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The lethal injection room at California's San Quentin State Prison.

California bishops to visit death row inmates at San Quentin

Mar 7, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

A group of Catholic bishops will visit San Quentin Prison’s death row inmates on Tuesday. Read more

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich celebrates Mass at the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 10, 2021.

Pope Francis adds Hollerich and four other cardinals to his council of advisers

Mar 7, 2023

By Courtney Mares

The Vatican announced March 7 the nine members of the pope’s Council of Cardinals tasked with assisting the pope “in... Read more

Cathedral of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

Mexican bishops condemn police pursuit, violent arrest of migrants on cathedral grounds

Mar 6, 2023

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The Ciudad Juárez Cathedral has long been one of the places where migrants are received, as the city sits on... Read more

Archbishop Jacques Mourad, the new Syrian Catholic archbishop of Homs, Syria.

Syrian Catholic monk once kidnapped by ISIS consecrated archbishop

Mar 6, 2023

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Father Jacques Mourad was consecrated as the new archbishop of Homs, Syria. Read more

First Care, a pro-life pregnancy center in Minneapolis, was vandalized March 3, 2023.

Abortion activists smash windows at Minnesota pregnancy clinic that provides free diapers

Mar 6, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

Vandals smashed the windows of a pro-life pregnancy center in Minneapolis and spray-painted it with graffiti in the middle of... Read more

Undamaged trees surround St. Joseph Church in Vanderburgh County, which lost its roof to a severe storm that moved through the area March 3, 2023.

Wind rips roof off historic Indiana Catholic church

Mar 6, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

Father Gene Schroeder, the church’s pastor, told CNA that the roof came off shortly after a funeral took place in... Read more

Chris Rock performing in 2017

In Netflix special, Chris Rock likens abortion to hiring a hitman, echoing Pope Francis

Mar 6, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

During his March 4 special the comedian, who is known for courting controversy, turned to an issue that most celebrities... Read more

Theodore McCarrick.

McCarrick denies sex abuse charges in telephone interview

Mar 6, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

For the first time since criminal court proceedings began against him, Theodore McCarrick spoke publicly about allegations that he abused... Read more

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International group launches proposal to ban surrogacy worldwide

Mar 6, 2023

By Solène Tadié

A signed document aims to raise global awareness of surrogacy, which the group considers to be a practice that violates... Read more

Pope Francis waves to the crowd in St. Peter's Square on March 5, 2023, during his Sunday Angelus reflection.

Pope Francis: Look for the beauty of Jesus’ transfiguration in everyday life

Mar 5, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

“How many luminous faces, how many smiles, how many wrinkles, how many tears and scars reveal love around us,” the... Read more

Harrison Butker and Cardinal Raymond Burke after Butker broke the Kansas City Chiefs’s field goal record in the 2022-2023 season.

Exclusive: Harrison Butker’s advice on how to be a saint

Mar 5, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is a champion on the field and in the spiritual life. Read more

The campus of the University of Notre Dame.

‘Abortion doula’ at Notre Dame speaker series adds to Catholic concern

Mar 4, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

Critics say the series conflicts with university policy requiring the presentation of Catholic teaching at such events. Read more

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Does ChatGPT get Catholics? Check out this Jesuit/Dominican rap battle

Mar 4, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

CNA digs into ChatGPT’s Catholic arsenal. Read more

The exhibition on "Spain and the Hispanic World" features an opulent vision of the Flight into Egypt by an unknown 18th-century Peruvian artist. The work is from the Hispanic Society of America.

Catholicism makes a comeback in London

Mar 4, 2023

By Lucien de Guise

It’s not often that you see Catholic culture featured at the city’s major museums. Read more

Left to right: Bishop Virgílio Antunes, Portuguese Episcopal Conference vice president; Bishop José Ornelas, conference president; and Father Manuel Barbosa, conference spokesman, during a press conference on March 3, 2023, which was held to discuss steps being taken to halt sexual abuse within the country's Catholic Church.

Portuguese bishops announce steps to end sexual abuse in the Church

Mar 3, 2023

By Clara Raimundo

The bishops of Portugal on Friday began taking concrete steps to respond to a damning investigative report last month. Read more

Map of Nigeria.

Report: Wave of murders after elections in Nigeria forces Catholic diocese staff to evacuate

Mar 3, 2023

By Agnes Aineah

Dozens of people were reportedly killed in attacks on villages in Nigeria’s Benue State Wednesday, a diocesan official said. Read more

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua.

Aid to the Church in Need ‘greatly concerned’ about Nicaraguan bishop sentenced to prison

Mar 3, 2023

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need expressed its concern for the situation of the Church in Nicaragua... Read more

Archbishop José H. Gomez places the Book of Gospels and a cross on the coffin of Bishop David O'Connell before leading a procession at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, in downtown Los Angeles on March 3, 2023.

‘We know that he’s in heaven’: Thousands gather for funeral of Bishop David O’Connell in Los Angeles

Mar 3, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

“Bishop Dave,” as he was affectionately known, was remembered as a “friend of Jesus” and the poor. Read more

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, speaks with EWTN's Raymond Arroyo on "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo" on March 2, 2023.

Bishop Paprocki, Archbishop Naumann speak out in support of Traditional Latin Mass goers in their dioceses

Mar 3, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

The two U.S. prelates spoke on EWTN’s “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” March 2. Read more

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Decline in vocations to the priesthood is worse where priests serve larger flocks, report says

Mar 3, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

The study found that there are fewer new vocations in large dioceses where priests do not have a chance to... Read more