Esther Miller holds a picture and the released documents on Father Michael Nocita as victims and their supporters hold quilts bearing portraits of abused children while gathered outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2013. / Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan 16,…

Father Frank Mann, who will deliver the closing benediction at President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 2025, became friendly with the president after he started caring for the Trump family’s gravesite in Queens. / Credit: The Tablet CNA Staff, Jan 16, 2025 / 11:40 am (CNA). A priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn…

Pope Francis’ arm, tied up in a white sling, was visible in photos taken on the morning of Jan. 16, 2025, in the apostolic palace during his scheduled audiences. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 16, 2025 / 08:30 am (CNA). The Vatican said Thursday that Pope Francis had suffered a “contusion” on his…

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin meets with Cuba President Miguel Díaz-Canel on June 20, 2023, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 16, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). The Vatican’s top diplomat has called the gradual release of 553 prisoners in Cuba “a sign of great hope” at the beginning…

Joan Andrews Bell, Jean Marshall, Heather Idoni, and Paulette Harlow are four pro-life women serving time after being convicted on federal charges for for blockading the inside of an abortion clinic in 2020. / Credit: Chris Bell/Laura Gise/Heather Idoni/Paulette Harlow Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 16, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). A Catholic law firm is…

Pope Francis blesses a baby during the Saturday Jubilee audience in the Vatican’s audience hall, Jan. 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 16, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). At Pope Francis’ request, the Vatican will now pay a monthly bonus of 300 euros (around $309) per family to employees of the city-state…