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Catholic Relief Services workers help to distribute humanitarian aid materials to Gazan civilians in March 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Catholic Relief Services Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is urging the Trump administration to reverse the cancellation of USAID’s “lifesaving and life-giving assistance” following the…
Ryan Kalkbrenner and the Creighton Bluejays are back in the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, one of eight Catholic universities competing in this year’s March Madness. / Credit: Nicholas Muller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2025 / 15:10 pm (CNA). The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicks off March 18 and this year’s…
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 Vatican City, Mar 18, 2025 / 13:35 pm (CNA). King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom will make a state visit to the…
Beverly Jacobson and her daughter Verity. / Credit: Courtesy of Beverly Jacobson Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA). When Beverly Jacobson first learned that her unborn daughter Verity would be born with the rare genetic condition trisomy 18, she “was filled with fear and anxiety” — but just three weeks ago…
null / Credit: Vinokurov Kirill/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2025 / 12:35 pm (CNA). Though Congress extended the visa program used by religious sisters ahead of its deadline last Friday evening, they and other “non-minister religious workers” still face unprecedented challenges in immigrating or remaining in the U.S. to serve their communities. Concern for…
Bishop-elect Joseph A. Williams. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2025 / 11:35 am (CNA). Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Dennis Sullivan from the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, appointing Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Williams as his successor. Apostolic Nuncio Cardinal Christophe…
Volunteers at a Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center help Central American refugees prepare to take a bus to go stay with U.S. family on Aug. 17, 2017, in McAllen, Texas. / Credit: Vic Hinterlang/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). The Trump administration has paid out $47 million in grants to a…
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, during an interview at the Vatican on Dec. 11, 2024. / Credit: EWTN News Vatican City, Mar 18, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The prefect of the Holy See’s Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, asked bishops to avoid promoting fundraising…
Andrew Peter (left), a seminarian, and Father Philip Ekweli (right) were abducted March 3, 2025, from a parish rectory in Nigeria’s Docese of Auchi. Andrew Peter was murdred, though Ekweli was released and is receiving medical attention. / Credit: Catholic Diocese of Auchi ACI Africa, Mar 18, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A seminarian abducted…
St. Cyril of Jerusalem. / Credit: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On March 18, the Catholic Church honors St. Cyril of Jerusalem, a fourth-century bishop and doctor of the Church whose writings are still regarded as masterful expressions of the Christian faith. St. Cyril…
