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Participants of the March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2022.

March for Life 2023 theme announced: ‘Next Steps: Marching in a Post-Roe America’

Oct 13, 2022

By Edie Heipel

The 2023 theme for the annual March for Life was announced Thursday in preparation for the first march after the... Read more

British police (file photo)

UK social media arrest: One minute Catholic mom was roasting chicken, the next she was off to jail

Oct 13, 2022

By Madeleine Teahan

Caroline Farrow says “gender-critical” Catholics have become “soft targets” for LGBTQ crackdowns in the U.K. Read more

An FBI agent stands outside the Houck residence in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 23, 2022. Mark Houck was arrested that day and charged with assaulting a Planned Parenthood escort outside an Philadelphia abortion clinic on Oct. 13, 2021.

Lawmakers request information from FBI about pro-life arrests, indictments

Oct 12, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, more than three dozen Republican lawmakers asked why the bureau appears to... Read more

Logo of the Collège des médecins du Québec

Quebec medical group advocates euthanasia for severely ill infants

Oct 12, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

Pro-life groups and disability advocates are aghast after a prominent medical body told parliament that severely ill or malformed infants... Read more

The Church of the Resurrection in Lansing, Michigan, was vandalized with pro-abortion and anti-Catholic graffiti on Oct. 8, 2022.

VIDEO: Pro-abortion vandals caught in the act of spray-painting Michigan church 

Oct 12, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

The three individuals can be seen approaching the Church of the Resurrection in Lansing on foot and spray-painting graffiti on... Read more

A Nebraska television station fired Melanie Standiford, its news director and co-anchor, after she collected signatures for a pro-life petition aimed at making her hometown of Curtis a sanctuary city for the unborn.

Christian newscaster fired for circulating pro-life petition speaks out

Oct 12, 2022

By Edie Heipel

A Nebraska TV station fired its news director and co-anchor after she collected signatures for a pro-life petition aimed at... Read more

Migrants in Mexico

The Catholic Church’s first point of assistance for migrants arriving in Mexico

Oct 12, 2022

By Ana Paula Morales

Tapachula sees the greatest influx of migrants from other countries heading north and is the Church’s first point of assistance... Read more

“Mother Teresa: No Greater Love” and “Saint Michael: Meet the Angel” are both back in theaters by popular demand.

Two Catholic movies back in theaters for encores after stellar showings

Oct 12, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

American moviegoers will be able to see “Saint Michael: Meet the Angel” in theaters Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 and... Read more

Rain did not deter the hundreds of men gathered as part of the Men's Rosary in Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 8, 2022, to pray the rosary for the victims of abortion.

Hundreds of men pray the rosary in the rain in Bogotá, Colombia

Oct 12, 2022

By Eduardo Berdejo

Hundreds of men gathered Oct. 8 in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes in Bogotá, Colombia, to... Read more

Pope Francis on Oct. 12, 2022

Amid claim of coming ‘Asian millennium,’ Pope Francis tells bishops to discern Holy Spirit

Oct 12, 2022

By AC Wimmer

Pope Francis on Wednesday called on Asia’s Catholic bishops, currently gathered in Thailand, to discern what the Holy Spirit is... Read more

Cardinal Roger Etchegaray speaks with CNA in Rome on Oct. 17, 2014.

A ‘simple note’ of Vatican II that inspired a great story

Oct 12, 2022

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Few remember today, 60 years after Vatican II, that one of the outcomes of that monumental event was the Council... Read more

Pope Francis speaking on St. Peter's Square, Vatican, Oct. 12, 2022.

Pope Francis: Desire points our discernment in the right direction

Oct 12, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

At his public audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis spoke about the role desire plays in spiritual discernment, comparing it to... Read more

Some of the statues that were destroyed in São Mateus church in the town of São Mateus do Sul located in Paraná state in southern Brazil, Oct. 10, 2022.

Catholic church in Brazil desecrated and 28 statues of saints destroyed

Oct 11, 2022

By CNA Staff

The attack took place Oct. 10 around noon in São Mateus church in the town of São Mateus do Sul... Read more

Holy Name Cathedral in Steubenville, Ohio.

Steubenville diocese faces prospect of union with Columbus with ‘fortitude’

Oct 11, 2022

By Carl Bunderson

Bishop Jeffrey Monforton of Steubenville, Ohio, announced in a message to the diocese on Tuesday that a merger of the... Read more

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YouTube adds abortion info to Catholic, pro-life videos

Oct 11, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

The move means many YouTube videos about Pope Francis, Catholic teaching on abortion, and alternatives to abortion now include links... Read more

Tulsi Gabbard speaks in Des Moines, Iowa, August 2019.

Tulsi Gabbard leaves Democratic Party, cites ‘wokeness’ and hostility to ‘people of faith’

Oct 11, 2022

By Edie Heipel

The former congresswoman and presidential candidate said she could no longer abide the party’s infringement on the freedom of speech... Read more

Pope John XXIII’s coronation

What was Vatican II all about? 10 quotes from St. John XXIII’s opening speech

Oct 11, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

The pope convened Vatican II with the aim of responding to the challenges of the day and finding new ways... Read more

Pope Francis presides at a memorial Mass of St. John XXIII, which also marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, at St. Peter's Basilica on Oct. 11, 2022.

Pope Francis on Vatican II anniversary: ‘May the Church be overcome with joy’

Oct 11, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

The pope's Mass Tuesday marked the 60th anniversary of the day the Second Vatican Council was opened by St. John... Read more

Vatican II in session, circa 1962-1965

Vatican II at 60: A timeline of key moments

Oct 11, 2022

By AC Wimmer

Oct. 11 marks the 60th anniversary of a monumental event in the history of the Catholic Church: the gathering in... Read more

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Marijuana legalization is on the ballot in five states. What should Catholics think?

Oct 11, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

Catholic bishops in several of those states have urged voters to reject ballot measures that would legalize marijuana. Read more