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Catholic gifts and ideas to celebrate Valentine’s Day 2022

Feb 1, 2022

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

As we approach Valentine’s Day, we’ve compiled a list of Catholic based gifts for the special someone in your life.... Read more

Kamloops Indian Residential School, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Indigenous leaders to meet with Pope Francis in March

Feb 1, 2022

By Christine Rousselle

Pope Francis will meet with a delegation from Canada the last week of March, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops,... Read more

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo in London, England, on May 12, 2016. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Cardinal Bo: Myanmar has endured an ‘extended Way of the Cross’

Feb 1, 2022

By Courtney Mares

“The whole of Myanmar is a war zone,” Cardinal Bo said. Read more

Pope Francis meets religious sisters at a general audience on Jan. 19, 2022.

Pope Francis tells religious sisters to fight back when mistreated by 'men of the Church'

Feb 1, 2022

By Courtney Mares

The pope's prayer intention for the month of February is for religious sisters and consecrated women. Read more

St. Brigid of Kildare building the Church of the Oak, detail from a window of St Etheldreda's church in London.

Public holiday marking St Brigid's feast established in Ireland

Feb 1, 2022

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The feast of St. Brigid of Kildare, Ireland’s female patron saint, will be a public holiday in the Republic of... Read more

St. Valentine’s skull in the minor basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, Italy. Photo credits: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

The Rome church where you can venerate St. Valentine’s skull

Feb 1, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

When most people think of romantic love, a third-century skull crowned with flowers probably does not spring to mind --... Read more

An overturned van which was carrying pilgrims to the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan de Los Lagos, Jan. 29, 2022.

Mexican bishops pray for 13 pilgrims killed in road accident 

Jan 31, 2022

By Diego López Marina

The Mexican Bishops Conference expressed its solidarity and offered prayers for the relatives of the 13 pilgrims who died Jan.... Read more

Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington.

2,800 Catholics sign Traditional Latin Mass petition delivered to Arlington bishop

Jan 31, 2022

By Katie Yoder, Christine Rousselle

Nearly 2,800 supporters of the Traditional Latin Mass have signed a petition addressed to Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington. The... Read more

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Catholic Church in France raises $22 million for abuse victims

Jan 31, 2022

By Kate Olivera

The Catholic Church in France has secured more than $22 million in compensation for victims of child sex abuse. Read more

Pope Francis met a delegation from the Italian Revenue Agency on Jan. 31, 2022.

Pope Francis to Italy’s tax agency: Public money should serve the common good

Jan 31, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

“Let us work so that the culture of the common good may grow,” Pope Francis told the Italian Revenue Agency. Read more

Albrecht von Boeselager, Grand Chancellor of the Order of Malta.

After talks, Order of Malta Grand Chancellor says: ‘I am confident that we are now on the right path’

Jan 31, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis instructed the Order of Malta to reform its constitution and religious life in 2017. Read more

Bishop Aloisiô Nguyên Hùng Vi of Kon Tum says a funerary Mass for Fr. Giuse Trần Ngọc Thanh, O.P., at Plei Đôn chapel in Kon Rơbang parish, Vietnam, Jan. 30, 2022.

Dominican priest killed in Vietnam

Jan 30, 2022

By CNA Staff

Father Giuse (Joseph) Trần Ngọc Thanh, O.P., was killed in a knife attack on Saturday. Read more

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Catholic Schools Week 2022: Here's what you need to know

Jan 30, 2022

By CNA Staff

Catholic schools have dramatically impacted the life of the U.S., beginning with that started by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Catholic... Read more

Children participating in a Catholic Action initiative helped to release colorful balloons at the end of the Angelus on Jan. 30, 2022.

Pope Francis: 'The Lord always surprises us'

Jan 30, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis encouraged people to be open to the newness Jesus wants to bring in their daily lives and to... Read more

President Sergio Mattarella enters the Vatican for an audience with Pope Francis on Dec. 16, 2021.

Pope Francis congratulates Italy’s president on re-election

Jan 30, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Sergio Mattarella, 80, was elected for a second seven-year term as Italy's president on Saturday. Read more

Pope Francis welcomes members of the Italian Association of Leather Chemists during an audience in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace on January 29, 2022.

Pope Francis to workers: Turn to St Joseph during Covid-19 pandemic

Jan 29, 2022

By Katie Yoder

Pope Francis encouraged workers to turn to St. Joseph for guidance during the Covid-19 pandemic, during an audience at the... Read more

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Catholic cop wins $75K settlement after suspension for praying at abortion clinic

Jan 29, 2022

By Katie Yoder

The city of Louisville, Ky., is paying a local police officer a $75,000 settlement after he was suspended for praying... Read more

Three women at the 2022 March for Life who have struggled to cope with their decisions to have abortions shared their experiences with CNA. They are (left to right): Shelley, who declined to provide her full name; Jody Duffy, and Leslie Blackwell.

Meet the women with ‘I Regret My Abortion’ signs at the March for Life

Jan 29, 2022

By Katie Yoder

As younger women they made a fateful choice to have abortions. Now they want to share their stories so other... Read more

The entrance to Christ the King Major Seminary in Fayit, Fadan Kagoma, Nigeria, whence three seminarians were abducted Oct. 11, 2021.

Expert urges attention to persecuted Christians as bishops decry Islamist violence in Nigeria

Jan 28, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

Victims of persecution in Nigeria must be listened to, an expert on the persecution of Christians told students at the... Read more

A mural in Derry depicting then-Father Daly leading a group carrying a victim on Bloody Sunday, Jan. 30, 1972.

Bloody Sunday anniversary a time to remember, and forgive, Derry bishop says

Jan 28, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

Fifty years ago, the Bloody Sunday massacre resulted in many reactions: lies, anger, and a misplaced desire to forget the... Read more