null / Credit: ShutterstockProfessional, Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 3, 2025 / 11:37 am (CNA). The Catholic Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, Oct. 31, making it the 41st U.S. diocese to seek court-supervised reorganization in the wake of clergy sexual abuse claims. Bishop Robert Marshall Jr., who has led…
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St. Martin de Porres. / Credit: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Nov 3, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Nov. 3, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Martin de Porres, a Peruvian Dominican brother who lived a life of humble service and charity and became the first Black saint…
The title of our opening lines, taken from an old English pre-Reformation (judging by its theology) ditty, literally means “The Corpse-Wake Dirge,” and it was sung at the mournful occasion its title suggests. Its lyrics, with their graphic description of the postmortem challenges facing the soul, are well worth meditating upon at this time of…
The Hamas terrorist attack of October 7, 2023, caused a deep rupture in Western public opinion, polarizing the debate between supporters of Israel and advocates of the Palestinian cause. Yet the stakes go far beyond the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the historical tensions of the Middle East: what is emerging is a strategic confrontation…
