Category: Church News

U.S. Supreme Court. / Credit: PT Hamilton/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 18:15 pm (CNA). The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit that challenges Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors who have gender dysphoria or same-sex attraction and will consider religious freedom and free speech concerns about the prohibition. Justices announced on…

The Swiss Guard honored the soldiers who died in the Sack of Rome during a ceremony in Roman Protomartyrs Square in the Vatican on May 5, 2023. / Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 10, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). The mission of the Swiss Guard, the oldest military corps in the world, is to…

Sister Giustina Holubets (left) pictured during a commemorations for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in Lyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 15, 2024. / Credit: Perinatal Hospice – Imprint of Life Rome Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Since 2020, a pandemic and then an active war have caused untold tragedy for Ukrainians, but these…

null / Credit: Amanda Wayne/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, signed legislation late last week to bolster religious freedom from state-level rules and regulations. The Wyoming Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which mirrors the federal law with the same name, prohibits the state government and local…

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at East Los Angeles College on February 26, 2025 in Monterey Park, California. / Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images National Catholic Register, Mar 10, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA). Males who identify as transgender women shouldn’t be allowed to play female sports and the Democratic Party should make room for pro-lifers,…

A sister of the Norbertine Canonesses of Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph walks with some of the priory’s dogs, who are raised as part of their dog-breeding program in 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Norbertine Canonesses CNA Staff, Mar 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Tucked away in the Tehachapi Mountains of California,…

Religious sisters pray the rosary for Pope Francis outside Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The annual celebration of Catholic Sisters Week is observed March 8–14 to honor the women who have taken religious vows, acknowledge their tireless work,…

Thousands of volunteers in colorful safety vests fill St. Peter’s Square during the Jubilee of Volunteers at the Vatican on Mar. 9, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Mar 9, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Sunday thanked volunteers for the closeness and tenderness they show others in need of their care….

A balloon with an image of Pope Francis is pictured outside the Gemelli University Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on March 3, 2025. Pope Francis suffered two new breathing attacks on March 3, 2025, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff struggles to recover from pneumonia. / Credit: Photo by…

Mexico City cathedral. / Diego Grandi/Shutterstock. Mexico City Newsroom, Mar 9, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Church in Mexico warned this week about the “manifestations of death that have been taking place in our country,” which, according to the bishops, “threaten human dignity, dehumanize our coexistence, and leave a deep wound in the conscience…