The Maryland State House in Annapolis. / Credit: Glynnis Jones/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 19, 2025 / 13:10 pm (CNA). The Maryland Senate passed a bill Monday that would allow $25 million in funding to go toward abortions. The grant program is designed to fund abortions for women whose insurance does not cover the procedure, using…
Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 19, 2025 / 11:55 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday said doubts and uncertainties are not a reason to fear for those who seek Jesus’ guidance throughout…
Catholics attend the Mass and episcopal ordination of two new bishops in St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 17, 2021. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN/Vatican Pool CNA Newsroom, Mar 19, 2025 / 09:25 am (CNA). Writing from Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis emphasized the role of hope in vocational discernment in his message for the 62nd World Day of…
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Catholics for Catholics held its first event at Mar-a-Lago in 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of John Yep Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2025 / 08:45 am (CNA). Nearly 100 members of the Catholic clergy are expected to be among those praying for President Donald Trump and the country during a Catholics for Catholics event at…
Image of St. John Paul II. / Credit: Adrian Tusar/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 19, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Lent is not only a time of self denial but also of transformation. Six saints and blesseds have offered the following profound reflections on how to live this time authentically through fasting and conversion of…
Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor of Port-au-Prince. / Credit: Salesian Priests of Haiti ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Max Leroy Mésidor, asked the international community for help to save the lives of Haitians in the face of the wave of violence that continues to affect the…
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For years I had been intrigued by references to Carmelite saints, especially Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross. But I had never attempted any serious exploration of their writings until I retired from a 25-year career in correctional and forensic psychiatry. In 2020, I relocated from Durham, North Carolina, to be near my…
