Seminarians at St. Aloysius Gonzaga in 2022. / Credit: Courtesy of the Diocese of Matagalpa Lima Newsroom, Jan 22, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). The seminary of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, has been confiscated by the country’s dictatorship. The confiscation was first reported by the Nicaraguan newspaper Mosaico CSI. According to the outlet, at…

Luis Fernando Figari founded the Sodalitium in Peru in 1971. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa Lima Newsroom, Jan 22, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). The Sodality of Christian Life has reported that between May 2016 and December 2024 it provided reparations to 83 people who were victims of sexual, psychological, and power abuse through out-of-court…

null / Credit: Quisquilia/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2025 / 14:15 pm (CNA). A Montana bill that could compel Catholic priests to break the seal of confession is being criticized by Catholics who say it could eliminate key religious liberty protections. The proposed bill would “eliminate clergy exemption in mandatory reporting of child abuse and…

null / Credit: Inna Dodor/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2025 / 14:45 pm (CNA). Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge on Wednesday urged Catholic families to offer a “heroic witness” to love by rejecting the practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF), which the prelate called “contrary to justice [and] replete with moral difficulties.” In a pastoral letter released…

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 CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA). The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference on Wednesday criticized some of President Donald Trump’s initial executive orders on key issues including immigration…