Catholic News

The Latest

The Haemi Catholic Martyrs’ Shrine near Seosan, South Korea.

South Korean shrine celebrates designation as international pilgrimage site

Jan 14, 2022

By CNA Staff

Haemi Catholic Martyrs’ Shrine is the second Korean site to receive the honor. Read more

Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J., pictured on March 3, 2012.

Vatican astronomer: ‘Trust the science’ does not convince those who most need to be convinced

Jan 14, 2022

By CNA Staff

Brother Guy Consolmagno said the phrase left him ‘puzzled.’ Read more

Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jullundur, who was acquitted of charges of the rape of a nun Jan. 14, 2022.

Catholic bishop in India cleared of charges of raping a nun

Jan 14, 2022

By CNA Staff

A bishop charged with the repeated rape of a nun over the course of two years was acquitted by a... Read more

null

Report: 1 in 5 Irish priests and brothers have died in the past three years

Jan 14, 2022

By CNA Staff

The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference was unable to confirm the figure. Read more

Vandalism on a door of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colo., Oct. 10, 2021.

Alleged vandal faces hate crime charge after major damage to Denver's Catholic cathedral

Jan 13, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

A 26-year-old woman has turned herself in on two charges related to some $10,000 in vandalism damage to Denver’s Cathedral... Read more

The flag of Chile.

Religious, pro-life groups make proposals for Chilean constitutional convention

Jan 13, 2022

By Giselle Vargas

Chile's Constitutional Convention has created a digital platform for citizens to make proposals for issues they consider must be debated... Read more

null

Citing abortion views, DC restaurant boots pro-life group

Jan 13, 2022

By Katie Yoder

Saying it “stands firmly” in support of legalized abortion, a Washington, D.C. restaurant has canceled a pro-life group’s booking for... Read more

President Joe Biden announces the vaccine mandate at the White House on Sept. 9, 2021

Supreme Court halts Biden vaccine-or-test policy for businesses, allows mandate for health care workers

Jan 13, 2022

By Shannon Mullen, Katie Yoder

The Supreme Court has blocked President Joe Biden's sweeping vaccine-or-test mandate for private sector businesses, while allowing a new federal... Read more

Pope Francis opens the Holy Doors at St. Peter's Basilica to begin the Year of Mercy, Dec. 8, 2015.

Vatican unveils motto for 2025 Jubilee Year

Jan 13, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Preparations are already underway in Rome for the 2025 Jubilee, a special year of grace and pilgrimage in the Catholic... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on May 1, 2020, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker.

Pope Francis: There is an urgent need for ‘spiritual fatherhood’ today

Jan 13, 2022

By Courtney Mares

The pope discussed his devotion to St. Joseph in an interview with L’Osservatore Romano. Read more

Pope Francis meets a delegation of the French Catholic Action movement at the Vatican, Jan. 13, 2021.

Pope Francis: Synodality is not a ‘search for majority consensus’

Jan 13, 2022

By CNA Staff

The pope was speaking to French Catholic Action groups. Read more

The Vatican Museums.

New COVID-19 rules for visitors to Vatican Museums

Jan 13, 2022

By CNA Staff

The museums are a major source of revenue for the Holy See. Read more

null

Former priest withdraws pleas over child sex abuse after judge's rejection of sentencing agreement

Jan 12, 2022

By Christine Rousselle

Gary Berthiaume, a former priest, withdrew his guilty pleas after being sentenced to spend up to 15 years in prison... Read more

Catholic journalists are called to report the truth with "a consuming passion for excellence," veteran journalist and scholar Francis X. Maier says.

Francis X. Maier: Catholic journalists called to report the truth with 'a consuming passion for excellence'

Jan 12, 2022

By Francis X. Maier

"A core Catholic audience persists that’s thirsty for good writing, clear thinking, true information, and encouragement," journalist and scholar Francis... Read more

Fr. David Hudgins, a priest of the Diocese of Lansing who died in a car accident Jan. 3, 2022.

The Final Dispatch of Father Hudgins, a Lansing priest who died in a road accident

Jan 12, 2022

By CNA Staff

Father David Hudgins, a priest of the Diocese of Lansing, penned an article for publication in his parish bulletin shortly... Read more

The Golden Dome at the University of Notre Dame, one of the 16 colleges named in a lawsuit accusing them of illegally conspiring to reduce financial aid.

Lawsuit alleges Notre Dame, Georgetown among universities rigging financial aid

Jan 12, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

The University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University are among 16 elite private universities and colleges facing a federal lawsuit... Read more

Father Peter Harman, rector of the North American College seminary in Rome, in a 2017 photo.

Rector agrees to delay departure from Rome’s North American College

Jan 12, 2022

By CNA Staff

Father Peter Harman will now stay until the end of June. Read more

Nigerian Cardinal John Onaiyekan speaks at the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 9, 2021.

‘We all weep for these victims’: Nigerian cardinal responds after gunmen kill 200 people

Jan 12, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Cardinal Onaiyekan said: ‘They attack farmers’ fields, kill farmers and no one says anything.’ Read more

The coat of arms of Austria and Vienna on the Albertine choir roof of St. Stephen’s Cathedral.

Austria’s Catholic Church reports decline in membership, rise in income

Jan 12, 2022

By CNA Staff

A total of 72,055 people formally left the Church in Austria in 2021. Read more

Pope Francis listens as Sister Marije Kaleta speaks in Tirana’s St. Paul Cathedral, Albania, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014.

Catholic nun who secretly baptized babies under communism dies at 92

Jan 12, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Sister Marije Kaleta risked her life to take Communion to the sick and dying. Read more