Catholic Charities urges Trump administration to ‘rethink’ freeze on NGO funding
28 January 2025
The president of Catholic Charities USA has urged the Trump Administration to “rethink” its pause on federal funding for executive departments, noting the “millions of…
U.S. bishops’ pro-life chair commends Trump on anti-abortion measures
28 January 2025
The chairman of the bishops’ pro-life committee commended President Donald Trump for his executive order to end Biden administration policies that used taxpayer dollars to…
Pakistan sentences 4 men to death for alleged blasphemy on the internet
28 January 2025
A Pakistani court has sentenced four young men to death for allegedly posting blasphemous content against Islam on social media, a prosecuting attorney said Jan.…
Republicans introduce bill to protect parents’ rights
28 January 2025
Republican members of Congress have introduced a bill to protect parental rights “to direct the upbringing, education, and health care of their children.” Introduced by U.S.…
Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios of Albania dies at 95 following illness
28 January 2025
Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos of Albania, 95, died on Jan. 25 in Greece due to a recent illness. He led the Albanian Orthodox Church for…
Trump signs order barring transgender-identifying soldiers from military service
28 January 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to end “radical gender ideology” in the military, reversing former President Joe Biden’s directive that allowed soldiers…
Elon Musk’s brother pitches jubilee year drone show in Rome
28 January 2025
Kimbal Musk, entrepreneur and younger brother of Elon Musk, met with Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri over the weekend to propose a drone-based musical light show…
Editor of Pope Francis’ autobiography: ‘He gave absolute freedom, without red lines’
28 January 2025
“Hope is the mainstay that undergirds Pope Francis’ entire life and is the thread that holds together this long narrative, even in the pages in…
Vatican recognizes martyrdom of Spanish missionaries in Georgia
28 January 2025
The Dicastery of the Causes of Saints has promulgated a decree recognizing that five Spanish Franciscans were killed “in odium fidei” (“in hatred of the…
American theologian promoted by Pope Francis calls for focus on Scripture, evangelization
28 January 2025
In an interview with CNA, Professor Mary Healy of Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Michigan discussed her Jan. 11 appointment by Pope Francis to the…
Catholics to gather for annual New York Encounter next month: ‘There’s nothing like it’
28 January 2025
Over the course of three days next month, Catholics from the U.S. and abroad will gather in the heart of New York City for a…
Catholic bioethicist weighs in on scientific effort to create life from scratch
28 January 2025
For years, scientists have sought to understand how a collection of chemicals that are not themselves alive — in the case of humans, inanimate organic…
PHOTOS: Challenges and triumphs: The custos of the Holy Land reflects on 9 years
28 January 2025
Franciscan Father Francesco Patton’s nine-year tenure as custos of the Holy Land began unexpectedly in 2016 when he found himself “redirected” — as he put…
What would Thomas Aquinas make of AI?
28 January 2025
What would Thomas Aquinas think of artificial intelligence (AI), and what does a large language model think of Thomas Aquinas? According to one German theologian,…
New Vatican document says AI should lead to ‘a renewed appreciation of all that is human’
28 January 2025
The Vatican on Tuesday released a new “note” addressing the ethical and anthropological implications of artificial intelligence (AI), highlighting distinctions between human and artificial intelligence…
80 years later: Remembering the Catholic martyrs killed in Auschwitz during World War II
27 January 2025
On Jan. 27, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp in Poland, Catholics everywhere remembered the holy men and women…
Trump Department of Justice says it will end ‘weaponization’ of FACE Act against pro-lifers
27 January 2025
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) will end the “weaponization” of a federal law that led to the imprisonment of pro-life activists, according to…
Miami archbishop joins hundreds of motorcyclists for annual fundraising ride
27 January 2025
The Archdiocese of Miami on Sunday hosted its 13th annual “Archbishop’s Motorcycle Ride,” a fundraising event with Archbishop Thomas Wenski leading a parade of bikers at the helm…
At Evangelical Catholic conference, clergy, layman recognized for exemplary apostolic work
27 January 2025
The Evangelical Catholic, an apostolate dedicated to helping transform laypeople into intentional disciple-makers for Jesus, celebrated its Priests for an Apostolic Age conference in San…
Prominent cardinal denies allegations of sexual abuse that led to disciplinary measures
27 January 2025
The director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, confirmed on Sunday the disciplinary measures that were taken in 2019 against Cardinal Juan Luis…
80 years after Auschwitz’s liberation: ‘I ask you only to remember’
27 January 2025
Jan. 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Each year, the camp survivors are fewer in number, and as their testimony and…