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Senate GOP leader McConnell won’t push for 15-week abortion law, says unlikely to pass
“I don’t think we’ll get 60 votes in the Senate for any kind of national legislation,” the Senate minority leader... Read more
Catholic Answers pulls plug on AI priest ‘Father Justin’
Just days after debuting an AI priest character to overwhelmingly negative reviews, Catholic Answers gave “Father Justin” the virtual heave-ho. Read more
Pennsylvania priest spent $41K in parish funds on cellphone games, police say
According to the parish records, nearly 2,200 transactions were related to a category of spending identified as “gaming.” Read more
Pope Francis to visit Verona for a trip centered on peace and justice
The Holy See Press Office on Monday released the pope’s schedule for the one-day trip scheduled for May 18 on... Read more
Archbishop: Minister to trans-identified people while stressing ‘goodness of human creation’
Archbishop Christopher Coyne of Hartford urged Catholics to minister to transgender-identifying individuals while affirming “the goodness of human creation.” Read more
Sidewalk Advocates for Life celebrates over 22,000 lives saved from abortion
“I wish the country could see what we’re seeing in some of these more pro-life states,” said Sidewalk Advocates for... Read more
Discover the hidden chapel in Rome where St. Catherine of Siena died
Located around the corner from the Pantheon, the tomb of St. Catherine of Siena sits within the high altar of... Read more
Pope Francis’ visit to Venice showcases art as means of encounter, fraternity
Pope Francis had a full slate of events Sunday during his day trip to Venice, Italy, a trip that tied... Read more
Pope Francis arrives in Venice, meets with women inmates and artists
Pope Francis opened his one-day visit to Venice Sunday with a meeting with female inmates where he reaffirmed the importance... Read more
Democratic Republic of Congo bishops: Amid growth of Church ‘the Congolese state is dead’
Catholic bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo have denounced the insecurity and violence... Read more
Catholic movement in Italy dedicated to people ‘far from the Church’
The Ricostruttori community in Italy runs houses of prayer for people who are “drawn to spirituality but far from the... Read more
Florida priest continued in active ministry for three years after sex abuse lawsuit filed
Father Leo Riley, 68, continued to serve as a priest for years after a 2020 sexual abuse lawsuit was filed... Read more
Pope Francis to attend G7 summit to speak on artificial intelligence
The Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations summit is being held in the southern Italian region of Puglia from June... Read more
Pier Giorgio Frassati could be canonized during 2025 Jubilee, cardinal says
Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, announced on April 26 that Frassati’s canonization... Read more
March for the Martyrs raises awareness of persecuted Armenian Christians and more
Marchers are setting out in the nation’s capital on Saturday to call attention to the plight of persecuted Christians throughout... Read more
Regnum Christi: ‘It would have been easy to run and hide,’ but the Church is ‘purifiying’ us
The ecclesial movement was shaken to the core by the revelation of numerous cases of sexual abuse and the abuse... Read more
Analysis: Jesuit sex abuse scandal in Bolivia could be used politically to repress Church
Journalists from ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, traveled to Bolivia to look into the implications of the case of... Read more
Franciscans file petition to stop cable cars from passing over Holy Land Catholic cemetery
The Jerusalem Development Authority is exploring the opportunity to use the piece of land in the cemetery to place a... Read more
‘Little miracle of Lille’: How a candlelight Mass gathers hundreds of young people every week in France
“The good makes no noise,” St. Francis de Sales would say of Lille’s candlelight Mass. Read more
109 years after genocide, Armenia faces another existential threat
Speaking on “EWTN News Nightly,” Simone Rizkallah said “this feels less like a remembrance and more like a truly historical... Read more
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