Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska. / Credit: Diocese of Lincoln Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 31, 2025 / 12:50 pm (CNA). Having spent the past week paying visits to Catholic schools across the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, for Catholic Schools Week, Bishop James Conley has issued a reflection on the value of faith-based education for students and…

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the USCCB fall plenary assembly Nov. 14, 2023. / Credit: USCCB video Vatican City, Jan 31, 2025 / 11:10 am (CNA). Archbishop Timothy Broglio defended the U.S. bishops’ support of migrants against “false” accusations in an interview this week with an Italian…

Pope Francis meets with the Roman Rota in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 31, 2025 / 09:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Friday extolled the “gift of indissolubility” of marriage, which he said is not a limitation on freedom but something married couples live…

Father Hyacinth Ementa Ichoku. / Credit: ACI Africa ACI Africa, Jan 31, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The vice chancellor of Nigeria’s Veritas University, a priest in the Awka Diocese, has encouraged journalists in the west African nation to expose Christian persecution, which is at its highest peak in the country. In an interview with…

Jesuit Guy Consolmagno at the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 31, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Vatican Observatory’s summer school, known as “Specola,” has already selected students for its next edition. During the month of June, 25 students who were selected from among 120…