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An anti-Christian slogan graffitied on a Coptic church in Egypt.

Months later, nine Egyptian Christians still detained after protests to rebuild church

Apr 5, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

Months after protests of the government’s apparent refusal to approve the rebuilding of a damaged church, nine Christian protesters in... Read more

Colorado governor Jared Polis speaks at a press conference, June 11, 2020.

Colorado governor signs bill codifying access to abortion, contraception

Apr 5, 2022

By Carl Bunderson

Colorado governor Jared Polis signed a bill into law Monday codifying the right to abortion and contraception in the state.  Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles preaches during a Mass at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in San Gabriel, Calif., April 2, 2022.

Archbishop Gomez encourages pilgrims marking jubilee of Christianity in Los Angeles

Apr 5, 2022

By CNA Staff

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles urged those making a pilgrimage Saturday to mark 250 years of Christianity in the... Read more

Sister Suellen Tennyson, a member of the Congregation of the Marianites of Holy Cross, who was abducted in Burkina Faso April 4, 2022.

American nun abducted in Burkina Faso

Apr 5, 2022

By Jude Atemanke

Prayers are being sought for the safe release of Sister Suellen Tennyson, 83, an American Catholic nun who was reportedly... Read more

Randall Terry (at podium), spokesman for the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, and other members of the pro-life group react to video images and photos of what the group says are the remains of 115 aborted babies it claims to have obtained from the disposed biohazard waste of an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C. The group held a press conference on April 5, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

Pro-life group says it obtained remains of 115 aborted babies discarded by DC clinic

Apr 5, 2022

By Jonah McKeown, Katie Yoder

Anti-abortion activists said Tuesday that they obtained 115 aborted babies from a driver for a medical waste company in late... Read more

Healthcare workers arrive at a check-up camp in Malad, India on June 25, 2020.

Pope Francis’ April prayer intention: For healthcare workers in poor countries

Apr 5, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

Healthcare workers “have given their lives during this pandemic to help so many sick people recover,” Pope Francis said. Read more

Pope Francis with the flag of Lebanon at a general audience at the Vatican, Sept. 2, 2020.

Pope Francis to visit Lebanon in June, says President Aoun

Apr 5, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun announced the papal trip on Twitter. Read more

Nativity School of Worcester, a Jesuit middle school in the diocese of Worcester is risking its Catholic status by refusing to remove a gay pride flag and a Black Lives Matter flag from its flag pole, per the request of the local ordinary, Bishop Robert McManus.

Bishop asks Catholic middle school to take down gay pride, Black Lives Matter flags

Apr 5, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester, Massachusetts, has expressed concerns that flags flying outside a Jesuit-run middle school in support of... Read more

Bishop Georg Bätzing at the closing press conference of the spring plenary meeting of the German bishops’ conference.

German Catholic bishops’ leader replies to Nordic bishops’ ‘Synodal Way’ critique

Apr 5, 2022

By CNA Staff

The Nordic bishops cautioned against ‘capitulation to the Zeitgeist.’ Read more

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster speaks with a police officer outside Westminster Cathedral in London, Nov. 9, 2021.

English police guidelines change after Catholic MP dies without Last Rites

Apr 4, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

Police guidelines in the U.K. have changed to allow clergy to assist badly injured crime victims after Catholic MP David... Read more

A red-brick row house (C) is seen where DC Metro Police said they found five fetuses inside where anti-abortion activists were living earlier this week in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on April 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. Nine people, some of whom lived or stayed in the house, were indicted Wednesday on federal civil rights counts, with prosecutors alleging that they violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act when they blockaded an abortion clinic with chain and rope in 2020. Authorities do not know how the fetuses were obtained or how they got into the home where anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy was staying before she was arrested.

Pro-life group calls for investigation into the deaths of five aborted babies found in DC apartment

Apr 4, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

A pro-life group is calling for the Washington D.C. medical examiner to perform autopsies on five aborted fetuses whose bodies... Read more

U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson (C) meets staff members of Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) (R) on Capitol Hill April 04, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Senate Judiciary Committee is meeting today to hold a vote on the nomination of Jackson. If approved by the committee, the full Senate is expected to vote later this week.

Full Senate preparing to vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to Supreme Court

Apr 4, 2022

By Katie Yoder

The full Senate is expected to vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court later this week after... Read more

The Peruvian Amazon.

Argentine missionaries to be sent to evangelize in the Peruvian Amazon

Apr 4, 2022

By Giselle Vargas

A nun and a priest are the first to be sent on a missionary project from Argentina to the Peruvian... Read more

Police markers are placed in the street on the corner of 10th and L street at the scene of a shooting that occurred in the early morning hours on April 3, 2022 in Sacramento, California.

Bishop urges 'common task of healing' after Sacramento shooting

Apr 4, 2022

By CNA Staff

Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento encouraged city residents to engage in the work of communal healing and helping after a... Read more

The March for Women and Life in Toledo, Spain, April 2, 2022.

Thousands participate in Spanish pro-life march

Apr 4, 2022

By Diego López Marina

More than 1,000 people made their way through the streets of Toledo, Spain on Saturday to recall and publicly defend... Read more

Pope Francis and Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk.

Major archbishop hopes Pope Francis will visit Kyiv ‘as soon as possible’

Apr 4, 2022

By CNA Staff

The pope has said that a visit is “on the table.” Read more

Pope Francis addresses bishops of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church at the Vatican on Oct. 3, 2019.

Pope Francis asks opponents of Syro-Malabar uniform liturgy to take ‘painful step’ of accepting change

Apr 4, 2022

By CNA Staff

Protests against the change have included a hunger strike by priests and the burning of effigies of cardinals. Read more

The aftermath of the Russian occupation of Bucha, Ukraine.

Ukrainian Catholic leader denounces ‘horrific war crimes’ in Bucha

Apr 4, 2022

By CNA Staff

Major Archbishop Shevchuk said: ‘Europe only saw such scenes in the liberation from the Nazis.’ Read more

Cardinal Turkson at the Vatican Press Office.

Pope Francis gives new Vatican role to Cardinal Turkson

Apr 4, 2022

By CNA Staff

The pope accepted Turkson’s resignation as head of Vatican’s social development office in December. Read more

Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference from Malta, April 3, 2022.

Full text: Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference from Malta

Apr 3, 2022

By Pope Francis

The pope spoke at the end of his two-day visit to the Mediterranean country. Read more

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More than 400 priests, bishops, and cardinals concelebrated a Mass with Pope Francis to open the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 2, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square.

Live updates: The Synod on Synodality debates the Catholic Church’s future

Pope Francis holds his rosary beads during a rosary prayer for peace at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome on Oct. 6, 2024.

Pope Francis prays rosary for peace on eve of first anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for his Angelus reflection on Oct. 6, 2024.

Pope Francis urges married couples to ‘be open to life’

Pope Francis creates new cardinals at a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 5, 2019.

Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including archbishops of Tehran and Toronto

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The Maronite Catholic eparch of Batroun, Bishop Mounir Khairallah, attends a Synod on Synodality press conference on Oct. 5, 2024, at the Vatican.

Lebanese bishop makes impassioned plea for peace at synod briefing

Mark Houck and other pro-life activists share the severe suffering they have experienced due to the pro-abortion policies of the Biden-Harris administration at the Pray Vote Stand Summit in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.

Panelists at Pray Vote Stand Summit slam government’s pro-abortion agenda

Among the various ceremonies at the inauguration of the first female Mexican president, Claudia Scheinbaum, in the capital city’s Constitution Plaza — commonly known as Zócalo — a group of Indigenous women performed a “sacred ceremony.”

Cardinal, exorcists have differing takes on ‘cleansing’ ritual performed on Mexican president 

Devout Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie, known for his role as Jesus Christ in "The Chosen," is an executive producer and narrator of the new film "Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story."

Actor Jonathan Roumie calls Father Flanagan’s mission portrayed in new film ‘timeless’

The tomb of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938) in Łagiewniki, Poland.

10 quotes on suffering and humility from the diary of St. Faustina Kowalska

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