and president said: “Whether you live 10 minutes or 10 years or a hundred years, you’re human life and you have the right to not be killed.”

Pregnant woman with terminal cancer survives, chooses life

Sep 4, 2022 / 09:00 am

Jessica Hanna, a mother of four, was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer when she was 14 weeks pregnant. Several doctors advised her to have an abortion but she declined, choosing life instead. 

New book provides roadmap to pro-life movement’s future

Aug 27, 2022 / 06:00 am

What do you get when you put a pro-life scholar and a pro-life journalist together to write a book? A guide to the future of the pro-life movement and the truth about abortion. 

This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for August 2022

Aug 4, 2022 / 15:12 pm

Pope Francis has asked the Catholic Church to pray for small businesses during the month of August. 

Bishop comes out in support of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh

Jul 29, 2022 / 10:46 am

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh received a tip of the hat from his own bishop for his pro-life remarks.

Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh tells team members he would help raise their baby in event of unplanned pregnancy 

Jul 26, 2022 / 11:29 am

After receiving criticism on social media and from college football fans for remarks made at a pro-life event, Michigan Wolverines’ football coach Jim Harbaugh elaborated on his stance. 

A look into America’s oldest Carmelite monastery

Jul 21, 2022 / 16:00 pm

Nestled in the farmland of Port Tobacco, Maryland stands the oldest Carmelite monastery in America. Founded in 1790, the Mount Carmel Monastery was the first Catholic convent for religious women in the U.S.

Meet the high school students going door-to-door in defense of life

Jul 18, 2022 / 19:03 pm

Hannah Joerger and Mara Loughman are hoping Kansas voters will approve the Value Them Both amendment on Aug. 2. 

Should we get rid of daylight saving time and use 'God's clock' instead?

Jul 10, 2022 / 13:56 pm

Studies have linked changing the clocks with foggy thinking and an increase in heart attacks.

Parents of young mother considered for sainthood share powerful testimony at World Meeting of Families

Jun 23, 2022 / 16:47 pm

Chiara Corbella Petrillo rejected any form of cancer treatment that posed a risk to her unborn son.

The oldest man in the world is 113 and prays the rosary twice a day

Jun 8, 2022 / 06:15 am

His name is Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, he’s Venezuelan, and is passionate about his faith.

How do we know if we are listening to God's voice, or our own? This author has some advice

May 14, 2022 / 05:04 am

Discernment is hard. How do we know if the voice we’re listening to is God’s, or our own? 

This Catholic doctor provides care for 1 million people in Sudan, South Sudan

Apr 28, 2022 / 14:51 pm

Sudan and South Sudan are countries currently facing several hardships. After the military staged a coup in Sudan six months ago, the country remains in political and economic turmoil. Its neighbor, South Sudan, faces severe food shortages and a rise in violence.

A Catholic priest and a parishioner team up to rescue Ukrainian orphans 

Mar 28, 2022 / 16:00 pm

A Ukrainian Catholic priest, who is married and a father of seven, recently accompanied one of his parishioners on a journey to Ukraine, where they rescued 22 orphans. 

Denver archdiocese: Supposed blood on St Michael statue 'similar to red nail polish'

Mar 24, 2022 / 15:00 pm

After having a chemical analysis performed on swabs used to clean alleged blood from a local woman’s statue of St. Michael the Archangel, the Archdiocese of Denver has determined the red liquid was not blood.

Good news! You can eat a cheeseburger on Friday, March 25. Here’s why

Mar 24, 2022 / 14:30 pm

You probably already are well aware that Catholics are called to abstain from eating meat on all Fridays throughout Lent. But did you know that this requirement is suspended when a solemnity of the Catholic Church falls on a Lenten Friday?

Is blood flowing from a Colorado woman's St Michael statue?

Mar 7, 2022 / 18:00 pm

On Feb. 23, hours before the world would hear that Russia had invaded Ukraine, a statue of St. Michael the Archangel, the patron saint of Kyiv, began to emit a dark liquid which appears to be blood. A video shared on Facebook of the occurrence quickly made headlines. 

Six years ago today these religious sisters died in Yemen

Mar 4, 2022 / 17:10 pm

On March 4, 2018, four Missionaries of Charity were killed by ISIS in Aden, Yemen.

St. Michael the Archangel is the protector of the capital of Ukraine. Here’s why

Mar 4, 2022 / 10:10 am

A statue of Saint Michael the Archangel stands in the center of Kyiv with a shield and a sword and as the protector of the capital of Ukraine and the entire country, now threatened by the invasion of Russia.

Ideas to help you have a fruitful Lent

Feb 28, 2022 / 16:10 pm

Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. We, as Catholics, are called to walk through the desert with Christ for 40 days and 40 nights. The season of Lent is one of the holiest times of the year as we experience the sorrow of the crucifixion on Good Friday, and then rejoice in the risen Lord on Easter Sunday.