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Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. / Credit: Edlane De Mattos/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 26, 2025 / 11:20 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Chicago this week filed a lawsuit alleging a “racketeering enterprise” among a group of individuals who reportedly filed false abuse claims against a former priest to receive compensation from the Church there. The…
“It has been disappointing to see how seldom a CPC designation has resulted in real consequences for those responsible for religious freedom violations,” U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Chairman Stephen Schneck told CNA. / Credit: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Public Hearing/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 26, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). The…
A Christian boy holds a crucifix during a protest in Karachi on Aug. 22, 2023, to condemn the attack on churches in Pakistan. More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalized in an hourslong riot in Jaranwala in Punjab province on Aug. 16 after unverified reports that a Koran had been desecrated. /…
The main altar of one of the colonial-era churches in Popoyán, Colombia, one of the stops on the itinerary of the 2025 International Congress on Religious Tourism. / Credit: DiegoMera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Lima Newsroom, Mar 26, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Colombia will host the International Congress on Religious Tourism May…
Thousands particpate in a Eucharistic procession sponsored by the Napa Institute through the streets of Manhattan in New York City on Oct. 15, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 26, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Catholic nonprofit organization Napa Institute is pushing for more collaboration among Catholic and Protestant leaders to…
Pope Francis greets His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales at the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Vatican on Oct. 13, 2019. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Mar 25, 2025 / 18:35 pm (CNA). King Charles and Queen Camilla postponed their visit to the Vatican at the advice of Pope Francis’…
Dr. Sergio Alfieri answers questions from the media at a press conference regarding Pope Francis’ health on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at Gemelli Hospital in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Mar 25, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). The head of the medical team that treated Pope Francis during the 38 days he spent…
Pope Francis waves to the gathered faithful from the balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media/Screenshot Vatican City, Mar 25, 2025 / 16:15 pm (CNA). The Vatican Press Office reported that Pope Francis’ convalescence at St. Martha’s House, his Vatican residence where he returned after being discharged…
Zachary Liberto, 30, was arrested March 22, 2025, and charged with commissioning an act of terrorism for allegedly sending an email to a member of the staff at St. Louis Catholic Church in Memphis, Tennessee, expressing his intent to “butcher” Catholics with a machete. / Credit: Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 25,…
Rody Sher, editor-in-chief of ACI MENA, speaks on the second anniversary of ACI MENA in 2024 at the Catholic University in Erbil, Iraq, where the agency is based. This year marks three years since ACI MENA began its mssion to report on the Church and the lives of Christians in the Middle East. / Credit:…
