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Cardinal Sean O'Malley.

O’Malley sent concerns about NY priest to apostolic nuncio after NY Times report

Dec 29, 2018

The Archbishop of Boston this month forwarded to the pope’s U.S. representative concerns sent to him about a New York... Read more

The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

This 'pilgrim grandmother' walked 570 miles to pray for families

Dec 29, 2018

Emma Morosini has been called the “pilgrim grandmother.”  Earlier this month, at the age of 94, she earned that nickname... Read more

A participant in the CRS/Special Olympics program for disabled children in Vietnam.

How CRS is changing life for disabled children in Vietnam

Dec 29, 2018

By Kate Veik

Life used to be very isolated for Ho Ngoc Linh, an 11-year-old girl living in central Vietnam.  Read more

St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

NY archdiocese issued suitability letter for priest under abuse investigation

Dec 28, 2018

By Ed Condon

The Archdiocese of New York told a California college this month that a local priest had never been accused of... Read more

Caption- James Grein speaks at the Silence Stops Now rally in Baltimore, Nov. 13, 2018.

McCarrick abused youth during confession, lawyer charges

Dec 28, 2018

By JD Flynn

A man who says he was serially sexually abused by Archbishop Theodore McCarrick testified Thursday as part of a Vatican... Read more

Empty cradle, empty pews? What the low birth rate means for Catholics

Dec 28, 2018

By Kevin J. Jones

Demographic reports indicate that the U.S. birth rate is at a 40-year low, with significant declines among Hispanic women. That... Read more

Guangzhou/China - August 16 2018: Grotto of Our Lady at Sha Mian Tang church in Shamian Island.

'God has become my light' A Chinese teen’s conversion story

Dec 28, 2018

By Courtney Mares

At the age of 14, Yuan made the decision to become a Catholic. “I found a freedom that I had... Read more

Fr. Juan Pablo Aroztegi is ordained July 2 by Bishop José Ignacio Munilla.

Questions from agnostic friend lead Spanish man to the priesthood

Dec 27, 2018

Fr. Juan Pablo Aroztegi became the youngest priest in the diocese of San Sebastian, Spain, when he was ordained last... Read more

Students at Christ the King Prep, Newark.  Courtesy photo

Cristo Rey Network puts low-income students to work--and on to college

Dec 27, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

As urban Catholic schools nationwide are closing their doors, it may come as a surprise that the Catholic Cristo Rey... Read more

St. Mary Mackillop and the miraculous bookstore rescue

Dec 27, 2018

When your business runs out of money and you need a miracle, whom do you call? The Catholic Church, apparently.  Read more

Smartphones are driving a rise in teen sexting

Dec 26, 2018

By Mary Farrow

Teen sex may be down, but widespread access to smartphones is driving an increase in teen sexting, recent research has... Read more

United States Capitol.

DC Knights of Columbus respond to senators' criticism

Dec 26, 2018

By Perry West

A Washington, DC council of the Knights of Columbus has invited two U.S. senators to join them in charitable service,... Read more

Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square circa 1978.

How St. John Paul II began his papacy, 40 years ago

Dec 26, 2018

St. John Paul II used the occasion of his first homily as pope to offer a fervent prayer that God... Read more

 The former KGB prison now a museum in the city of Vilnius.

Meet the Jesuit who survived the KGB

Dec 26, 2018

By Andrea Gagliarducci

When Pope Francis visited a former KGB building in Vilnius, Lithuania Sept. 23, Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevicius was the only bishop... Read more

CNA's Hannah Brockhaus at Midnight Mass in the Cathedral of St. George in Beirut.

Midnight Mass in Beirut

Dec 25, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

CNA's Hannah Brockhaus reports on celebrating Christmas at Midnight Mass in Beirut, Lebanon.  Read more

Pope Francis gives the Christmas "Urbi et Orbi" blessing Dec. 25, 2018.

Pope’s Christmas Wish: Peace & brotherhood in world’s conflicts

Dec 25, 2018

By Courtney Mares

On Christmas, Pope Francis prayed for peace and renewed brotherhood in Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and other parts of the... Read more

Crucifix.

Where is Jesus in the midst of the Church's sex abuse crisis?

Dec 24, 2018

By Courtney Mares

Fr. Thomas Berg is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, a former Legionary of Christ, and professor of... Read more

What went wrong in the Sexual Revolution? This documentary takes a look

Dec 23, 2018

The story of a donor-conceived woman. The Sexual Revolution of the 1960s. The development of birth control. And a papal... Read more

How an abortion clinic became a medical center for the poor

Dec 23, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

Three years ago, a medical office in Manassas, Virginia was one of the area’s largest abortion clinics.  Today, it is... Read more

Young Chaldean Catholics refugees from Iraq perform a Christmas choral concert in Beirut, Lebanon.

Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic refugees wait to leave Lebanon

Dec 23, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

On the last Saturday before Christmas, a community of Iraqi refugees living in Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut gathered together... Read more