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After McCarrick resigns, DC archdiocese praises abuse victims' courage

Jul 29, 2018

Alleged abuse victims are “courageously stepping forward” with new claims of abuse by former cardinal and retired Archbishop Theodore McCarrick,... Read more

Pope Francis makes the Sign of the Cross April 18, 2018.

Pope Francis: Faith is measured by one's treatment of the poor

Jul 29, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

The love with which individuals and communities treat the poor, the weak, and the hungry, is the best measure of... Read more

A cardinal's biretta rests on an empty chair.

Texas bishop: hold McCarrick and his enablers accountable

Jul 28, 2018

By Kevin J. Jones

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s alleged crimes might merit removing him from the clergy entirely—and they require accountability for all Church... Read more

Cardinal Donald Wuerl.

Wuerl was not informed about McCarrick settlements, DC letter claims

Jul 28, 2018

A letter sent this week to priests of the Archdiocese of Washington claims that Cardinal Donald Wuerl did not know... Read more

Cardinal McCarrick.

Pope Francis accepts resignation of McCarrick from College of Cardinals

Jul 28, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Saturday Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Theodore McCarrick from the College of Cardinals, suspending him from the rights and... Read more

Blessed Stanley Rother tapestry.

Oklahoma celebrates the first feast day of Blessed Stanley Rother

Jul 27, 2018

By Perry West

On Saturday, parishes across Oklahoma will celebrate the first feast day of the first U.S. born martyr, Blessed Stanley Rother,... Read more

How Fr. Spitzer wants to make Catholicism credible for doubting Millennials

Jul 26, 2018

By Kevin J. Jones

How can Catholics respond to young people’s questions and concerns about faith, science, and modern problems?  Read more

Pope Francis meets with the International Catholic Conference of Guiding at the Vatican, June 26, 2015.

The genius of woman: Women in the world

Jul 26, 2018

This week, CNA says farewell to our summer intern, Lizzy Joslyn. In her final week at CNA this summer, Lizzy... Read more

The Supreme Court Chamber in the Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg.

Pennsylvania AG asks Pope Francis for help releasing grand jury report

Jul 26, 2018

The Pennsylvania Attorney General has appealed to Pope Francis for help in publishing a report on clerical sexual abuse in... Read more

A view of St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican City flag.

What makes the Holy See's diplomacy unique

Jul 25, 2018

By Courtney Mares

At a religious freedom event in Washington, D.C., this week, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States explained how the... Read more

Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

Walking, biking pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe draws 60,000

Jul 25, 2018

By foot and by bicycle, some 60,000 people arrived at the Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City on July 22, for... Read more

Judge Amy Barrett to keynote Catholic legal conference

Jul 25, 2018

Federal appeals judge Amy Barrett, who was on the short-list this month for a possible appointment to the U.S. Supreme... Read more

Pro-life protest outside the Supreme Court.

Poll finding support for Roe is misleading, pro-life group says

Jul 25, 2018

A recent poll suggesting widespread support for Roe v. Wade fails to account for the misinformation surrounding the 1973 Supreme... Read more

On 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, reasons for hope

Jul 25, 2018

Fifty years after Pope Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae, the landmark encyclical reaffirming Church teaching against contraception, many Catholics still... Read more

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.

Cardinal McCarrick reportedly lived on IVE seminary property during retirement

Jul 24, 2018

By Carl Bunderson

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is reported to have lived alongside a Maryland house of formation for members of a religious order... Read more

Sister Maria de Cristo and Sister Maria de Jesus of the Capuchin Poor Clares. Courtesy photo.

The genius of woman: Dignity > Sameness

Jul 24, 2018

John Paul II’s 1995 "Letter to Women" was written to praise and encourage women to embrace the beauty that God... Read more

What #MeToo can learn from ‘Humanae vitae’

Jul 24, 2018

Sex “untethered” from reproduction can mean “whatever individual men decide it means to them, even violence and power,” says law... Read more

Why so serious? Catholic professor talks NFP

Jul 24, 2018

By Perry West

Ramping up to the 50th anniversary of Humanae vitae, a Catholic professor analyzed the encyclical’s guidance on responsible parenthood- discussing... Read more

The consistent pro-life ethic can’t be ‘Calvinball’, prof tells pro-life Dems

Jul 24, 2018

By Kevin J. Jones

Efforts to advance a pro-life ethic need to be “authentic, consistent and beautiful” if they are to combat the “throwaway... Read more

Pope Francis.

Pope sends condolences to victims of tragedies in Laos and Greece

Jul 24, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis Tuesday sent his condolences to victims of wildfires in Greece and flooding caused by the collapse of a... Read more